Zurich: Friction between Switzerland and the European Union over the bloc's plans to tighten gun control following a rise in militant attacks could turn...
Naypyitaw: Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi launched a major push to end decades of fighting between the military and myriad rebel groups with an appeal on...
Manila: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Wednesday he was ready to discuss any issues with Barack Obama when they meet in Laos next week, but...
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian police said on Wednesday they had arrested three local supporters of the IS militant group who had allegedly been planning several...
Almaty: Uzbek President Islam Karimov's daughter said on Wednesday that her father, who has run the Central Asian state with authoritarian style for 27...
Tokyo: Nine people were killed when floods inundated an old people's home in Japan, police said on Wednesday, taking the death toll from a typhoon...
New Delhi: US Secretary of State John Kerry called on Wednesday on China and the Philippines to abide by an international tribunal's decision on the...
Beijing: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang promised on Wednesday that a Canadian man held in China for two years on suspicion of spying would be treated humanely...
Seoul: North Korea has executed its vice premier for education and rebuked two high-ranking officials, South Korea said on Wednesday, which, if true, would...