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YANGON – Authorities in Myanmar have detained Britain's former ambassador to the South-east Asian nation, where a military junta seized power...

BANGKOK - Thailand's new acting leader, Mr Prawit Wongsuwan, represents little substantial change from suspended Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha for...

Chinese tyre company Jiangsu General said it will soon issue shares on the Shanghai Stock Exchange in a non-public funding...

An Indian kickboxer died after a blow to the head during a bout at a national championships, a doctor said...

DHAKA – Myanmar Rohingya Muslims protested across refugee camps in neighbouring Bangladesh on Thursday (Aug 25), the fifth anniversary of...

TOKYO – Japan's National Police Agency chief said on Thursday (Aug 25) he will resign to take responsibility for the...

Police in central Thailand this week arrested a Chinese couple for trying to smuggle 4.19kg of heroin through a mail...

KARACHI, Pakistan — Historic monsoon rains and flooding in Pakistan have affected more than 30 million people over the last...

COLOMBO – Sri Lanka's former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa may return home in about two weeks after fleeing a popular uprising...

Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Tuesday (Aug 23) said he found it "difficult" to bring his Ukrainian and Russian counterparts...