Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Global Buddhist summit in New Delhi on Thursday. The theme of the two-day summit is "Responses to Contemporary Challenges: Philosophy to Praxis.” Modi...
Cambodian army chief Hun Manet, who is widely expected to replace his father, Hun Sen, as the country’s prime minister later this year, was promoted on Thursday to the country’s highest military rank....
Chinese authorities said they had detained a dozen people over a hospital fire in Beijing that left at least 29 dead and forced desperate survivors to jump out of windows to escape. The blaze, which broke out on...
India is on track to become the world's most populous nation, surpassing China by 2.9 million people by mid-2023, according to data released by the United Nations on Wednesday. The South Asian country will...
A panda on long-term loan from China to Thailand has died at a zoo in the north of the country. Lin Hui had been a big tourist favourite at Chiang Mai zoo since she arrived in 2003 on an initial ten-year deal that...
Authorities in Beijing said the death toll from a fire that broke at a hospital on Tuesday rose to 29, including 26 patients.
The fire at the private Changfeng Hospital forced dozens of people to evacuate and...
Chinese Defense Minister Gen. Li Shangfu held talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu after attending a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin. The Chinese defense chief vowed to...
Indonesian President Joko Widodo met with the Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala at Bogor Presidential Palace on Tuesday. Both leaders discussed various economic and security issues in the region, as well as...
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo on Tuesday after attending the G7 Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Karuizawa, north of Tokyo. The G7 Summit...
A Singapore-flagged oil tanker and its crew were recovered safely over the weekend after being attacked by pirates in international waters off the coast of West Africa last week. Ivory Coast and French air and...