Asia

When China opened its fifth research station in Antarctica this month, analysts sounded alarm bells about potential security threats on Australia's southern doorstep.

At least 14 polling stations in Bangladesh have been set on fire, including one on the outskirts of the capital, Dhaka.

A woman in her 90s has been found alive under rubble five days after a devastating earthquake struck central Japan.

Eleven hikers have been found dead near the crater of Indonesia's Marapi volcano after it erupted over the weekend, rescuers say.

Eight members of an organ trafficking ring in north-east Pakistan have been arrested, police say.

Aunty's House has been founded as a collective focused on celebrating and uplifting the South Asian diaspora in New Zealand, and launched with its first event, the Chai Session.

A well-known Norwegian mountaineer has denied accusations that her team climbed over an injured guide during a bid to break a world record.

Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi has returned to parliament for the first time since he was convicted in a criminal defamation case.

The conviction, which Khan rejects as politically motivated, likely means he will be disqualified from running in an upcoming general election.

Cambodia's king on Monday approved the nomination of the Western-educated son of Prime Minister Hun Sen to become the next premier, confirming a much-anticipated transfer of power by one of the…

Pakistan's railway minister said initial investigations showed the train was travelling at normal speed and they were trying to establish what led to the derailment.

At least 12 people have been injured in an attack by a man close to the South Korean capital, Seoul.

A Chinese and Russian presence at a North Korean parade including UN-banned ballistic missiles is a shift from Beijing and Moscow's previous efforts to distance themselves from their neighbour's…