As some 970 million Indians start to vote in the country's general election, polls suggest that incumbent Prime Minister Narendra Modi will win a third-term in office.
A human rights organization that represents ethnic Armenians is arguing that Azerbaijan is committing an ongoing genocide and submitted evidence on Thursday to the International Criminal Court.
Azerbaijan and Russian officials announced Wednesday that Russian forces are being withdrawn from the Karabakh region in Azerbaijan; forces have been stationed there since the end of a war in 2020.
Pakistani security forces reportedly killed seven militants in the country's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province when they tried to enter from Afghanistan.
Burma's former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest. The military government said on Wednesday the move was made due to a heat wave.
Azerbaijan says the UN's International Court of Justice does not have jurisdiction to hear Armenia's case alleging Azerbaijan violated a convention prohibiting racial discrimination.
The United States Navy is expecting to fall short of its recruitment goals, failing to keep up with success from the U.S. Army and Air Force reported this recruiting year.
Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will transition out of office after 20 years, with Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong set to succeed him on May 15.
Philippine President President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says his administration has no plan to give the U.S. military access to more Philippine army camps.
The World Bank reports half of the world's poorest countries are getting poorer as the income gap between them and the world's richest countries grows for the first time this century.
A key town along the border between Thailand and Burma has been fought over by the Burmese military and the rebel forces, who recently captured it and have successfully defended it.
Indonesian officials say a search and rescue team has found 18 people killed by Saturday's landslides on Sulawesi island and are still looking for two missing.
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced his resignation after two decades in office, effective May 15. His deputy, Lawrence Wong, will succeed him.
A group of nearly a dozen suspected illegal migrants have been busted for allegedly possessing child pornography at a Texas house that officials say was being used for human smuggling.
While President Biden met with the leaders of Japan and the Philippines, the U.S. navy led drills with Japan and South Korea amid tensions between the allies and China and North Korea
Vietnamese businesswoman Truong My Lan has been sentenced to death in the country's largest ever financial fraud case; she was arrested in 2022 and later charged with fraud totaling $12.5 billion.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will address U.S. lawmakers in the face of rising tension in the Asia-Pacific region and highlight the close alliance between the two countries.
China continues to press claims over waterways and fishing shoals around the Philippines, prompting increased military and security focus on the country.
Taiwan's defense ministry says its military drills this year will include a scenario in which China turns one of its own exercises into an actual attack.
The No. 3 official in the Chinese Communist Party will lead a delegation on what was described as a "goodwill visit" to North Korea from April 11 to April 13, 2024.
Guerrilla fighters from the Karen ethnic minority in Burma have claimed to be close to taking control of Myawaddy, the country's 'most active trading post with Thailand.'
China has increased provocations against the Philippines over territorial claims in the South China Sea. A recent opinion piece in the government-run China Daily warned Manila 'against the horrors of war.'
Taiwanese leaders are furious at the People's Republic of China after the communist nation thanked the global community for their sympathies regarding a massive earthquake on the island.
Taiwan residents reflect on the events of the recent 7.2 magnitude earthquake. People became trapped inside of tunnels by falling rocks and watched their homes shake apart.
Myanmar's main resistance group said Thursday it launched drone attacks on military headquarters and the airport in the country's capital; military said it destroyed or seized more than 12 drones.
Raymond Greene, the deputy chief of mission at the U.S. embassy in Tokyo, is set to become the new director of the American Institute in Taiwan this summer.
Taiwan lies along the fault lines encircling the Pacific Ocean where most of the world’s earthquakes occur. Taiwan's earthquake preparedness is among the most advanced in the world.
Following a phone call between President Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping, dozens of Chinese warplanes and naval vessels were reported making incursions into Taiwanese territory.
Indonesian President-elect Prabowo Subianto met with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. Subianto wants to strengthen relations between both nations as China's military presence grows.
South Korean officials report that North Korea launched a missile into the Sea of Japan. The launch comes as tensions between North Korea, South Korea and Japan grow.
Indonesia's President-elect Prabowo Subianto, who will succeed Joko Widodo later this year, met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Monday to continue Indonesia's 'friendly policy' toward China.
Russia's Federal Security Service says that it has broken up a terrorist cell whose members "directly participated in financing the perpetrators" of the Moscow terror attack.
45 people were injured on Friday after a train crashed into a bus at a rail crossing. The collision occurred when the bus attempted to cross, officials say.
The Philippines said it would take 'deliberate' action against China in the South China Sea following a dispute over the contested Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Islands.
Burma's government hosted its standard Armed Forces Day parade, flaunting its purported military might in stark contrast to losses incurred amid clashes with rebel groups.
The Aral Sea once supported large communities. But since the sea nearly completely disappeared, fewer people are left to keep the communities and customs alive.
The Taiwanese navy has commissioned a pair of new corvettes amid a rising threat from China. The new ships are fast, maneuverable and carry a range of missiles and deck guns.
A suicide bomber in northwest Pakistan allegedly targeted a vehicle carrying construction workers and engineers, including five Chinese nationals, police say.
The founders of a Malaysian convenience store chain, KK Mart Group and one of its suppliers are facing charges over socks with the word "Allah" for sale.
13 'elite troops' were arrested by Indonesia's military on Monday for being involved in a video of an indigenous Papua man being tortured; the Papua man is believed to be part of a separatist group.
Six women were found dead off the coast of Indonesia's Aceh province, authorities said Monday, confirming they were aboard a refugee boat that capsized while en route from Bangladesh.
The Philippines expressed its “strongest protest" against China over a water cannon assault by the Chinese coast guard against the Filipino navy in the disputed South China Sea.
Senior doctors in South Korea began submitting resignations en masse in support of junior doctors who are striking over the government’s plan to increase medical school admissions.
New European Union rules aimed at protecting forests are reordering how the world gets its coffee. Vietnam coffee farmers are adapting their methods to meet these rules.
The U.S. will not help the Philippines build a new port near Taiwan after initial engagement on the subject, removing a potential point of friction between the U.S. and China.
Arnolfo Teves Jr., a former Filipino congressman, has been arrested on accusations of orchestrating the killings of Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo and eight others.
Indonesian Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto has been elected president, with the result being announced Wednesday and the runners-up vowing legal challenges to it.
Pakistani security forces killed at least eight insurgents Wednesday as they repelled a separatist attack on a government building near a Chinese-funded port.
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