Asia

Chinese police have arrested six people and shut 16 websites after rumours were spread that military...

While hundreds of millions of Chinese families toasted the new year together, 84-year-old He Daxing huddled...

KABUL: Private security firms in Afghanistan have been given more time before having to suspend operations,...

Bangladesh: Their faces painted heavy with make-up, teenage girls in short, tight blouses and long petticoats...

The US says it remains committed to Afghan reconciliation despite the suspension of talks by the...

KABUL: An Afghan man rammed a stolen pickup truck onto a military airfield in southern Afghanistan...

Chinese lawmakers on Wednesday passed into law controversial changes that give police powers to detain some...

KISHORI CHAR: At least 32 people drowned when a ferry sank in Bangladesh before dawn on...

DHAKA: A Saudi Arabian diplomat was shot in the chest and died in the Bangladesh capital...

China has said it would expand exchanges with India in the coming year and look to...

TOKYO: For Japanese shoppers, food safety was taken for granted until the Fukushima crisis. Now many...

Afghanistan: Afghanistan’s president renewed his calls for calm Sunday in a televised address to the nation...

Nepal: Climate change is altering the face of the Himalayas, devastating farming communities and making Mount...

KABUL: At least eight Afghans were shot dead and dozens wounded Wednesday in clashes between police...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday announced that it had agreed to extend a vital agreement with India...