A court in South Korea has sentenced American livestreamer Johnny Somali, whose real name is Ismael Ramsey Khalid, to six months in prison for public nuisance...
Around 250 migrants, including Rohingya and Bangladeshis, are missing after a boat capsized in the Andaman Sea last week, according to a joint statement by the...
A court in Taiwan has sentenced former Taipei mayor Ko Wen-je to 17 years in prison after finding him guilty of corruption and misuse of political...
India’s parliament has passed a controversial bill amending transgender rights legislation, triggering protests from opposition parties and LGBTQ advocates who say it undermines the right to...
Ferdinand Marcos has pledged to secure a steady “flow of oil” for the Philippines after declaring a state of national energy emergency in response to escalating...
A Chinese national and his Kenyan associate have been charged with wildlife trafficking offences after authorities intercepted an attempt to smuggle more than 2,000 live queen...
Ten patients have died after a fire broke out in the trauma centre intensive care unit of a government hospital in the eastern Indian state of...
India’s highest court has rejected a petition seeking mandatory menstrual leave for working women and female students, saying such a policy could unintentionally reduce women’s employment...
Millions of voters in Nepal have cast their ballots in the country’s first general election since violent youth-led protests toppled the government last September. The demonstrations,...
A Japanese appeals court has upheld an order to dissolve the controversial Unification Church, rejecting the group’s attempt to overturn a lower court ruling. The Tokyo...