At least 10 people were killed in a huge fire at a hotel in eastern China, the official Xinhua news agency said yesterday. The blaze broke

As many as seven passengers aboard the Pakistan International Airlines flight PK-743 (Karachi-Madina) on January 20 were forced to stand throughout the over three-hour flight after the airline boarded excess passengers in a serious breach of air safety regulations.

Sri Lanka yesterday arrested 18 people suspected of trying to leave the country illegally for New Zealand, a navy spokesman said. A joint

The former managing director of a little-known Indian company that claimed to be selling the world's cheapest smartphone has been

Real Madrid striker Cristiano Ronaldo is comfortably the most influential soccer player online in China, while Manchester United are the most dominant club, according to a report.

Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito has suggested he is ready to take on the duties of emperor from his father as the country prepares for

Chinese authorities have blocked a prolific feminist social media account for allegedly breaking the law with posts critical of US President

NBA Hall of Famer Yao Ming called for "urgent" reform and said he was facing a multitude of problems as he was elected president of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) on Thursday.

Detectives probing the assassination of Kim Jong-Un's half-brother want to question a North Korean diplomat, Malaysia's top policeman said yesterday.

A light aircraft smashed into shops and exploded into a "massive fireball" killing all five on board, including four American passengers

An avalanche killed at least seven labourers in northern Pakistan yesterday, with up to four more trapped beneath the

China will suspend all imports of coal from North Korea for the rest of the year, Beijing said yesterday, depriving Pyongyang of a

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, will visit various locations in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar district where people fleeing Myanmar are residing temporarily in makeshift shelters.

The Hindu community in Pakistan is set to have a personal law for the first time as the country’s senate unanimously passes ‘The Hindu Marriage Bill 2017’.

Pakistan is boycotting the two-day South Asian Speakers’ Summit to be hosted by India in central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh to discuss various social issues like gender equality, women empowerment and climate change.

According to information security company Trend Micro Inc., its security software detected ransomware on 62,400 personal computers from January to November last year.

Talks on the Syrian crisis involving Russia, Iran and Turkey that were due to start in the Kazakh capital Astana yesterday have

Eight people were killed in a knife attack on a crowd in China's restive Xinjiang region, including three assailants who

Disgraced Indian politician VK Sasikala was jailed yesterday for corruption, just as she was on the cusp of becoming

Four suicide bombers struck Pakistan in one day yesterday, killing six people and unnerving citizens whose growing