A boat capsized in heavy storms in eastern Afghanistan killing eight passengers, with five more still missing in the water, a local official told AFP…
A private helicopter crashed in western India on October 2, killing three people on board, a fire official said. The chopper burst into flames in…
Tiny, landlocked Bhutan detailed plans on October 1 for a "Mindfulness City" to lure foreign investment and international travellers to the Himalayan kingdom which has…
Ten Vietnamese fishers were violently robbed in the disputed South China Sea, state media reported October 2, with an official saying the attackers came from…
A devastating fire on a Thai school bus killed at least 23 people, police said October 1 after rescuers pulled children's bodies from the charred…
Tech giant Oracle on October 2 said it plans to invest more than $6.5 billion on cloud services data centres in Malaysia, joining a list…
Census takers guarded by police and soldiers took to the streets of Myanmar on October 2 for a national survey that anti-junta groups have urged…
A new Singapore government agency will help victims quickly put a stop to online harms instead of solely depending on the usual court-based process. Victims…
Taiwan shut down schools and closed its financial markets on October 2 as Typhoon Krathon pounded its south and east with torrential rains and winds…
A minor blast at a regional Japanese airport was caused by an unexploded US bomb, officials said on October 2, with reports saying the device…
Chinese President Xi Jinping has congratulated new Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, state media reported October 2, the day after he took office in Tokyo.…
A body was found drifting in the Sea of Japan that Japanese rescuers said on October 1 might be a teenager who went missing in…
Australian police on October 2 charged a 19-year-old woman after an investigation into Hezbollah flags flown at a Sydney demonstration. "She was arrested and charged…
New Caledonia's controversial constitutional reform, which triggered violent unrest after a vote in the French National Assembly, will not go ahead, French Prime Minister Michel…
Plans are being made to visit all islands in Kiribati to call on the people to boycott the presidential vote. That national poll is to…
