On November 8, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi surprised his country with an announcement banning 500- and 1,000-rupee notes-worth about $7 and $15 respectively - in a move to crack down on tax evasion, black money, corruption and terrorism funding.

The United States will "remain committed" to Afghanistan, US Defense Secretary Ash Carter said yesterday, amid questions about what

Japan was set to launch a cargo ship yesterday bound for the International Space Station, carrying a 'space junk' collector that was

A Japanese city has introduced a novel way to keep track of senior citizens with dementia who are prone to getting lost --

Vietnam has begun dredging work on a disputed reef in the South China Sea, satellite imagery shows, the latest move by the

South Korea's parliament yesterday introduced an impeachment motion against President Park Geun-Hye, ahead of a vote

Vietnamese football authorities apologised on Thursday after fans hurled stones at the Indonesian team bus shortly after their Suzuki Cup semi-final tie in Hanoi, breaking a window and injuring two of the visiting team's staff.

Uber Taiwan could be looking at a penalty up to NT$25 million if it continues to operate without license in the country next January, Transportation Communication Minister Ho Chen Tan says.

North Korea's under-20 women's soccer team paraded through the streets of Pyongyang in a flower-covered vehicle on Tuesday, celebrating their World Cup win upon their return to the isolated nation's capital.

Singapore's 15-year-olds take top place, outperforming their peers from 71 other countries, showing that the deliberate curricular shifts over the years to emphasise higher-order critical thinking skills have worked in moving students beyond mastering content knowledge to become problem solvers.

South Korea's scandal-hit President Park Geun-Hye yesterday said she would accept the result of a looming and possibly lengthy

The European Union welcomes Myanmar government’s move to establish an inquiry commission into the recent violence in Rakhine state.

Popular New Zealand Prime Minister John Key announced his shock resignation yesterday, saying he was never a career

The life of the leader of India's southern state of Tamil Nadu hang in the balance after she went into cardiac arrest, drawing large crowds to the hospital where doctors were fighting to save the hugely popular former actress.

Austrians returned to the polls yesterday in a bitterly fought election re-run which could see the European Union's first far-right

Chinese state media said yesterday that US President-elect Donald Trump's "inexperience" led him to accept a phone call from

The Philippine government wants Bangladesh to share the findings of its investigation into how unknown hackers pulled off one of the world's largest cyber bank heists, to help speed up recovery of the stolen funds.

Aung San Suu Kyi must step in to prevent the "genocide" of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, Malaysia's prime minister said as he mocked the Nobel laureate for her inaction.

Singapore is seen as a safer investment destination in turbulent world. Mega office deals helped drive foreign investment in local real estate to its highest level since 2007.

Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum receives a letter of thanks from US President Barack Obama, who became in May the first sitting US president to visit the atomic-bombed city of Hiroshima.