Myanmar officials said yesterday a police officer was killed and one wounded in an assault on a guard post in northwestern

The Myanmar government is responding to conflict in the troubled north of Rakhine state, which has suffered its worst

Flight MH370 was likely out of control when it plunged into the ocean with its wing flaps not prepared for landing, a new

Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi faces mounting criticism for her government's handling of a crisis in Muslim-majority

At least 19 die in recent firing between India and Pakistan across their disputed border in Kashmir, where the nuclear-armed neighbours are ratcheting up shelling and small-arms fire.

Three astronauts land safely in Kazakhstan on Sunday following a 115-day mission aboard the International Space Station, including US astronaut Kate Rubins, the first person to sequence DNA in space.

In most of the Asian countries including Bangladesh, pregnancy comes with a significant risk of death. The WHO data reveals stark disparities across Asia when it comes to maternal mortality ratio - the number of maternal deaths per 100,000 live births.

The government of Japan is planning to allow foreign nationals to take jobs on its farmland, as long as they work within government-designated strategic special zones, in an effort to address the serious labor shortage in the agricultural sector.

A teacher was killed in a drive-by shooting yesterday in Thailand's far south, police said, the latest attack on civilians in the insurgency-

Myanmar's government said yesterday that a pregnant foreign woman has been diagnosed with the country's first case of Zika, a

Rohingya Muslims say Myanmar soldiers raped or sexually assaulted dozens of women in a remote village in the northwest of the country

As ISIS loses ground in Middle East, there are fears it will take its fight elsewhere, especially in Indonesia, Malaysia and Philippines.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte lashed out anew at the United States yesterday and said it could forget a bilateral defence

UN human rights experts have called on Myanmar to investigate allegations that security forces have killed unarmed civilians,

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk gives more details about his plan to colonize Mars.

Ousted Thai premier Yingluck Shinawatra said yesterday she would fight a junta order demanding she personally pay nearly $1

Mission controllers are in the dark about the fate of a tiny European craft despatched to Mars as a trial run for a rover to follow in a quest for life on the Red Planet.

The act of throwing a snake into a muddy pit with schoolgirls as part of character-building training has sparked condemnation. The instructors involved will be hauled up.

China launches two astronauts into space, official media says, on a mission to its orbiting laboratory as the country works towards setting up its own space station.

The Football Association of Thailand says it will meet clubs to explain its decision to scrap the season with three matches to go following the death of revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej.