Thailand's new King Maha Vajiralongkorn has pardoned tens of thousands of prisoners, a first act of "mercy" as monarch as he

Myanmar has called an emergency Asean meeting to discuss the Rohingya crisis, a diplomat said yesterday, as regional tensions deepen over a bloody military crackdown on the country's Muslim minority.

A cyclone barrels into the southeast coast of India killing at least two people and bringing down trees and power lines as authorities move tens of thousands of people from low-lying areas.

China launches a new-generation weather satellite that can improve weather forecasting as well as help study lightning and air pollutants, including PM2.5.

Indonesian counter-terrorism forces on Saturday arrested three people near the capital Jakarta suspected of planning a bomb

Tens of thousands of people have been displaced after a devastating earthquake in Indonesia killed more than 100 people, an

An unmanned H-2B rocket blasts off from Tanegashima island in southern Japan to send a cargo ship to the International Space Station, a NASA TV broadcast shows.

Aftershocks rattled the survivors of a devastating Indonesian earthquake that killed more than 100 people, as officials urgently appealed yesterday for medicine and doctors to treat the hundreds injured.

Vietnamese football authorities apologised on Thursday after fans hurled stones at the Indonesian team bus shortly after their Suzuki Cup semi-final tie in Hanoi, breaking a window and injuring two of the visiting team's staff.

Thai authorities are investigating the BBC over a Thai-language profile of the new king, officials said yesterday, after the article

Myanmar has stopped sending workers to Muslim-majority Malaysia as relations sour over a bloody military crackdown on the

Italians went to the polls yesterday in a constitutional referendum on which reformist Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has staked his future.

Aung San Suu Kyi must step in to prevent the "genocide" of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, Malaysia's prime minister said yesterday as he mocked the Nobel peace laureate for her inaction.

The Philippine government wants Bangladesh to share the findings of its investigation into how unknown hackers pulled off one of the world's largest cyber bank heists, to help speed up recovery of the stolen funds.

A kidnapped Bangladeshi migrant worker is rescued from Malaysia and six persons are held for their alleged involvement with the kidnapping.

Singapore is seen as a safer investment destination in turbulent world. Mega office deals helped drive foreign investment in local real estate to its highest level since 2007.

A woman based in the United States is allegedly gang-raped by a group of five men, including a tourist guide, at a five-star hotel near Connaught Place, The Times of India reports.

President-elect Donald Trump speaks with the president of Taiwan, a move that will be sure to anger China.

Thailand's new monarch King Maha Vajiralongkorn led prayers for his late father yesterday, his first appearance at Bangkok's

More than 200,000 Indonesian Muslims prayed in unison and chanted Koranic verses yesterday in the second major