Tag: Asia

Energy Minister together with the delegation for the conference Energy Minister Boakye Agyarko has engaged numerous major oil companies to ...

A former warlord branded the "Butcher of Kabul" made a triumphant return to the Afghan capital Thursday, met by uneasy ...

Thousands of south Yemenis demonstrated on Thursday in support of a governor sacked by the president in a blow to ...

Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, who returned to Kabul Thursday after more than 20 years, is one of Afghanistan's most notorious warlords, chiefly ...

Basketball chiefs reversed a controversial ban on professional players wearing headgear Thursday after fierce criticism that the rule undermined diversity ...

The Vatican and Myanmar established full diplomatic relations on Thursday in the latest step in the former pariah Asian state's ...

Five men were charged with violating Thailand's draconian royal defamation law for sharing Facebook posts written by an exiled dissident ...

A former warlord branded the "Butcher of Kabul" returned to the Afghan capital on Thursday morning, two decades after leaving ...

Hong Kong is unrecognisable now from the city which 50 years ago was the scene of bloody riots, fuelled by ...

Chinese giants Guangzhou Evergrande escaped Thursday with a fine and a suspended two-match stadium ban from Asia's football governing body ...

A major dust storm engulfed northern China and Beijing on Thursday, prompting authorities to cancel dozens of flights and urge ...

North Korean state media have issued a stinging denunciation of the country's chief ally and diplomatic backer China, saying Beijing ...

Eleven journalists died covering conflict or were assassinated in Iraq during the past year, a Baghdad-based watchdog said in a ...

Syrian rebels said Wednesday they were suspending participation in a latest round of peace talks aimed at pushing a Russian ...

Two Turkish nationals who went missing in Malaysia have been arrested as a security threat, the police chief announced on ...

The Thailand Open has rejoined the Asian Tour after an eight-year hiatus, organisers announced on Wednesday, confirming that Australia's Scott ...

"If nothing is done, this species will disappear within 10 years," warns a poster on Ahmed Harrad's ageing 4x4 showing ...

There were moments when Naruedee Jotsanthia thought she'd never smile again. The Thai schoolgirl says she was left facially disfigured ...

Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday rejected a decision by the UN's rights council to investigate allegations of crimes by ...

Kuwaiti telecoms giant Zain's net profit rose slightly in the first quarter of 2017 due to difficulties in some regional ...