Handheld crossbows that can fire out needles and nails are the latest must-have toy in China but anxious parents want them banned before a young child gets blinded or worse.

Angolan capital Luanda is the world's most expensive city for expatriates in a new ranking that also puts four other Asian centres in the top 10. Luanda took the top spot, followed by Hong Kong and Tokyo. Seoul was at six and Shanghai at eight, according to a survey.

Cambodia's strongman premier yesterday told his critics and political opponents they faced elimination and should

Twenty men are arrested in two separate regions of India for celebrating Pakistan's epic Champions Trophy victory against India.

Sri Lanka says UN's Special Rapporteur has distorted facts about the independence of its justice system in her report to the international organisation.

AirAsia has been named the World's best low-cost airline for the ninth time in a row at the 2017 Skytrax World Airline Awards.

A two-day ‘Keep it Real: Truth and Trust in the Media’ conference ends in Singapore with a suite of recommendations aimed at curbing the spread of misinformation in Asia. As one of their first moves, news organisations in the region will draw up a step-by-step checklist to help journalists and readers identify and flag fake news.

Transactions in Muse are becoming difficult as Chinese banks have frozen over 1,000 bank accounts with estimated deposits of Ks40 billion (US$29.42 million) belonging to Burmese traders.

Hundreds of protesters yesterday paraded with coffins containing the bodies of two men they claimed were killed in

The attempt to rescue Musa Ibrahim and two Indian mountaineers who have been stuck at the base camp of Mount Carstensz Pyramid in Papua New Guinea for last six days, has been called off due to bad weather.

The Malaysian government is going ahead with its tourism tax to be imposed from July 1.

The US imports more from Asian countries than it exports and as per available data the US runs trade deficits with most of Asian countries except Singapore. The US has trade surplus of $8 billion with Singapore.

Japan passed a controversial anti-terror law yesterday that sparked street protests and warnings from critics that it would stomp on

China successfully launched its first X-ray space telescope to study black holes, pulsars and gamma-ray bursts yesterday, state media

Welcoming India and Pakistan into the SCO, China yesterday dismissed apprehensions that their differences could disrupt the unity of

North Korea released US student Otto Warmbier "on humanitarian grounds", state media said yesterday, two days after he was

Experts question impact of politicians’ social media presence.

Sri Lanka's prime minister yesterday promised tougher legislation to deal with hate crimes after an upsurge in attacks

Tightly-ruled Singapore was rocked by an unprecedented political drama yesterday when a feud between the

North Korea has released 22-year-old US student Otto Warmbier from a 15 year sentence of hard labor, officials said yesterday, as