Asia

File photo: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte told China on Thursday to “lay off” an island occupied by Manila in the disputed South China Sea and said …

A display for Huawei’s 5G wireless technology in Beijing last year. (Mark Schiefelbein/AP) South Korea launches the world’s first fully-fledged 5G mobile networks Friday, a transformational leap that already has …

Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong, who was a suspect in the murder case of North Korean leader’s half brother Kim Jong Nam Early on a February morning two years ago, a …

A man drives a motorbike past a damaged building of a metal-molding plant owned by Kunshan Waffer Technology Co following an explosion in Kunshan, Jiangsu province, China March 31, 2019. …

Brunei’s Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah (L) and Vietnam’s President Nguyen Phu Trong attend a welcoming ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam Brunei has defended its right to implement Islamic …

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India had shot down a satellite in space on Wednesday with an anti-satellite missile, hailing the test as a major …

Reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo have spent more than 15 months in detention since they were arrested in December 2017, while investigating a massacre of Rohingya Muslim civilians …

One of the covered mermaids at the Ancol park. A pair of bare-breasted mermaid statues have been given the family values treatment at an Indonesian amusement park where officials slipped …

Ethnic Kayan also known as long neck villagers wait to cast their votes for the general election in Mae Hong Son, Thailand Partial results from Sunday’s general election in Thailand …

 King Maha Vajiralongkorn Thais filled schoolyards, temples and government offices to vote Sunday in the first election since a 2014 coup, with a high turnout expected among a public who …