Police in West Bengal rescues 13 babies and discovers the skeletons of two infants in raids on homes for the elderly and mentally disabled, as a probe into a suspected international human trafficking ring widens.

The Indian Union home ministry on Monday accorded sanction to National Investigation Agency to file chargesheet against the

A top Sikh militant commander was recaptured by police in the Indian capital Delhi yesterday, a day after he was freed

Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi yesterday postponed a visit to Indonesia after protests there over her

The Global Times, China's nationalist state-owned tabloid, has warned that Singapore's "hypocrisy" over its military relationship with Taiwan could harm bilateral relations with China, according to a published op-ed.

China has lodged a protest with Singapore after the Republic's armoured vehicles were seized by the Hong Kong customs en route from Taiwan.

At least 10 armed men disguised as policemen attacked a high security prison yesterday and freed a top Sikh militant commander and four others in India's Punjab state, officials said.

Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena has asked Donald Trump to pressure the UN Human Rights Council to drop

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.7 strikes China's northwestern border with Tajikistan killing at least one person, destroying houses and severing a railway line.

Bangladesh stands eighth among the Asian countries in terms of women’s parliamentary representation with women occupying 20% of the seats in the national parliament. Nepal with 30% closely followed by the Philippines with 27% is the Asian leader with women occupying of the seats in its national parliament.

At least 67 people were killed when part of a power station under construction in China collapsed yesterday, state media reported, the latest industrial accident in a country with a dismal safety record.

All residents in China's restive region of Xinjiang must hand in their passports to local police stations for "examination and management", the Global Times newspaper said Thursday.

At least 67 people were killed when part of a power station under construction in China collapses, state media reports, the latest industrial accident in a country with a dismal safety record.

Six heavily armed Maoist rebels were killed yesterday in a jungle gunbattle with police in eastern India, an officer said.

A scandal over South Korean President Park Geun-Hye's shadowy confidante took an even more bizarre turn yesterday

The Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said Wednesday he had "no worries" about US President-elect Donald

At least nine people were killed and seven others wounded in cross-border fire which hit a Pakistani bus in disputed Kashmir

A powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit northeast Japan on Tuesday, sparking panic and triggering a tsunami including a one-

The director of a Japanese mask factory is excited by the high number of orders for Donald Trump masks but is concerned about the approaching presidency.

Sri Lanka yesterday announced a sharp rise in fines for reckless driving, which kills nearly 3,000 people a year. Officials