Three people have died of seasonal influenza A/H1N1 2009, also known as swine flu, in Myanmar as of Wednesday, according to the Yangon Region Health Department Thursday.
Sri Lanka's Tourism Ministry, on Wednesday, said the prevailing drought in the northern and central region of the island country had affected wildlife at the Wilpattu National Park which attracts hundreds of tourists annually.
The Iraqi foreign minister, Ibrahim al-Jaafari recently informed that the government has “no substantial information” about 39 Indians taken hostage by the Islamic State (IS) terror group in Mosul in 2014.
South Korea's unification ministry said Wednesday that there has been no deadline set for its earlier dialogue overtures to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
Myanmar's House of Representatives (Lower House) on Tuesday unanimously denounced the statement of UN envoy Yanghee Lee which criticized the country over its human rights situation.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte pledged on Tuesday that his country is to build stronger bilateral relations with China.
Ubud township in Indonesia’s resort island of Bali was ranked among top 15 of world’s best places and number 4 in Asia alike by a prominent travelling magazine in its annual readers’ choice award program this year.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Monday that he will beef up the country's military and police force to meet "the future threats coming our way from within and outside the country."
Indonesian airlines expanded their international flights service, linking cities in Indonesia’s western and central regions to several cities in China and India amid growing number visitor arrivals from the two nations to Indonesia.
China wishes to work together with Thailand and other Mekong countries to ensure a practical and effective mechanism for the Lancang-Mekong Coopeation(LMC) ,Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said here on Monday.
Indonesia has urged the United States to take necessary steps to stop Israel from conducting more violence which already killed three Palestinian Muslims and injured more than 100 others, saying that Israel’s moves have escalated tensions and limited Muslim’s activities to pray in Al-Aqsa holy mosque.
A total of 31 suspects have been arrested by the Myanmar security forces in Maungtaw township, northern Rakhine state over the weekend for holding a secret meeting in Kyauk Hlaykha village to commit terrorist acts, Myanmar News Agency reported Monday.
American rock band Linkin Park on Friday canceled its North American tour after the death of its lead singer Chester Bennington.
An online petition to stop axing of 1713 trees in New Delhi has been launched by Green activists. The trees are to be felled for the construction of an exhibition-cum-convention center at Pragati Maidan. However, the petitioners argue that the trees to be cut are more than 60 years old and the move will be detrimental for the environment.
An online petition to stop axing of 1713 trees in New Delhi has been launched by Green activists. The trees are to be felled for the construction of an exhibition-cum-convention center at Pragati Maidan. However, the petitioners argue that the trees to be cut are more than 60 years old and the move will be detrimental for the environment.
New research at the University of California, Berkeley, indicates that the rubber-like elasticity of skin, which contracts to its original shape after being stretched, is key to the development of regularly spaced hairs and sweat glands during development.
Russia aims to build its navy into the world's second in terms of combat capabilities, according to the Fundamentals of Russia's State Naval Policy Through 2030 approved by President Vladimir Putin on Thursday.
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