Bangladesh in no hurry to relocate Rohingya refugees

Beijing wants nationwide inspections of companies after one of the country’s worst industrial accidents

Beijing is exporting its Big Brother methods of censorship to other countries, threatening press freedom globally, says Reporters Without Borders

Disasters have hit chemical plants in particular, with 23 people killed in November in blasts during the delivery of a flammable gas at a chemical maker

Nearly 1.9-million votes have been invalidated with 93% of votes tallied, the Election Commission says

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe says Hambantota will become a global investment hub with the addition of the oil refinery and storage complex

But transport analysts have cautioned that the new line and cheap prices will not cure the traffic woes of a city infatuated with private vehicles 

About 15,000 turn out in Christchurch and more than 1,000 in Auckland in a show of unity

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern joined about 20,000 people in front of the al-Noor mosque where most of the victims were killed last week

Prosecutor to press on with investigation of crimes against humanity in spite of Philippines pulling out as member of International Criminal Court

Government declares a state of emergency in storm-hit Papua

Grain growers minimise cost amid threat of second successive crop failure

Verdict coud intensify fighting between the ethnic group and the military

The court will respond to claims made by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch accusing security forces of mass killings, rape and arson

The levels of carbon dioxide found at Cape Grim, Tasmania now are akin to those found in some towns at the start of the industrial revolution

Amid the devastation, however, a baby has been reunited with his father after soldiers plucked him from rubble inside a house where his mother and siblings ...

Main exiled group, the World Uyghur Congress, denounces white paper