Manila: The Philippines said yesterday it will not "deviate from" an international tribunal ruling that rejected China's extensive claims in the South China...
Manila: The Philippines said yesterday it will not "deviate from" an international tribunal ruling that rejected China's extensive claims in the South China...
Yangon: Malaysia said yesterday that the plight of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar was a regional concern and called for the Association of South...
Manila: Philippine Catholic leaders and rights groups yesterday condemned as President Rodrigo Duterte's (pictured) plan to restore the death penalty and execute "five...
Kabul: The number of refugees returning to their war-ravaged homes in Afghanistan, mostly from neighbouring Pakistan, has reached one million, an Afghan deputy...
Beijing: China on Monday rejected US President-elect Donald Trump's claim that it had "stolen" an American research drone, as state media said his...
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia confirmed an eighth Zika virus case, involving a 67-year-old man who first showed symptoms in late November. An online statement...
Tokyo: The US Marines yesterday resumed flights of their controversial Osprey aircraft in Japan, less than a week after a crash off the...
Karachi: Pakistani movie theatres began screening Bollywood films again yesterday, ending an 11-week boycott in response to political and military tensions with India,...
Islamabad: Some 1,872km long gate-free and signal-free railway tracks from Karachi to Peshawar costing $8.2bn would be constructed under first phase of the...
Lahore: Any plans of violating traffic rules in the provincial capital of Pakistan’s Punjab province better be put on hold as the more...
Islamabad: A Pakistani opposition party yesterday sought an emergency session of parliament after a senior judge slammed the country's top law enforcement official...
Islamabad: The World Bank has appointed an envoy to safeguard the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) and help resolve the disagreements between India and...
Islamabad: Punjab has spent just a fraction 16pc of its total development fund of Rs550bn during the first five months of the present...
Singapore: Singapore has deported the majority of the 70-odd foreigners it has invesigated for suspected radicalism in the past two years, although none...
Seoul: Top-ranking North Korean diplomat Thae Yong-Ho, whose recent defection gifted a major propaganda coup to the South, vowed yesterday to devote himself...
Seoul: South Korea and Japan have ordered fresh culls of poultry stocks to contain outbreaks of avian flu, authorities in two countries said....
Bangkok: Hackers saying they are protesting the passage of a bill restricting internet freedom have been attacking Thai government computer servers, temporarily disabling...
Oslo: Norway and China announced yesterday the resumption of diplomatic relations, six years after Beijing froze ties with Oslo over the awarding of...
