US official visits amid rising tensions
2012-09-17 09:04:52
US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is set to visit Japan and China this week amid escalating tensions between the two biggest powers of East Asia.
US won't take sides over Diaoyu Islands: Panetta
Patrol around Diaoyu Islands successful: official
2012-09-17 10:02:00
A marine surveillance official said Sunday that China's patrol activities in waters around the Diaoyu Islands are successful.
2 killed, 100 injured as trains collide
2012-09-17 09:56:13
At least two people were killed and over 100 others injured when two passenger trains collided near Karachi.
One killed in clash outside US consulate
2012-09-17 07:10:28
At least one person was killed and ten others injured as clashes broke out between police and protestors outside the US consulate in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi.
Aung San Suu Kyi begins historic visit to US
2012-09-17 07:04:48
Myanmar opposition leader and parliamentarian Aung San Suu Kyi left Yangon Sunday evening for Washington DC to begin her first visit to the United States in 24 years.
Typhoon Sanba causes flood in Philippines
2012-09-16 11:04:58
Typhoon Sanba continues to gain strength over the Philippine Sea as it moves farther away from the Philippines.
3 dead, 24 missing in Indonesian boat sinking
2012-09-14 21:12:24
A ferry boat has sunk in a river in Indonesia's East Kalimantan Province late Thursday, leaving three people dead and 24 others missing.
Australia reopens asylum detention in Nauru tent
2012-09-14 18:30:44
Australia revived its controversial 'Pacific Solution' refugee policy on Friday, sending the first group of asylum seekers to immigration detention in a makeshift tent city on the remote tiny Pacific island nation of Nauru.
Indian govt hikes diesel price by 5 rupees
2012-09-14 17:02:32
The Indian government has decided to hike diesel price by five rupees ($0.9) a liter
Asia lawyers discuss corporate dispute resolutions
2012-09-14 16:10:36
Judges and legal experts from the Asia-Pacific discussed the optimal models of corporate regulation and dispute resolution.
21 missing in Indonesia's boat mishap
2012-09-14 16:08:04
An Indonesian police overseeing Kutai Barat district, East Kalimantan province, said on Friday that at least 21 passengers of a ferry that sunk in the Mahakam River on Thursday.
Son of ex-Pakistani PM arrested over corruption
2012-09-14 15:42:41
The son of former Pakistani Prime Minister, Yusuf Raza Gilani was arrested in Islamabad in a corruption case on Friday.