Asia

Sydney: British aviator Tracey Curtis-Taylor flew her open-cockpit biplane across Sydney Harbour and landed at the city's international airport on...

Seoul: South Korea's loudspeaker broadcasts aimed at North Korea push the rivals to the "brink of war," a top North Korean official has told a...

Kabul: Afghan officials have opened a new drug treatment centre in an abandoned NATO military base in Kabul, in the latest attempt to stamp out the...

Manila: Philippine President Benigno Aquino on Friday urged Southeast Asian neighbours to put pressure on China to agree on a binding code of conduct to...

Sydney: A bushfire destroyed nearly 100 homes in Western Australia as it swept through countryside south of Perth, but there were no casualties reported...

Seoul/Beijing: South Korea unleashed a high-decibel propaganda barrage across its border with North Korea on Friday in retaliation for its nuclear test,...

Seoul: By the time North Korean state radio teased listeners on Wednesday morning that a "special announcement" was due at midday, those outside...

Dhaka: Bangladesh's Supreme Court upheld the death penalty for a top Jamaat-e-Islami party leader on Wednesday for atrocities committed during the...

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia Airlines resumed normal check-in baggage allowances on all its flights on Wednesday after banning it temporarily due to strong head...

Seoul: North Korea said it successfully tested a miniaturised hydrogen nuclear bomb on Wednesday, prompting scepticism among experts and officials who doubt...