At least 11 people were killed when a bridge collapsed into a river following torrential rain and flash flooding in northern China, according to state media....

Bangladesh suspended all internet services in the country, implementing a nationwide curfew and military deployment, as an estimated 105 people have been...

When they returned home after the war, the farmers in Bolan had little chance to enjoy their country’s new-found peace. Despite the silence of the guns, the...

A long way from Ohio and Washington DC, near the waters of the Bay of Bengal in south India, lives the last tenuous link with India for Usha Chilukuri Vance,...

China’s disgraced former foreign minister was formally removed from the Communist Party’s central committee on Thursday but it appears that he will be spared...

The six Vietnamese visitors found dead at a luxury hotel in Bangkok were killed in a murder-suicide poisoning over a debt dispute, Thai police have concluded....

Donald Trump has demanded Taiwan pay the United States for defending it, sending a contradictory message after his candidate for vice-president demanded...

The super spicy crisps may have carried dramatic warnings that they were “rated 18” and only suitable for adults. But 14 Tokyo high school students who were...

Indian MPs who lost their seats in the recent general election are so reluctant to leave their official bungalows that the authorities have been forced to...

A senior North Korean diplomat based in Cuba has defected to South Korea because he could not bear the idea of his children “bowing” before Kim Jong-un’s...