The pop star explains why his third album is "a metaphor for the oppression millions of people feel".

India is trying to become an industrial powerhouse, but is that coming at the cost of workers' safety?

Jit Chauhan, 48, was drinking a litre of whisky a day when his alcoholism was at its worst.

The south-western city of Chongqing was one of the areas hit worst by the flames in August's heatwave.

Female bosses remain a small minority in Japan, but efforts continue to increase their numbers.

The death of Cyrus Mistry is a big loss for the business world, the Indian prime minister says.

Varuna Sridhar, a 21-year-old artist from Chennai city, is winning fans with her hyper-realistic food paintings.

The death toll from unprecedented flooding passes 1,200, with a third of the victims said to be children.

Beijing called on the US to revoke the missiles-and-radar deal or face "counter-measures".

People are sheltering on the edge of rising water in Pakistan's Sindh province, fearing further devastation.

A ground-breaking Indian cookery programme was presented by the Indian actor turned food writer Madhur Jaffrey.

Gotabaya Rajapaksa is back in the country just weeks after anti-government protests drove him from office.

Pakistan's geography - and its immense glaciers - make it vulnerable to climate change.

Teesta Setalvad's arrest on charges of fabricating evidence was widely condemned by global rights groups.

The latest in a string of attacks on Taliban supporters killed at least 18 people, officials said.

It comes after Vicky Bowman and her husband were arrested for violating immigration laws.

The former opposition leader faces a raft of charges her supporters say are politically-motivated.

The limit on migrant numbers will increase for the first time in a decade to stem worker shortages.

Seoul wants to phase out its basement apartments - but where will the people who live there go?

Forest officials in Karnataka state have been searching for the leopard for more than 27 days.