The chief of Thailand's army has pledged that the military will not stage a coup after the next election.
Cambodian police plan to arrest three suspects who are accused of doctoring an image of the country's sovereign to place him in a gay porn scene, along with the words "Cambodia King is gay".
Myanmar has detained several police over a video that appears to show officers beating members of the Muslim Rohingya minority during a security operation.
Police in Indonesia have arrested the captain of a ferry that burst into flames, leaving 23 people dead.
If you don't like tight spaces, you might want to look away now.
At least five workers have died and nearly two dozen are feared trapped in a coal mine which has collapsed in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand.
People in India have until the end of Friday to deposit discontinued notes in bank and post office accounts, or risk their money becoming worthless.
An Australian man has found instant fame after being filmed pretending to fish during flash floods in Melbourne.
Australian anti-terror police have charged a man for making threats against Sydney's New Year's Eve celebrations.
Police in Istanbul have detained a prominent investigative journalist, Ahmet Sik, in connection with his social media postings.
Police in Rio de Janeiro have found a body inside a burnt-out car that had been rented by the Greek ambassador to Brazil, Kyriakos Amiridis.
Russia has promised to respond to the expulsion of 35 of its diplomats from Washington, amid a bitter dispute over alleged Russian interference in the recent US presidential election.
2016 was the year that a decade of bubbling public discontent over the economy boiled over in two dramatic votes.
The head of Japanese advertising group Dentsu has resigned following the suicide of an employee who had worked hundreds of hours of overtime.
Fifteen men have been charged after police said they made the biggest cocaine bust in Australia's history.
Nearly 1,000 dead bodies of political activists and suspected armed separatists have been found in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province over the past six years.
Nigeria's food safety agency has denied claims by the health minister that it has cleared the reported "plastic" rice.