The Indonesian government is predicting that the recent severing of ties between several Arab countries and Qatar would deal a blow to the archipelago’s tourism industry, with 50,000 expected tourists not showing up because of the crisis, a senior official said on Tuesday.

A historic mode of transport, they have survived China's modernisation, and remain an integral part of city living -- but for the drivers, life remains a struggle.

Hundreds of residents of a small Japanese coastal town took part in an evacuation drill yesterday as fears grow that a North Korean

China has 331,110 megawatts of installed electricity-generation capacity - nearly seven times higher hydropower installed capacity than India and more than the rest of Asian countries combined.

Security footage shows the man responsible for one of the Philippine capital’s deadliest attacks in years casually exiting a taxi just after midnight and walking calmly into a vast entertainment and gambling complex like any other visitor.

Pentagon chief Jim Mattis yesterday moved to reassure Asian allies that the United States can work with China on reining in North

At least 34 people are dead after a gunman burst into a Manila casino, firing shots and setting gaming tables alight, Philippine media report, in what officials say is a botched robbery attempt.

A pair of US aircraft carriers and Japanese naval vessels conducted a joint drill in waters off the Korean peninsula yesterday, in an

International aid arrived into Sri Lanka yesterday as the death toll from the island's worst floods and landslides in

Philippine troops have killed 89 Islamist militants during more than a week of urban battles but a final showdown is

Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte yesterday angrily hit back at Chelsea Clinton for criticising remarks he made about

North Korea warned yesterday it was prepared to launch intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) at any time, as the

North Korea yesterday said its test-firing of a precision-guided ballistic missile was a success, a day after the projectile landed in waters

An elderly Australian fisherman has lived to tell the tale after a great white shark leapt into his boat, surviving with only an injured arm

China has urged the Group of Seven leading economies to "stop making irresponsible remarks" after the G7 summit expressed concern

Indonesian police name an Islamist leader as a suspect in the exchange of pornographic messages and photos, a new legal threat to a cleric who helps organise mass Muslim rallies against Jakarta's former Christian governor.

Formula One misfit Takuma Sato is the toast of Japan after becoming the first driver from his country to win the storied Indianapolis 500.

For the first time in 25 years, Eman Ahmed, the Egyptian woman who underwent a weight-loss surgery in India, has been able to feed herself, doctors treating her at an Abu Dhabi hospital say.

A suicide car bomber kills 18 people in the eastern Afghan city of Khost, the first day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, the interior ministry says.

A South Korean female naval officer apparently killed herself after being allegedly raped by a senior colleague, a defence ministry