Most Asian stock benchmarks rebounded from early losses Tuesday as investors started shaking off the jitters from Britain's vote to quit the European Union and its messy aftermath.
China warned people to be aware of what it said are the nefarious motives of the Dalai Lama after he met American singer Lady Gaga on a trip to the United States and spoke about love and compassion.
The Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia agreed on Monday to take possible coordinated actions, including sea and air patrols, to stop an alarming wave of cross-border kidnappings and boat attacks by Abu Sayyaf extremists and other outlaws.
The party of Malaysia's scandal-tainted Prime Minister Najib Razak has won two parliamentary by-elections in a landslide, further strengthening his rule despite corruption allegations.
With nothing to mark the point where one country ends and another begins, there is little sign of the border between the United Kingdom and Ireland, a frontier that was once controlled by military checkpoints.
An outside investigation team appointed by the operator of Japan’s damaged Fukushima nuclear plant said on Thursday that an instruction from then-company president to avoid mentioning “meltdown” delayed disclosure of the status of three reactors.
Cruelty to animals in India is a concern which Indians appear not ready to take responsibility for, with attacks on stray animals, especially dogs, becoming part of daily life.
When she was seven, Saleha Paatwala’s grandmother took her out for what she thought would be a party.“I was told it would be a huge gathering where kids like me would also be,” Paatwala said.
A city of nearly seven million people in southern India has declared a “high alert” for polio after an active strain of the virus was found in samples of sewage water, an official said on Wednesday.
A tragedy half a world away has created an unlikely opening for a repressed community in Singapore.
Abandoned by family and mocked by their society, the life of a Pakistani transgender is lonely.It can even be deadly.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, emphasising the importance of a continued relationship between the world’s oldest democracy and its largest.
Police in Bangladesh said on Sunday that they have arrested more than 5,000 criminal suspects in the past few days as they continue a nationwide crackdown to try and stop a growing wave of brutal attacks on minorities and activists.
A DPRK’s anti-smoking campaign has apparently failed to persuade young leader Kim Jong-un to quit, despite his late father’s warning that “a cigarette is like a gun aiming at your heart”.
US President Barack Obama formally endorsed Hillary Clinton’s White House bid on Thursday and called for the Democratic Party to unite behind her after a protracted battle with Bernie Sanders for the party nomination.
Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world’s longest-reigning monarch, on Thursday marked his 70th year on the throne — from his hospital bed, immobile and wracked by a variety of age-related ailments that have made Thais wonder what their world would be like without him.
Singapore said this week it will block foreign sponsorship of events at a park in the city-state where citizens are allowed to hold rallies to air their views on political and controversial issues.
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