• Facebook sued for $150 billion over violence against Rohingya in Myanmar

Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was appointed prime minister on Thursday, the sultan's palace said, and will be sworn in at 5 p.m. local time.

Seven police officers were convicted Tuesday of assaulting a protester during Hong Kong's pro-democracy demonstrations in 2014.

Saturday sees the first vote cast in one of the world's biggest exercises in democracy.

China's announcement that it will suspend the import of North Korean coal until the end of 2017 appears to be a significant expression of Beijing's continued frustration with the Pyongyang regime.

President Donald Trump on Friday renewed US security guarantees to Japan concerning islands in the East China Sea with which it has a territorial dispute with Beijing.

Marion Barter won plaudits for her warmth as an elementary school teacher, but in 1997 the 51-year-old mother-of-two became restless, quit her job, sold her house, and flew from Australia's beach-lined Gold Coast to start a new life in Europe.

Japan urged residents to take shelter early Tuesday morning after North Korea fired at least one ballistic missile over the north of the country in an escalation of Pyongyang's missile tests that prompted immediate backlash from Tokyo.

An Indian boy born with four legs and two penises is set to return home after a successful surgery.

Malaysian police have confirmed the North Korean citizen killed last month in Kuala Lumpur is Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Inspector General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar told reporters on Friday.

Finding an empty beach in Asia was a breeze a few decades ago, but it's not quite so easy anymore.

Girls under the age of 18 can be married off by their parents in undefined special circumstances under a new Bangladesh law passed this week.

A Philippine archipelago known for tropical vacations will become the focus of political attention this week when Vice President Kamala Harris becomes the highest ranking US official to visit its main island.