A record 16 Chinese warships were spotted in waters around Taiwan in a 24-hour period late last week, the island’s Defense Ministry reported, in what analysts said was the latest sign of an intimidation campaign against Taipei by China’s ruling Communist Party.

A remote township in China's arid northwest endured temperatures of more than 52°C (126°F) on Sunday, state media reported, setting a record for a country that was battling minus 50°C weather just six months ago

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Monday blamed authorities' failure to follow disaster response rules as the death toll from days of torrential rain grew to 39, including a dozen people found dead in a submerged underpass

Chinese naval vessels set sail this weekend to participate in joint manoeuvres with the Russian military, Chinese defence authorities said yesterday.

The Philippines’ top court has ordered the re-arrest of a former politician accused of killing a prominent environmentalist more than a decade ago, court documents published yesterday showed.

After weeks of dithering, the India’s opposition Congress party yesterday came out in support of the Aam Aadmi Party’s campaign against the contentious central order that wrested back control of Delhi’s bureaucracy, boosting the prospects of an opposition meeting set to be held a day later.

At least 26 people are dead and 10 missing after heavy rains caused flooding and landslides in South Korea, officials said Sunday, as rescue workers continued to fight to reach people trapped in a flooded tunnel

Top Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi appealed to the country’s highest court yesterday over his conviction for defamation, days after a lower court refused to intervene, media reports said.

Pakistan’s army said on Friday it was seriously concerned that militants had found safe havens in neighbouring Afghanistan and threatened to take an “effective response” two days after 12 of its soldiers died in two attacks.

The government of India’s richest state Maharashtra, ruled by a Shiv Sena-BJP-NCP coalition, has formally awarded a project to redevelop the 259-hectare slum sprawl in Dharavi locality of the country’s financial capital Mumbai to an Adani Group firm

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Gujarat High Court ruling refusing to stay his conviction in a criminal defamation case over his remark "why all thieves have Modi surname"

Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani today in a short visit to Dhaka met with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, to "handover the Godda power plant"

At least 22 people have died and 14 more are missing after heavy rain caused flooding and landslides in South Korea, officials said today, with thousands more ordered to evacuate their homes

Nine months before a general election, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have dusted off a potentially divisive plan to enact a common set of personal laws for all, irrespective of religion.

PM Shehbaz had made a similar announcement on Wednesday as well, in which declared that the term of his government would end next month

Thailand’s parliament yesterday confirmed that it would vote again on a new prime minister next week, after pro-royalist lawmakers foiled liberal frontrunner Pita Limjaroenrat’s bid for the top job.

Germany’s tougher new approach to managing its relationship with China would increase “man-made risks” and “exacerbate divisions” in the world, Beijing said yesterday.

The river running through India’s capital New Delhi has reached a record high due to monsoon floods, authorities said yesterday as army engineers were deployed to try to contain the waters.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was guest of honour during France's Bastille Day celebrations today, which are taking place under tight security two weeks after riots swept the country

India today launched a rocket seeking to land an unmanned spacecraft on the surface of the Moon, a live feed showed, its second attempt to become only the fourth country to do so