58-year-old was allegedly born in Bangladesh and was trafficked and sold in Pakistan some 35 years ago

The outcome is the LDP's best in its history and allows Japan's first woman prime minister to stamp her mark on the country of 123 million people over the next four years

Thailand faced a realignment of conservative politics yesterday, with coalition talks expected to start soon after Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul’s party clinched a stronger-than-expected victory in general elections.

A glitch with an alarm in January forced the suspension of its first restart since the 2011 Fukushima disaster

Thailand’s conservative prime minister claimed victory in the country’s general election yesterday, after television stations projected his party would be by far the largest in parliament after riding a wave of nationalism.

The company is located in Shanyin County, about 400 kilometres west of Beijing

Voting opened Sunday in a Thai general election pitting the popular reformists who came first last time against the conservative who ended up as prime minister

A South Korean cryptocurrency exchange apologised yesterday after mistakenly transferring more than $40 billion worth of bitcoin to users, which briefly prompted a selloff on the platform.

An attacker opened fire at the gates of a Shia mosque in Islamabad yesterday before setting off a suicide bomb and killing at least 31 people, in the deadliest attack of its kind in Pakistan’s capital in over a decade.

Deadliest suicide attack in Islamabad in over a decade

Myanmar’s junta announced a new office advising the president yesterday, a role which may allow the military chief to formally embed his power over the incoming civilian government.

A senior official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told AFP on Wednesday that "197 terrorists have been killed in the ongoing counter-terrorism operations"

A contemporary of Italian masters Leonardo da Vinci and Sandro Botticelli, Behzad brought a new style to Herat before settling in Tabriz, in modern-day Iran

U.S. to slash tariffs on Indian exports to 18% from 50%

The central government has deployed troops to help residents in Aomori, the heaviest-hit region where as much as 4.5 metres (15 feet) of snow remains on the ground in remote areas

China has executed four leading members of Myanmar-based scam syndicates, a Chinese court said yesterday, the second such announcement in less than a week as Beijing ramps up a crackdown on cross-border telecom fraud.

Pakistan’s security forces killed 145 militants over 40 hours after coordinated attacks across Balochistan, the chief minister of the southwestern province said yesterday, as the authorities battle one of the deadliest flare-ups in years.

At least 67 militants were killed yesterday as they battled Pakistan’s security forces in multiple cities across the southwestern province of Balochistan, four security officials told Reuters.

The United States' 2026 National Defense Strategy (NDS), released last week, said Washington would "deter China in the Indo-Pacific through strength, not confrontation".

Fraud compounds have flourished in Myanmar's lawless borderlands, part of a multibillion-dollar illicit industry.