India has the highest suicide rate in the world for the 15-to-29 age group.

Looking at a piece of fine jewelry, you might not immediately wonder where it came from or who made it.

Fears that Australian Muslims could become the targets of racially motivated retaliatory attacks give rise to a social media campaign condemning Islamophobia.

Dozens of Taliban militants were killed in crackdowns across the country on Friday, the Pakistani military said.

The FBI says it has linked the malware, infrastructure and techniques a group of hackers called "Guardians of Peace" used in the Sony attack to previous North Korean cyberattacks.

Baoky Vu writes that with election day quickly approaching, there's one voting bloc that President Trump can rely on: Vietnamese Americans. While younger generations have been abandoning the GOP, a recent survey finds that older generations are among the President's most loyal voters.

A district court in Japan ordered a nuclear plant to stop operations on Wednesday, the first time an injunction has been issued to stop an operational nuclear reactor.

Bloodstains and bullet marks tell a tale of horror inside the auditorium and classrooms of the Peshawar school attacked by the Taliban in Pakistan.

Prisons in developing countries can usually be characterized as hazardous and chaotic places for offenders. Due to limited resources, the prisons are left to be run by ruthless gangs.

In the past 30 years, Sanduk Ruit has personally restored the sight of more than 100,000 people across Asia and Africa, and taught his rapid-fire technique to countless other eye surgeons in parts of the world as isolated as North Korea and Tibet.

The man who captained AirAsia Flight QZ8501 lived in a picturesque neighborhood in the suburbs of Surabaya, Indonesia's second-largest city.

A court in India's troubled northeastern region has freed a female activist who has been on hunger strike for 14 years in protest against special powers given to the military to combat rebels, her lawyer said Friday.

Irawadee Thawornbut is the 16-year-old founder of Sandee for Good, an online marketplace for donors to order and pay for goods to be delivered to nonprofits.

When it comes to desirable post-pandemic travel destinations, Hong Kong would be an obvious choice thanks to its capable handling of Covid-19 outbreaks, which has so far limited infections to just 1,300 cases in the city of 7.5 million.

Climbers rejoiced when Nepal decided to reopen its side of Mount Everest this year, but reports suggest even the world's highest peak isn't safe from the spread of Covid-19.