The Philippine security authorities need more time to make assessment on whether or not to lift the martial law in Mindanao in the southern Philippine region, Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Monday.
Sri Lanka's Tourism Minister, John Amaratunga on Monday warned of stern action against anyone caught harassing tourists who visit the island country after an increase in the number of complaints by travelers.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) suffered a historical defeat in Sunday's Tokyo metropolitan assembly election, as Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike's new party and its allies scored a sweeping victory.
Myanmar is making efforts to put Mrauk U, a region in western Rakhine state with historical cultural evidences, on the list of world heritage sites of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
Naval forces of the Philippines and Indonesia will conduct an annual joint patrol in the Celebes Sea next week to thwart piracy and sea robbery in the backwaters bordering the two Southeast Asian countries, a military spokesman said on Sunday.
At least eight people died and another 35 were injured in a natural gas pipeline explosion in southwest China's Guizhou Province on Sunday, local authorities said.
A textbook taught in a number of Indian schools showing an image of mosque as source of noise pollution has stoked a controversy.
The United States then-president Barrack Obama met in casual session with Indonesian President Joko Widodo in the latter’s official residence, Bogor Presidential Palace, on Friday, in the final leg of Obama’s tour in the country.
Two people were killed, including the shooter and a doctor, and six wounded in a shooting rampage in Bronx Lebanon Hospital in New York, said the city's Mayor Bill de Blasio on Friday.
Brazil will have a lower gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate in 2017 than originally projected, the country's Finance Minister Henrique Meirelles said Wednesday.
Officials of China, Japan and South Korea have discussed ways of promoting cultural industry cooperation between the three countries.
Daily life of HK residents in 1997
A female panda called Chengda gave birth to the first pigeon pair this year on Tuesday in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding said.
McDonald's Thursday shut down 80 percent of its outlets in Delhi over a reported bitter battle between the global burger giant and its northern Indian franchisee.
Meetings and marches were organized in many cities across India on Wednesday, to protest against the instances of violence against peopling belonging to the Muslim community.
The Philippine government is readying its plan to rebuild the besieged southern city of Marawi, which was devastated by the ongoing war between the troops and the militants inspired by the Islamic State (IS), a government official said Thursday.
India's vice presidential elections will he held on Aug. 5, the country's independent Election Commission announced Thursday.
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