Japan’s Abe to call election in October nipping a new challenge in the bud

Bangladesh is building a large camp to accommodate hundreds of thousands of new arrivals fleeing violence across the border, but space is stretched very thin

Guterres told the UN General Assembly that millions of people were living in dread as a result of North Korea’s provocative nuclear and missile tests

Kim Jong-un has threatened to fire missiles into waters near Guam, home to US military bases in the Pacific ocean

India fights in court to deport Rohingya, claims they have links to Pakistan-based terrorist organisations

The US's UN envoy Nikki Haley wants wider inspections at nuclear sites in Iran to verify it is not in breach of accords

The military drills follow after Pyongyang fired another midrange ballistic missile over Japan on Friday

The stakes are high for leader Aung San Suu Kyi when she makes her first address on the crisis on Tuesday, with critics accusing her of not stopping the ...

Pyongyang’s recent nuclear and missile tests are expected to loom large at the UN General Assembly

US President Donald Trump says Teheran is violating ‘the spirit’ of the nuclear accord granting sanctions relief

The refugees are being moved into a new camp in Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh after fleeing violence in Myanmar

The status of the Muslim minority has long been a explosive topic in Myanmar

The sanctions imposed on Monday banned the North’s textile trade, stopped new work permits for its labourers, and imposed restrictions on shipments of ...

A local rights expert slammed the government for the chaotic relief management, saying fights were breaking out each time an aid truck arrived

A government source says a notice was signed by the Beijing city group in charge of overseeing internet finance risks, and was circulated online

Nearly 80,000 people were evacuated from Vietnam’s densely populated coastal strip in preparation for Doksuri

US defence secretary says the launch ‘put millions of Japanese into duck and cover’, although residents in north of the country appeared calm after the second ...