Damage was so great that it could not immediately be assessed. Japanese media reports said tens of thousands of homes were destroyed.

A Japanese soldier was arrested after two people were killed and one injured in a shooting at a military shooting range in Gifu City on Wed...

The announcement was made by Chinese Consul General in Mumbai Kong Xianhua, who also said good ties between New Delhi and Beijing are promo...

While Russian and Ukrainian forces battled along a 551-kilometer (342-mile) wedge of Ukraine's eastern industrial heartland, Polish Preside...

The conflict has devastated cities and displaced millions, with fears also growing of its broader international impact as gas supplies to E...

Three people were killed and several injured when police opened fire on a sit-in protest in Mandalay, Myanmar's second-biggest city, two wi...

Even as Northeast Asia's tangle of interlinking economic and political webs grows denser by the day, the potential for an unraveling may lo...

Agreements from 1993 onwards built on protocols for maintaining "peace and tranquillity" on a boundary that is not demarcated, allowing eac...

After Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping met in Mamallapuram in October last year, both countries had announced ...

Efforts to restore power to 2.95 million households were underway but it was not clear when supplies would be restored, a company spokesman...

After a bill to name Pak a terrorist state was tabled in US, its permanent representative to the UN said that its N-program cannot be curta...

Islamic State terror group has appointed a 'regional leader' in Bangladesh and threatened more attacks on the "crusaders and their allies" ...

Robots will come at a cheaper price than human labour and can work without taking breaks. In every possible way they will be more efficient...

"The war artifacts were retrieved from various battle sites across Manipur by our volunteers equipped with metal detectors and other gadget...

A nine-member delegation of Indian doctors, specialists in ENT and cancer treatment, have joined their Chinese counterparts to treat patien...

Many Indian soldiers who were taken prisoner to renege on their oaths of loyalty in the face of extreme torture showed remarkable bravery.

Thousands of Chinese earthquake victims fled areas near the epicenter fearful of floods from a river blocked by landslides.