Swedish furniture giant Ikea has opened its first store in India, located in the southern city of Hyderabad.

A farmer has taken drone footage of cattle swarming around a water truck in drought-hit New South Wales.

It emerged during their weeks-long ordeal that three of the boys and their coach were stateless.

China is to start imposing 25% import duties on $16bn worth of US goods.

The social network played a festive animation to Indonesian speakers posting about a tragedy.

Ivory Lane Singapore was a luxury brand that sounded too controversial to be true, and it was.

A court allows M Karunanidhi's burial at an iconic site despite the government's objections.

The campaign promising a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity had a mixed reaction on Chinese social media.

An investigation found the practice of marking down women and some men began more than a decade ago.

The allegations add to earlier corruption charges as Mr Najib's dramatic fall from power continues.

Tanzeela Qambrani, from the tiny Sidi community, has ancestors who hailed from East Africa.

Duties on $16bn in Chinese imports will come into effect on 23 August.

"There isn't a person in New South Wales who isn't hoping to see some rain," its government says.

Why road safety is at the forefront of mass protests in recent days by students in Bangladesh

Ten years ago the Games energised a rising China, but do locals still feel a legacy of hope?

On 8 August 1988, the Burmese military cracked down on anti-government demonstrations, killing hundreds of protesters.

Adam Purinton said he shot two Indian men in a bar because he thought they were Iranian.

The five-time chief minister of south India's Tamil Nadu state was a pioneer of political theatre.

Indonesian police say the man took the girl when she was 13 and held her captive for sexual purposes.

The 94-year-old was a political force in the southern state of Tamil Nadu for more than six decades.