Farmers in eastern India have fallen back on the exchange of labour to tide over the crash crunch after the launch of the government's demonetisation drive in villages.

Top-ranking North Korean diplomat Thae Yong-Ho, whose recent defection gifted a major propaganda coup to the South, vowed

China yesterday rejected US President-elect Donald Trump's claim that it had "stolen" an American research drone, as state

Engulfed in choking smog, some northern Chinese cities limit the number of cars on roads and temporarily shut down factories to cut down pollution during a national "red alert."

China will return an underwater US drone seized by a naval vessel this week in the South China Sea, both countries

China will return an underwater US drone seized by a naval vessel this week in the South China Sea, both countries say, but Beijing complained that Washington had been "hyping up" the incident.

China and the United States are using military channels to "appropriately handle" the seizure by the Chinese navy of a US

Five female Afghan guards working in the airport in southern Kandahar were killed by unknown gunmen as they were on their way to work, security officials say, the latest in a string of attacks against women in Afghanistan.

Japan is Asia’s biggest digital music market, selling $432 million worth of music a year.

The Indian government has extended the span of the income declaration scheme from Dec 17- March 31.

China expressed dissatisfaction yesterday after exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama met Indian President Pranab

India's top court yesterday ordered the shutdown of all liquor shops along state and national highways, in a bid to

A group of 34 Afghan asylum seekers arrived in Kabul yesterday after being deported from Germany, the first such

Beijing issued its first air pollution red alert for 2016 yesterday, as choking smog is expected to cover the city and

New Zealand's socially conservative finance chief Bill English was sworn in as the country's new prime minister yesterday following last week's shock resignation of his popular predecessor John Key.

Myanmar calls an emergency ASEAN meeting to discuss the Rohingya crisis, a diplomat says, as regional tensions deepen over a bloody military crackdown on the country's Muslim minority.

China launches a new-generation weather satellite that can improve weather forecasting as well as help study lightning and air pollutants, including PM2.5.

Russia has turned down Tokyo's latest attempt at dog diplomacy ahead of a summit between President Vladimir Putin and

China yesterday announced that it was suspending coal imports from North Korea for three weeks, in line with the latest United

A man has self-immolated in protest against China's presence in Tibet while calling for the return of the Dalai Lama, a rights