Defence Minister Li Shangfu says Beijing is open to dialogue in his first major speech in the role.

Pro-democracy activists have been detained in a crackdown on marking the 1989 massacre in Beijing.

India's Railway Board says there was "some kind of signalling interference".

How did the 9 May protests affect support for Imran Khan inside Pakistan’s military cantonments?

At least 288 people were killed in the collision of two passenger trains and a goods train in Odisha.

A passenger on the derailed train tells the BBC he was trapped for half an hour, but others near him died.

The collision involving two passenger services in Odisha state has left about 900 people injured.

Experts say Indian politicians' engagement with the Indian American diaspora is "unique".

The crackdown on stand-up comedy unleashed by a joke is now hurting Beijing's vibrant live music scene.

Gangs in South East Asia have learnt to evade authorities to sell crystal meth overseas, a report says.

A court has upheld reports that a top soldier killed unarmed Afghans - but wider questions remain.

Apple's decision to manufacture iPhones in India aims at diversifying away from China

The Vatican had temporarily relieved Franco Mulakkal of his duties when he was arrested in 2018

The talks attended by Russia in South Africa are clouded by allegations of war crimes in Ukraine.

A 16th Century Italian painting looted by the Nazis has been returned to Poland from Japan.

India's traditionally patriarchal society is seeing a rising number of women heading families.

Police allege the man deliberately started the blaze at the emergency housing hostel in Wellington.

Ben Roberts-Smith had sued newspapers over allegations he killed unarmed prisoners in Afghanistan.

A Nepali sherpa guide carried the man on his back for six hours during the "very rare" high-altitude rescue.

Australia's BHP said the leave and allowance 'errors' will cost the company up to $280m.