Malaysia's transport minister says he is confident the missing MH370 aircraft will be found in the Indian Ocean.

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi will skip the Maldives on a regional tour this month due to political unrest following the arrest of the former president and opposition leader, an Indian diplomat has said.

Myanmar authorities have defended a crackdown on a Yangon rally that saw police and men in civilian clothes beat unarmed protesters, as security forces made fresh arrests yesterday.

US ambassador to South Korea, Mark Lippert, injured by a knife-wielding attacker in Seoul

India's Kalyani industrial group announced yesterday a "substantial" joint venture with Israel to make missiles and other weapons, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi eased rules on foreign ownership in defence.

Fans of Indian President Narendra Modi yesterday scrapped plans to open a temple in his honour after the Indian premier said he was "appalled" by the idea.

Indian anti-corruption campaigner Arvind Kejriwal met Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday after his landslide victory in the Delhi state elections.

Myanmar's government yesterday held a somber ceremony marking the nation's symbolic unification after the colonial era, but a coveted ceasefire with ethnic rebel groups remained out of reach as conflict sweeps across northern borderlands.

Does a journalist make a good Minister for Information? The question which might have been asked here in the past has now cropped up in Indonesia.