Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday (April 18) vowed to press for greater autonomy for the nation's ethnic minorities, in an early move to soothe the rebellions roiling the country after her party's ascent to power.
An Indian court on Monday (April 18) issued an arrest warrant for the embattled liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya, who left the country last month amid pressure from lenders to repay about US$1.4 billion (S$1.9 billion) in debt owed by his defunct Kingfisher Airlines.
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong arrived in Israel from Jordan on Monday, on the second leg of his week-long trip to the Middle East.
Somalia's government said about 200 or more Somalis, many of them teenagers, may have drowned in the Mediterranean Sea while trying to cross illegally to Europe, when their boat capsized after leaving the Egyptian shore.
Embattled Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff vowed to wage a "long" fight against impeachment as Congress moved closer to putting her on trial in a deepening political crisis.
Touring a city ravaged by the earthquake that killed at least 413 people, Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa contemplated a rebuilding costing billions of dollars and a potentially "huge" impact on the fragile Opec economy.
Indonesia pledged on Monday (April 18) to resolve its "dark history" around one of the worst mass killings of the 20th century, but ruled out a formal apology as victims and officials came together for an unprecedented discussion into the atrocity.
Leading Philippine presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte, whose campaign promises a ruthless war on crime, was angrily condemned on Sunday (April 17) after a video surfaced of him joking about a murdered Australian rape victim.
The homemade bombs found at a condominium unit in Malaysia's city of Petaling Jaya are not linked to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (IS) terror group, Malaysia's Deputy Premier has said.
Myanmar President Htin Kyaw signed a pardon for 83 prisoners on the country's New Year's Day, his office said in a statement on Sunday (April 17).
With temperatures at near-record highs, Thailand began celebrating the week-long water festival known as Songkran even as the military regime urged people to save water and keep their clothes on.
A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck Myanmar on Wednesday, causing tremors around the region, including in neighbouring Bangladesh where scores were reported injured in stampedes and buildings were damaged.
Singaporean Robin Hu remains at the helm of the media company to which the South China Morning Post (SCMP) belongs, under a new owner and with a new name.
Details of the alleged deal behind the leaks that spawned claims about the misappropriation of billions at a Malaysian state investment firm linked to Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak may well unravel in the High Court in Singapore.
Indian leader Narendra Modi said on Thursday (April 7) a fatal flyover collapse in Kolkata was "an act of fraud" and accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of corruption at a state election rally.
Indonesia plans to further separate terrorist inmates Abu Bakar Bashir and Aman Abdurrahman by moving them out of Nusakambangan prison island, where they have already been locked up in isolation cells.
The Malaysian parliament's bipartisan Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has blamed the founding chief executive of 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) for the state investor's financial troubles which have rocked market confidence in the country and fuelled calls for Prime Minister Najib Razak's resignation.
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