Indonesia seized largest number of awards in the annual Southeast Asian Tourism Association (ASEANTA) Awards, continuing its domination in the event last year.
India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah and Information and Broadcasting Minister Smriti Irani have been elected to the upper house of parliament (Rajya Sabha) from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's homestate of Gujarat.
During a ceremony to mark the 72nd anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing, the mayor of Nagasaki Tomihisa Taue on Wednesday insisted that Japan join a treaty to ban nuclear weapons.
Pakistan on Tuesday lodged a protest with India over unprovoked firing by Indian forces at the Line of Control in Kashmir region in which a civilian was killed and another injured, officials said.
Australians will head to the polls on Nov. 25 to vote in a plebiscite which will decide the future of same-sex marriage in the country, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced on Tuesday.
Myanmar President U Htin Kyaw on Tuesday called for doubling efforts to make ASEAN region more politically cohesive, economically integrated, socially responsible and people-oriented over the next 50 years.
To check the high dropout rate in schools, the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC), is planning to organize street plays to spread awareness about the importance of education.
Halimah Yacob, speaker of Singapore's Parliament, formally resigned as the speaker and a member of parliament on Monday, in order to contest in the presidential election next month.
At least four militants were killed and a soldier was injured when the Pakistani army lunched an operation in the country's southwest Balochistan province on Sunday.
Indian police have arrested a leader of ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's youth wing in connection with Friday's mob attack on main opposition Congress party's second-in-command Rahul Gandhi in the western state of Gujarat.
"Wolf Warrior 2", a Chinese action film, has leaped into the second place in China's all-time box office sales, surpassing "The Fate of the Furious" on Saturday.
China's online population reached 751 million this June, up 2.7 percent from the end of 2016, which accounts for 25 percent of the global netizens, according to the latest statistics released by the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) on Friday.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), recently cut its key lending rate, helping banks to reduce monthly installments on loans and lend more money to businesses. After the cut the rate is at a six-and-half-year low and stands at 6%.
A piece of news entitled “Boy chooses Wi-Fi over grandma” has sparked heated debate among Chinese Internet users over how small kids spend their summer vacation.
More homes with joint property rights between the government and occupiers will come on the market in Beijing to bring down prices and meet the needs of local people without a home, the municipal government said Thursday.
ASEAN foreign ministers will discuss on Friday ways to deal with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), which has continued its nuclear program despite international condemnation, Philippine Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said in Manila.
India's vice presidential elections is slated for Saturday.
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