Streets around Lhasa's fire-hit Jokhang temple, one of the most sacred sites for Tibetan Buddhism, were reopened to pilgrims yesterday

Rescuers yesterday discovered nine more bodies beneath the ruins of a Indian hotel, bringing the known death toll from an explosion

Malaysia has apologised after a government ad in Chinese-language newspapers featuring a picture of a barking rooster to mark the

For the first time in the history of Pakistan, transgenders will be part of a team of boy scouts being sent to Saudi Arabia to serve as

Indian investigators have arrested three people who allegedly helped a billionaire jeweller obtain fake documents for overseas loans in

South Korea's President Moon Jae-in yesterday said it was too early to think about a summit with North Korea despite the Olympic-

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani yesterday agreed to step up efforts to bring stability to war-

A Pakistani court yesterday handed four death sentences to a man charged with raping and murdering a six-year-old girl, in a case that

A Japanese scientist says his team has cracked open a method to improve the production of carbon-free energy -- by using proteins taken from egg white.

Pakistan is sending troops to ally Saudi Arabia on a "training and advise mission", the military said, three years after it decided against

China has confirmed the first human case of H7N4 bird flu, prompting Hong Kong to issue a health warning for those travelling to the

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and US President Donald Trump agreed to keep up pressure on North Korea until Pyongyang

China yesterday expressed anger over a visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the remote Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh,

Australia's prime minister imposed a formal ban on sex between ministers and their staff on Thursday after his deputy made "a

Rights groups have criticised Nepal for failing to prosecute wartime rights abuses, saying the government appeared more interested in

Tourists have been cancelling hundreds of hotel bookings in Maldives every day since the imposition of a state of emergency last week,

Pakistani Taliban militants yesterday shot dead four paramilitary policemen in Pakistan's western city of Quetta, where last month seven

India's ties with China and not just Pakistan are likely to get even worse than they already are, according to the US's intelligence chief.

Indian state-owned cross-border power trading arm National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd wins a contract for supplying 300 megawatts electricity to Bangladesh for 15 years. The power supply is expected to start from June this year.

A train commuter goes through extreme lengths to keep her valuables by her side during a security check at a station in China, when she climbed into an X-ray machine while holding on to her handbag.