World / Asia

New Delhi: India's top court on Friday ordered authorities in the smog-choked capital New Delhi to establish checkpoints on all 113 roads into...

Tokyo: Japan's minority government signed off Friday on a $140-billion stimulus drive aimed at putting more money in consumers' pockets after the ruling...

Bangkok: A Thai woman believed to be among the worst serial killers in the kingdom's history was convicted and sentenced to death Wednesday...

Manila: A baby Philippine Eagle has hatched in the Southeast Asian country with the help of artificial insemination, sparking hope that science and...

Tokyo: Japan is readying a $65-billion push in microchips and artificial intelligence aimed at reclaiming its status as a global tech leader and...

Dhaka: Bangladesh's former police chief appeared in court Wednesday accused of overseeing a deadly crackdown in a failed bid to suppress the August...

New Delhi: India's interior minister has vowed to tackle chronic court backlogs by issuing bail to detainees awaiting trial for non-serious crimes who...

Peshawar, Pakistan: Eight soldiers were killed in northwest Pakistan, while seven policemen were briefly kidnapped in separate attacks, police and intelligence officials told...

New Delhi: The illegal burning of farm fields in northern India reached a record high this season, fuelling a toxic smog choking millions...

Seoul: Three workers died at a Hyundai car plant on Tuesday, the South Korean automaker told AFP, with local reports suggesting it was...

Aliaga, Philippines: Filipino farmer Ferdinand Pascua faces financial ruin after heavy rain brought by Typhoon Man-yi sent torrents of water down a river...

Beijing: Police said Tuesday a man was in custody after crashing a car outside a primary school in a central Chinese city, injuring...

New Delhi: India will deploy an extra 5,000 paramilitary troops to quell unrest in Manipur, authorities said Tuesday, a week after 16 people...

Beijing: Multiple students were injured Tuesday when a car crashed outside a primary school in central China's Hunan province, state media said. China...

Almaty, Kazakhstan: Kazakhstan said Monday that it would open a probe into the safety of a variety of grapes that has shot to...

Tokyo: Japan has scrapped plans to build a light railway part-way up Mount Fuji and is instead considering a Chinese-made cross between a...

New Delhi: India's capital New Delhi switched schools to online classes Monday until further notice as worsening toxic smog surged past 60 times...

Bangkok: Police in central Thailand said they barricaded themselves into their own station over the weekend, after a menacing mob of 200 escaped...