Tag: Asia

Saudi Arabia and its allies unveiled a "terrorist" blacklist on Tuesday of 18 organisations and individuals suspected of links with ...

Thai authorities have frozen seven bank accounts belonging to ex-premier Yingluck Shinawatra over a $1 billion fine she faces for ...

The Maldivian government Tuesday defended its controversial deployment of troops to block opposition legislators entering parliament, saying the move was ...

India's stock markets hit record highs on Tuesday with the National Stock Exchange's much-watched Nifty index breaking the psychological 10,000 ...

South Korea said Tuesday its economy is set to grow at its fastest rate in three years in 2017, on ...

The names may be unfamiliar but the services are immediately recognisable: Snapp is Iran's answer to Uber, Digikala is its ...

US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has issued a sharp rebuke after the Pentagon wasted millions of dollars buying the Afghan ...

The 23-year-old Canadian superstar -- who in recent years has been as known for off-stage antics as for his music ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday said his visit to the Gulf region made a contribution to easing the ...

A French cardinal hailed the "rebirth" of Iraq's devastated main Christian town of Qaraqosh on Monday, where residents are returning ...

The United Nations is "not giving up" on efforts to seal a Cyprus reunification deal despite the failure of an ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Doha ON Monday as part of a Gulf tour aimed at defusing a ...

Jordan said Monday it was looking to question an Israeli security guard who killed two Jordanians at the Amman embassy ...

Four Vietnamese fisherman were shot and wounded by Indonesia's navy over the weekend, authorities said on Monday, the latest clash ...

The number of rhinos killed for their horns by poachers in South Africa dipped slightly in the first half of ...

A top aide to US President Donald Trump was due in Israel Monday in a bid to ease tensions over ...

China warned on Monday that it will step up its troop deployment in a border dispute with India, vowing to ...

A top aide to US President Donald Trump was due in Israel on Monday in a bid to ease tensions ...

East Timor is set for another coalition after the two governing parties in Asia's youngest democracy clinched a majority of ...

At least 24 people have been killed and 42 wounded after a car bomb struck a bus carrying government employees ...