Asia

Kuala Lumpur: Two years after Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 disappeared, answers remain elusive with international investigators yet to arrive at a...

Seoul/Shanghai: China has barred a North Korean freighter from one of its ports and South Korea announced a crackdown on individuals and companies linked to...

Sydney: Pushed out of the limelight by cuddly koalas and kangaroos, Australia's less glamorous native bats and rodents have failed to catch the eyes of...

Beijing: China's carbon emissions, by far the world's highest, may have peaked in 2014, according to a study published on Monday, potentially...

Manila: Former world boxing champion Manny Pacquiao said on Monday TV coverage of his WBO welterweight bout with American Timothy Bradley would not violate...

Manila: The Philippines has approved a new set of rules on genetically modified organisms after a top court demanded an overhaul of previous regulations,...

Tokyo: A Japanese submarine will visit the Philippines for the first time in 15 years, along with two warships that will then sail on to Vietnam, in a show...

Seoul: South Korean and US troops began large-scale military exercises on Monday in an annual test of their defences against North Korea, which called the...

Beijing: China will never allow the tragedy of Taiwan being "split" off from the rest of the country to happen again, state media on Sunday quoted...

Tokyo: Retired Japanese airline employee Tarou Tanzawa said he hadn't thought much about his own death until his 84-year-old mother was diagnosed with...