Asia

Nepal’s parliament has passed a bill toward making women safer by strengthening laws against acid attacks along with the ancient…

India’s diplomatic efforts to end a seven-week military standoff with China have hit a roadblock, people briefed on the talks…

Gunmen shot dead eight people, including at least one child, in a house in Thailand after holding them hostage, police…

Hong Kong police on Tuesday arrested 21 Uber drivers for illegal car-hiring as part of a clamp down against Uber…

Oil prices rose on Thursday, with global benchmark Brent crude trading comfortably above $50 a barrel after a fall in…

The secretive communist government of Laos, a country with a population of less than 7 million, rarely causes a ripple…

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi signed Thursday morning nine agreements and memos with South Korean President Park Chung-hee in Seoul…

A powerful earthquake struck South Asia before dawn on Monday, killing at least nine people and injuring nearly 200, with…

US President Barack Obama said summit meetings among world leaders this weekend in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur will…

The dollar sank against emerging market currencies and the yen in Asia Friday after seeing sharp losses on Wall Street…