Authorities in northern Thailand successfully rescued 25 tourists who were stranded by flash floods at a popular waterfall in Chiang Mai province, prompting the national park chief to order a temporary closure of...
Thai traditional masked dance-drama has been a central royal initiative, leading to the dramatic revival of the high-art performance under the patronage of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit The Queen Mother.
This...
Health authorities in Afghanistan said ‘more than 20 people’ were killed after 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck northern Afghanistan overnight. Hundreds have also been left injured. The earthquake...
Japan’s new defense minister Koizumi Shinjiro is engaging in a flurry of diplomacy during his visit to Malaysia. This included his first meeting with China’s Defense Minister Dong Jun.
The talks...
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Sunday successfully launched its heaviest satellite, CMS-03, on board the Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (LVM3-M5), officials said.
The launch took place from the second...
Chinese tech giant Tencent and the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University in south China have launched a powerful artificial intelligence model that can identify gene mutations in just one...
On Saturday night, a mountain reservoir in TuyPhong commune in Viet Nam burst, sending torrents of water cascading into nearby residential areas and sweeping several people away. Local residents reported that at...
The Philippines signs a visiting forces agreement with Canada. The agreement allows Canadian troops to participate in joint exercises on land as well as at sea, bringing them in line with earlier agreements signed...
The four mice transported to China’s Tiangong space station aboard the Shenzhou-21 crewed spacecraft are in good condition and have adapted well to the microgravity environment, the Technology and...
Maldives seeks to "protect public health and promote a tobacco-free generation" with a ban on tobacco use for those born after 2007. A generational prohibition on tobacco went into effect in the Maldives...