Japan's Self-Defence Forces are struggling to recruit from a population that is shrinking and ageing.

A Delhi-San Francisco Air India flight was diverted to Russia after its engine developed a snag.

CCTV footage captured the moment a would-be thief was stopped in his tracks at an Australian liquor store.

The Beijing-based firm has denied Chinese Communist Party members were allowed to access user data.

A 90-year-old Indian villager has been sentenced for life for the murder of 10 Dalits in 1981.

Japan moves to reform its sex assault laws, finally recognising consent.

Chinese players Liang Wenbo and Li Hang receive lifetime bans for match-fixing in snooker's biggest corruption scandal.

The deadly three-train collision on Friday evening killed 288 people in Balasore district.

Kathleen Folbigg spent 20 years in prison after being convicted of killing her four infant children.

The Southeast Asian island nation's only race course will hold its final meeting next year.

Ben Roberts-Smith tried to intimidate witnesses in last week's defamation trial, a judge says.

The Indian batter will be returning to the side after 18 months and has a lot to prove.

Saibal Das survived a harrowing crash in Bihar and captured the first pictures of the tragedy.

The railway minister announced the decision but did not give more details.

Afghanistan faces a worsening mental health crisis amid a clampdown on women's freedoms and rights.

A recent inquiry heard fresh evidence that Kathleen Folbigg did not kill her four children.

The recent crackdown on stand-up comedy has further shrunk the space for public discussion in China.

Experts say drug abuse is devastating the lives of young people in the conflict-hit region.

Relatives of the victims of the India train crash tell of their struggle to locate loved ones.

Yoshikazu Higashitani, aka GaaSyy, returns to Japan months after Tokyo police issued his arrest warrant.