TOKYO - Japanese prosecutors arrested a former member of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics board, Haruyuki Takahashi, on Wednesday (Aug 17) on...

BANGKOK - Thailand's health minister on Wednesday (Aug 17) discouraged tourists from visiting Thailand only to smoke weed, just two months...

Sri Lanka's former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa will return to the island nation next week after fleeing in July amid mass...

MOSCOW - Russia has "no need" to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine, its defence minister said on Tuesday (Aug 16), describing...

A senior UN official is visiting Myanmar this week, the UN said, on a rare visit that comes amid domestic...

OAKLAND, California – America's tech giants are taking a modern-day crash course in India's ancient caste system, with Apple emerging...

AMSTERDAM -The Dutch court handling the murder trial of four suspects in the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine...

BANGKOK- Thai police have arrested a Chinese fugitive wanted by Beijing for allegedly running illegal online gambling operations and will...

A federal judge in California has signed off on Apple Inc.'s $30.5 million (S$41 million) settlement in a nearly decade-old lawsuit...

TAIPEI - Taiwan accused China of exaggeration on Tuesday (Aug 16) after the Chinese military published footage of the strategically located Penghu...