East Timor is a step closer to fulfilling its longstanding wish to join the Southeast Asian regional bloc and could become its 11th member state by October, Malaysia’s foreign minister said yesterday.

“Destructive” windstorms that raged across central and northern Pakistan after an intense heatwave have killed at least 14 people and injured over 100 more, officials said yesterday.

Mohamad's comments ahead of an ASEAN summit Monday in Kuala Lumpur come as Israel has stepped up its campaign this month in war-torn Gaza

Indian border troops shot dead a Pakistani man who they said had crossed the international frontier and did not stop when challenged, the force said yesterday.

Pakistan’s Foreign Office yesterday categorically rejected the “baseless, provocative, and irresponsible allegations” made by the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who in a heated speech accused Pakistan of carrying out terrorist attacks in his country.

A 5.7-magnitude earthquake hit near the Indonesian island of Sumatra yesterday, the United States Geological Survey said, damaging more than 100 houses with no reports of casualties.

North Korea has begun an investigation into an accident that occurred during the launch of a new warship this week, state media said Friday, assessing the damage as "not serious".

The leaders also "reaffirmed ASEAN's collective commitment" to the global free trading system

As Japan’s biggest defence exhibition kicked off this week, visitors got a close-up look at a model of its futuristic “railgun” that its makers hope will be able to shoot down hypersonic missiles.

A 1,600-year-old wooden ship, long extinct and no longer in naval service anywhere in the world, has been successfully reconstructed

Under PM Luvsannamsrain -- in power since 2021 -- Mongolia has plummeted in Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index

Indian writer, lawyer, and activist Banu Mushtaq on Tuesday won the International Booker Prize for her short story collection “Heart Lamp”.

Indian commandos yesterday killed the Maoist insurgent chief, the country’s home minister said, in what could be a decisive blow to the decades-long conflict.

Japan will waive basic water bills will for Tokyo residents this summer to combat the impact of extreme heat, the government said

The workers have filed complaints in Malaysia and back home in Bangladesh.

Pakistan's army chief General Asim Munir will be promoted to the rank of field marshal, the prime minister's office said in a statement on Tuesday, the first time in almost 60 years that a general has been elevated to the role

Central Asia has been in the grip of a heatwave this spring, with all five countries reporting abnormally high -- and in some cases record-breaking -- temperatures over the past three months.

The landslide occurred early Sunday in Ba Be district of Bac Kan province following torrential rain on Saturday

South Korea’s ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol left his conservative party on Saturday as it gears up for snap elections triggered by his impeachment over a bid to impose martial law.

A week since Trump announced a surprise truce between India and Pakistan to end a brief but intense conflict