Zamboanga, Philippines: At least 27 people, including 19 police and other government personnel, were injured when a large pile of confiscated illegal fireworks...
Zamboanga, Philippines: At least 27 people, including 19 police and other government personnel, were injured when a large pile of confiscated illegal fireworks...
Jakarta, Indonesia: Rescue workers searched for dozens of missing people Tuesday, digging through tons of mud and the rubble left by a landslide...
Singapore: There is a low risk of transboundary haze from Singapore's neighboring countries this year as mild weather may return, according to the...
Dhaka: Bangladesh's top-ranked chess grandmasterZiaurRahman died Friday at the age of 50 after suffering a stroke and collapsing on his board in the...
New Delhi: Intense monsoon storms battered India on Monday, flooding parts of the financial capital Mumbai, while lightning in the eastern state of...
Hwaseong, South Korea: Workers at South Korean tech giant Samsung began a three-day general strike over pay and benefits on Monday, the head...
Manila: The Philippines and Japan signed a key defence pact on Monday that will allow the deployment of troops on each other's territory,...
Indonesia: At least 11 people are dead and 35 more are missing after heavy rains caused a landslide near an illegal gold mine...
Colombo: A Hindu religious festival in Sri Lanka ended in chaos after an elephant in the procession panicked, with 13 people in the...
Kathmandu: Lashing rains in Nepal causing flash floods and landslides have killed at least 14 people across the country, with disaster teams searching...
Changsha: About 2,000Rescuersare racing against time to strengthen an embankment after a dike breach at China's second-largest freshwater lake in central China's Hunan...
Kurigram, Bangladesh: The death toll from floods in Bangladesh this week has risen to eight, leaving more than two million affected after heavy...
New Delhi: Eight people were arrested in India on Saturday for the murder of a politician who championed the rights of lower-caste Indians,...
Beijing: With half its adult population now rated as overweight or obese, China is promoting weight control through a new public awareness campaign....
Astana: The heads of state and governments of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member states signed a number of proposals and decisions aimed at...
Karachi: Pakistan's tax authority said on Thursday it has blocked 210,000 SIM cards of users who have not filed tax returns in a...
Morigaon, India: A blue tarp covered a mother and her newborn daughter from the incessant rain on their boat journey. Jahanara Khatoon, 25,...
Kuala Lumpur: A chemical leak Thursday at an engineering section of Malaysia's Kuala Lumpur International Airport sickened at least 20 people, an emergency...
