Asia

The authorities in Bangladesh's city of Chittagong say they will pay beggars a daily wage to...

At least eight people have been killed in a suicide attack at a supermarket popular with...

Rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) has downgraded Japan's credit rating from AA to AA-, citing...

The men who stoned a couple to death in north Afghanistan will be brought to justice,...

Afghanistan's president said Monday he will honor a deal not to further delay the inauguration of...

Transnational crime gangs are trafficking a growing number of Chinese women to Southeast Asia, Europe and...

Chinese officials recently unveiled a new, high-tech stealth fighter that could pose a significant threat to...

TONGI: At least 2.5 million Muslims joined prayers on Sunday near the Bangladeshi capital as part...

A Japanese rocket carrying supplies for the International Space Station lifted off from a remote island...

HONG KONG: Hong Kong customs officers have made the territory's second largest ever drugs haul, seizing...

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has postponed the opening of the country's parliament by a month. The...

Victims of flooding in Sri Lanka have besieged a government office in the east of the...

More than 30,000 army, navy, police and air force personnel are battling to provide urgent aid...

Two Pakistani television channels have been fined for breaching regulations in their coverage of the 4...

Almost 20,000 people have been left facing sub-zero temperatures with no heating in the central province...