Tens of thousands of rural Cambodians converged in this capital city starting Wednesday to join in the celebration of the Water Festival, held for the first time since 2010 when 353 people died in a stampede on an overcrowded bridge on the final night of the festival.
The U.S. dollar changed hands at the upper 114 yen level early Thursday in Tokyo, remaining at a seven- year high hit overnight in New York on U.S. midterm election results.
Authorities Tuesday imposed strict curfew and restrictions in most parts of Srinagar city to prevent religious procession on occasion of the 10th of Muharram and anti-military protests in the wake of civilian killings, officials said.
Investment bank Morgan Stanley on Wednesday released a report estimating that Australia's economic growth in 2015 will slow to below 2 percent and unemployment will rise to nearly 7 percent.
China's Taiwan remained the biggest market for Vietnamese overseas workers in the first 10 months of 2014, according to statistics by the Department of Overseas Labor Management under Vietnam's Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs on Tuesday.
Mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, two Japanese cities that suffered atomic bombing in World War II, on Tuesday sent letters to U.S. President Barack Obama protesting reported U.S. plutonium tests in September and October, Kyodo News reported.
Singapore's first luxury pet hotel, The Wagington, will open its gate in mid-November to pamper its pet guests with a host of superb services.
Nissan Motor Co. announced Tuesday a 24.9 percent year-on-year rise in its group net profit for the fiscal first half and a 16 percent rise in its net profit in the July to September period, citing robust sales in the United States of its crossover SUV models compensating for lackluster sales here.
Thousands of faithful Shiite Muslims observed Ashura or the 10th day of the month of Mohram in the Islamic calendar, to commemorate the Martyrdom of Imam Hussain, the grandson of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH), on Monday amid tight security but in peaceful environment.
South Korea's central bank said Monday that it has picked 12 local and foreign banks as market makers for the direct trading between currencies of South Korea and China to boost transactions in the Won-Yuan market, which is scheduled to be launched here in December.
Death toll in Sri Lanka's massive landslide tragedy rose to eight on Monday after two more bodies, including that of a child was recovered, an official said.
Gardening on the roofs of residential buildings has emerged as a poplar way of passing time and satisfying the mind in many of Bangladesh's towns and cities, including its capital Dhaka, which environmental experts say will have a moderate yet positive effect on the environment.
Situations have returned to normalcy after almost 24 hours of deadly suicide blast at Wagah border post in eastern Pakistan's major city of Lahore, as hundreds of people made their way to witness paramilitary troops' parade and flag lowering ceremony on Monday, military said.
1st LD Writethru: Indian military firing kills 2 civilians, wounds 2 others in Indian-controlled Kashmir
China is willing to jointly forge a comprehensive strategic partnership with Indonesia in name and in fact, visiting Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi said here on Monday.
Good Indonesia-China bilateral relations will not only serves the common interests of the two peoples, but also is conducive to the region and the world, the Indonesian foreign minister said here on Monday.
New Zealand's Ministry of Health on Tuesday began a series of briefings on Ebola readiness for health sector staff in major cities, said Health Minister Jonathan Coleman.
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