Toxic smog forced hundreds of Bangkok schools to close yesterday, as authorities struggle to manage a pollution crisis that has stirred widespread health fears and taken on a political edge just weeks before elections.

The revelation that the personal information of 14,200 people with HIV was leaked has stunned people living with the virus in Singapore.

Islamic State claims responsibility for twin bombings that killed at least 20 people during a Catholic Church service in the Philippines, the militant group's news agency Amaq says.

A senior Alibaba executive slams the United States’ treatment of China’s Huawei Technologies as “extremely unfair”, saying measures by the country to curb the firm’s access to their markets was “very politically motivated”.

Floods and landslides in Indonesia have killed at least 59 people, the government says, after heavy rain pounded Sulawesi island and forced thousands to flee their homes.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un spoke highly of US President Donald Trump, state media said yesterday, and expressed satisfaction over the results of talks between officials from both countries about a second summit between Kim and Trump.

Pope Francis wasted no time wading in on the standoff over funding for a US-Mexico border wall on Wednesday as he started his trip to Panama, saying on the plane from Rome that hostility to immigrants was driven by irrational fear.

Malaysia's royal families were electing a king after the last monarch abdicated following his reported marriage to a Russian ex-beauty queen, with a sports-loving sultan in pole position for the role.

Shanghai Disney Resort is making its second major expansion in less than three years of operation, signaling the ambition of media conglomerate The Walt Disney Co to meet China's growing appetite for quality themed entertainment.

China yesterday accused the United States of "bullying behaviour" after US authorities confirmed plans to seek the extradition of a top Chinese telecom executive detained in Canada.

Australia investigates the whereabouts of a Chinese-Australian man, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) say, after a newspaper report raised fears that the dissident former diplomat has been detained in China.

The world's largest annual human migration－the Spring Festival travel rush－kicks off in China, with nearly 3 billion trips expected to be made in the 40 days from January 21 to March 1.

The boyfriend of Japan's Princess Mako insisted yesterday his family had no financial difficulties hanging over them, after reports of a

Eye-watering, throat-scratching air pollution is a major driver of big city blues in China, according to a study published that matched social network chatter with fine-particle pollution levels.

China's birth rate last year fell to its lowest since the founding of the People's Republic of China 70 years ago, official data showed

One of Tokyo's most crowded subway lines is hoping the way to reach their customers' hearts is through their stomachs, and offering free food to ease rush hour congestion.

The Indian government instructed Facebook and Google to take down "false and malicious" contents that spread misinformation about the food quality and safety in the country, reports The Times of India.

A car is spotted hanging on the edge of a second floor parking lot at a supermarket in Paya Terubong of Penang’s George Town.

A decades-long push to halt the violence that has claimed some 150,000 lives in the southern Philippines culminates with a vote on giving the nation's Muslim minority greater control over the region.

Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan yesterday vowed to make the sector more service-oriented and pro-people.