Investor approval paves the way for Japan's largest overseas acquisition and create a global drugs giant.

Lynette Dawson's 1982 disappearance in Sydney has gained global attention through a popular podcast.

The US and China have agreed to a 90-day pause to their ongoing trade war, to avoid escalation.

Researchers say that being outside in some areas is the equivalent of smoking 20 cigarettes a day.

So-called cow vigilantism is on the rise in India but the killing of a policeman is unheard of.

Tokyo Telemessage will end its pager service - which still has 1,500 users - next year.

Police blame armed separatists for a deadly attack in the restive Papua province.

Hundreds of Taiwanese taxpayers' dollars have been spent on an investigation into the theft of a yoghurt drink.

The Hollywood blockbuster with an all-Asian cast fails to impress Chinese audiences.

Female reporter Pat Karvelas was thrown out of Australia's parliament for showing "too much skin".

Police in China have cracked down on a supply network of unlicensed and counterfeit beauty products.

Police arrest three men over the murder of an officer in Uttar Pradesh by 'cow slaughter' mob.

The brother of Australian cricket star Usman Khawaja allegedly framed another man with a fake terror plot.

A photographer spent more than a year chronicling life inside a care home for the elderly in India.

A sexual abuse scandal is engulfing Afghanistan's women's football team - once a symbol of freedom.

Tencent revives its New York float that was postponed in the wake of the US-China trade war.

An Australian barrister who represented notorious criminals reported on her own clients to police.

Journalist Patricia Karvelas has been kicked out of the Australian parliament for showing too much skin on her arm.

He died when right-wing Hindu groups who were protesting against cow slaughter clashed with police.

PewDiePie is battling Indian channel T-Series in a bid to remain the YouTuber with the most subscribers.