Asia

North Korea has fired eight short-range ballistic missiles towards the sea off its east coast, a day after South Korea and the...

A medical school in Tokyo that made it harder for female students to pass entrance exams has been ordered to...

A United Nations team is in China ahead of a visit to Xinjiang, in preparation for the human rights commissioner’s long sought...

Pakistan's opposition leader Shahbaz Sharifwas elected the country's 23rd prime minister on Monday, leading to hopes that he will be able...

Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan has warned that if he is ousted from power, he will not recognise an opposition...

When Qatar won the bid to host the World Cup in 2010, the triumphant Gulf State unveiled plans to host...

The Indian state of Karnataka has shut its schools for three days after the regional government backed schools imposing a...

Pakistan's first female Supreme Court judge has been sworn in in the capital Islamabad. Ayesha Malik, 55, now sits on...

Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has described deadly violence last week as an attempted coup d'etat. He told leaders of a...

bbc- A Chinese man who was abducted over 30 years ago has been reunited with his biological mother after drawing...