N Korea may test long-range missile next year: US intelligence agency
North Korean leaders view nuclear arms as critical to regime survival, the report said.
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam leaves hospital after fracturing elbow in fall
Lam, 64, went to the hospital by herself after her fall at the Government House on Monday night
S’ville set to turn into ‘second Shenzhen’
Cambodia has awarded a contract to a Chinese institute to transform the Preah Sihanouk province into Southeast Asia's next logistics and resort hub.
This is not how Hindu devotees wanted to bid farewell to Durga
It is difficult to explain the failure of local administration to take adequate steps to ensure protection of puja mandaps and Hindu neighbourhoods
Congress and Modi’s nationalist turf
Seven key states will hold polls next year. Are they prepared to resist the damaging cultural ideas that India’s ruling Hindutva establishment spawns?
Militancy changes its colours in Kashmir
Militants seem to be adopting a new ‘hybrid warfare’ strategy as part of which they are employing overground workers to kill ‘soft targets.’
China’s third-quarter growth slows to 4.9%
Overall, China's GDP grew by 9.8 percent year-on-year in the first three quarters of the year to 82.31 trillion yuan ($12.79 trillion).
China tests new space capability with hypersonic missile: Report
The report, by Financial times, said Beijing in August launched a nuclear-capable missile that circled the Earth at low orbit before descending toward its target
Kishida sends ritual offering to controversial Yasukuni shrine
The shrine honours the war dead and is seen by neighbouring countries as a symbol of Tokyo's past militarism.
Over half of the world’s hungry are Asians
The majority are in South Asia, which accounts for 305.7 million people. South-east Asia follows with 48.8 million people, and West Asia with 42.3 million.