Adorable panda in Taipei Zoo can't get enough thill bamboo. Taiwan's first native-born panda cub Yuan Zai has been enjoying a new item on its menu.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said yesterday he was open to exploring the South China Sea's natural resources with rival claimants

A mother dying from a rare disease in Malaysia decides to write her memoirs so that her sons will have something to remember her by.

Social network operator ordered to take down web pages deemed illegal by Thailand government.

A senior North Korean diplomat who handles relations with the United States says Pyongyang would have dialogue with the US administration if conditions were right, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reports.

World Health Organisation (WHO) appoints Indian movie star Amitabh Bachchan as its goodwill ambassador for Hepatitis in South-East Asia Region.

An earthquake rocks China's western Xinjiang region, killing eight people and injuring another 11, state media reporsts.

South Koreans go to the polls to choose a new president after Park Geun-Hye was ousted and indicted for corruption, and against a backdrop of high tensions with the nuclear-armed North.

The first large made-in-China passenger plane takes off on its maiden test flight, marking a key milestone on the country's ambitious journey to compete with the world's leading aircraft makers.

The Vatican and Myanmar established full diplomatic relations yesterday in the latest step in the former pariah Asian state's

Maldives police on Wednesday announced the arrest of two potential suspects in the killing of a liberal blogger last month that sparked

Five men were charged with violating Thailand's draconian royal defamation law for sharing Facebook posts written by an exiled dissident

More than half of Rohingya Muslim girls who fled violence in western Myanmar ended up becoming child brides, according to a United

Calcutta High Court judge Justice C S Karnan orders issuance of non-bailable warrants against seven judges of the Supreme Court, including the Chief Justice of India (CJI), for not being represented before him.

Twelve workers die following an explosion in a high-speed rail tunnel in south-western China, state media says after rescuers spent over 14 hours searching the rubble for survivors.

Samsung Electronics is predicted to become the world’s largest chipmaker in the coming quarter, displacing Intel, which has retained the top spot for the past 24 years.

US President Donald Trump on Saturday invited his Philippine counterpart to Washington in a "friendly" call in which the leaders

Southeast Asian countries took a softer stance on South China Sea disputes during a weekend summit, according to a statement

Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif sacks one of his special advisers and sanctions another bureaucrat after an inquiry into a newspaper leak, but the country's powerful army rejects Sharif's directive as "incomplete".

A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the Philippines early yesterday, triggering a tsunami warning that was later lifted, Philippine and