Chinese President Xi Jinping called for a peaceful resolution of rising tension on the Korean peninsula in a telephone

Li Yongbo, who led the Chinese national badminton team to gold medal victory at six Olympic games, will step down as head coach, media reports said on Wednesday.

Taiwan raises the penalty for animal abuse and became the first country in Asia to ban the consumption of dogs and cats. Under an Animal Protection Act amendment that passed its third reading at the Legislature, people who sell, purchase, eat or possess the carcasses of dogs or cats or any food products made with their carcasses or organs are subject to a fine

China executed more people last year than the rest of the world combined, Amnesty International said yesterday. At least 931 individuals

Nine people including four Philippine security officials are killed during clashes with suspected Islamic militants on a popular resort island as millions prepare to travel for the Easter holiday.

Lewis Hamilton mastered Shanghai's changing conditions and stayed clear of squabbling rivals to win the Chinese Formula One Grand Prix on Sunday.

Chief Justice of India JS Khehar says that political parties must be held accountable for unfulfilled electoral promises.

A trio of strong earthquakes damage buildings and cause panicked tourists to flee a popular dive resort near the Philippine capital, officials and eyewitnesses say.

The heir to the huge Samsung business empire yesterday appeared in court at the start of his trial for embezzlement

Three soldiers have died after avalanches struck a high-altitude army post in Indian-administered Kashmir. Multiple

Nearly two dozen bomb and arson attacks erupted across Thailand's insurgency-torn south shortly after midnight, the

India will buy nearly $2 billion worth of weapons technology from Israel in what's being described as the "largest

A Muslim man has died after he was attacked by hundreds of vigilantes while transporting cows in India, police said

China's President Xi Jinping, on the way to his eagerly awaited first encounter with Donald Trump, met his Finnish

North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile into the sea off its east coast yesterday, South Korea's military said, ahead

Amid persistent Chinese objections to the Dalai Lama's trip to Arunachal Pradesh, India said on that no "artificial controversy" should be

Human rights body Fortify Rights has demanded Malaysia to investigate deaths in its immigration detention centres without delay and re-open an investigation into the human trafficking of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar and Bangladeshis in recent years.

Representatives of 44 African countries accused the Indian government yesterday of failing to do enough to stop racist

The Dalai Lama has had an emotional reunion with the Indian border guard who escorted him as he fled his native

Pakistan yesterday resumed its mass repatriation of Afghan refugees despite past accusations of coercion in the