More than 16 million people have been affected by monsoon flooding across the South Asian countries of India, Nepal, and Bangladesh – putting huge numbers at risk of...
A popular Chinese crime novelist who wrote a book called The Guilty Secret has been arrested for a quadruple murder that took place in 1995. “I’ve...
A 10-year-old rape victim who was denied permission for an abortion by the Indian Supreme Court last month has given birth to a baby girl. The...
Twenty-five criminals were killed, including 14 in anti-drug operations, overnight in the Philippine capital Manila in a second night of heavy bloodshed this week as President Duterte’s fierce...
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un reviewed plans to fire missiles towards the US Pacific territory of Guam but will hold off, state media said. Although prepared...
South Korean President Moon Jae-in has called on his US allies to help prevent a war, amid worsening tension over the North’s nuclear threat. Mr Moon...
A Chinese teenager has died days after he was sent to an internet addiction treatment centre, reigniting criticism of these controversial institutions. The 18-year-old had allegedly...
At least 60 children have died at a public hospital in northern India, officials say, amid allegations that the oxygen supply was cut over unpaid bills....
China’s President Xi Jinping has urged Donald Trump and North Korea to avoid “words and actions” that worsen tensions, state media say. Mr Trump and North...
A suspected unexploded bomb has been found at the site of the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan. The US is thought to have dropped the 89cm-long...
A verbal warning from U.S. President Donald Trump threatening “fire and fury” against North Korea, and subsequent remarks from Pyongyang to create an “enveloping fire” around...