The national security trial of Hong Kong’s famous activist publisher Jimmy Lai entered its second day with the expectation that judges will rule by the end of the week on his lawyers' bid to throw out a sedition charge that has been increasingly used to target dissidents

Chinese state media say at least 118 people have been killed in a magnitude 6.2 earthquake in the country’s northwest

A court in Bangladesh’s capital has denied a bail request from a top opposition leader who was jailed after an October anti-government protest that turned violent

A landmark national security trial has opened in Hong Kong for prominent activist publisher Jimmy Lai

The Indian Navy says it is shadowing a bulk carrier that was boarded by unknown attackers in the Arabian Sea

Hong Kong police are offering rewards for information leading to the arrests of five activists based overseas, whom it accuses of breaching a harsh national security law imposed by Beijing

Officials say a suicide bomber has detonated his explosive-laden vehicle at a police station’s main gate in northwest Pakistan, killing at least six security forces and wounding 25 others

Pakistani officials say a suicide bomber detonated his explosive-laden vehicle at a police station’s main gate in the country's northwest, killing at least 23 security forces and wounding 32