Malaysia's historic change of government paves the way for an extraordinary comeback for jailed opposition icon Anwar Ibrahim, who played a key role in helping to secure the election victory and has b...

A volcano in southern Japan seen in a James Bond film has erupted, shooting grey smoke and ash thousands of meters (feet) into the sky...

An anti-trafficking group says a court in Thailand has sentenced a Thai man believed to be a kingpin in the illicit wildlife trade to 2 ½ years in prison for smuggling rhinoceros horns...

The Philippine Supreme Court has ousted its chief justice, a critic of the country's authoritarian president, in an unprecedented vote she and hundreds of protesters called unconstitutional and a thre...

North Korea's release of three American detainees is both hopeful and disheartening for the relatives of hundreds of South Koreans abducted by the North...

Indonesia's top security minister says dozens of Islamic militants who took over a detention center near Indonesia's capital, killing five officers, have surrendered to police...

Chinese state media say the founder of the Chinese insurance company that owns New York City's Waldorf Hotel has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for fraudulently raising $10 billion from investor...

A court in Vietnam has sentenced a Facebook user to 4 ½ years in jail for posts that the court said distorted the political situation in the country and opposed the ruling Communist Party and the stat...

Mahathir Mohamad says the new Malaysian government will not seek revenge on defeated prime minister Najib Razak because of a corruption scandal involving state investment fund 1MDB...

The embattled Philippine chief justice has returned to office after taking leave two months ago amid efforts by President Rodrigo Duterte's administration to oust her from the Supreme Court...