More than 80 Afghan women studying in Oman on US-funded scholarships - terminated last month due to Trump administration's sweeping cuts to foreign aid - have received a temporary...

A curfew has been imposed in parts of a city in India's western state of Maharashtra after Hindu groups demanded the removal of the tomb of Aurangzeb, a 17th-Century...

Hong Kong property tycoon Lee Shau-kee, who was once the richest man in Asia, has died at the age of 97. The announcement was made by his property firm...

Cherylann MollanBBC News, MumbaiTeam Shivan & NarreshThe fashion show by designers Shivan and Narresh showcased the brand's skiwear collectionA fashion show held last week in a picturesque, snow-clad town...

Nandhini VellaisamyBBC TamilSheik Hasan KThe students captured labourers at work, including a woman working in a turmeric factoryThe elderly woman gazes wistfully into the distance, her hands curled over...

A portable power bank likely caused a fire that engulfed and destroyed a passenger plane in South Korea in January, according to local authorities.The Air Busan plane caught fire...

AFPMore than 400 people were on the train when it was attackedMehboob Hussain was riding the train home on Tuesday when the tracks under the front car exploded. In...

A plane carrying former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte has arrived in the Netherlands where he is to face charges of crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court (ICC)...

Just short of his 80th birthday, Rodrigo Duterte, a man who once vowed to purge his country through a bloody anti-drugs and crime campaign, found himself outmanoeuvred and in...

A former Thai police chief who was jailed for life three years ago for torturing a drug suspect to death has been found dead in his Bangkok jail cell,...

Zoya MateenBBC News, DelhiInstagram/Yo Yo Honey SinghOnce one of India's biggest rappers, Yo Yo Honey Singh has returned to music after seven yearsAbout 15 years ago, an Indian rapper...

Two women were gang-raped and a man was killed in an attack near a popular Unesco World Heritage site in southern India, according to police. The two women -...