Asia

The fallout between Pyongyang and Kuala Lumpur over the murder of Kim Jong-nam has stepped up a gear with each country banning the other’s citizens from leaving.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says a resilient and sustainable economy requires cooperation at all sub-regional, regional and international levels, and the IORA provides its member states with a great opportunity to enhance their economic ties.

Amid the Saudi King’s tour of East Asian countries, an Iranian lawmaker warned that Riyadh is trying to form an ideological, economic Takfiri [extremist] front among Muslim people in East Asian states to reach its financial goals.

The ISIS terrorists coming from China’s Uighur has vowed to return home and shed rivers of blood in the terror group's first video to target the country.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani voiced Tehran’s resolve to boost relations with regional countries, saying cooperation with neighbours is necessary for the country’s development.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani arrived on Tuesday in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, for a two-day official visit and to participate in the 13th summit of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO).

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud and Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak engaged in what is said to be “selfie diplomacy”.

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud has reportedly brought two Mercedes-Benz limousines, more than 400 tonnes (metric) of luggage and his own private escalator with him on his month-long Asian trip along with 1,500 entourage.

North Korea has reportedly executed five senior security officials with anti-aircraft guns because they made false reports that "enraged" leader Kim Jong Un.

The Israeli prime minister was forced to take a two and a half-hour detour en route to Australia, apparently to avoid Indonesian airspace as it was disallowed from venturing into the Muslim country's airspace.

Syria’s Ambassador to China says approximately 5,000 fighters from the restive northwest Chinese region of Xinjiang are fighting alongside militants in Syria having arrived in the Arab country through Turkey.

The estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been killed in Malaysia, a South Korean government source said on Tuesday.

Indian envoy to Iran believes that the bilateral relations between Tehran and New Delhi would improve substantially in the future.

A bomb hit a military vehicle in Afghan capital of Kabul on Saturday morning, but no one was killed or injured, according to Afghan officials.

The Islamic Republic of Iran has been unanimously elected as the president of the Asian branch of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague.

Iran says it is ready to provide assistance to the Afghan people who are in dire need of relief aid after days of heavy snowfall caused a series of deadly avalanches.[:ar]

In separate meetings with new Brazilian and Kyrgyz ambassadors to Tehran, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani voiced the Islamic Republic’s preparedness to enhance its cooperation with the two states in all fields.

Two Chinese companies included on a new US sanctions list targeting Iran said on Sunday they had only exported "normal" goods including fire hydrants to the Islamic Republic and didn't consider they had done anything wrong.

Iran has a very rich history with which the Indians can connect very well, said the Indian envoy to Iran in an exclusive interview, highlighting the cultural and historical ties between the two nations.

A group of Afghan girls in Western Kabul practice the flowing movements of Wushu, a sport developed from ancient Chinese kung fu martial arts, stretching and bending and slashing the air with bright swords.

An Iranian lawmaker strongly rejected the claims made by a number of Afghan officials about Iran’s support for Taliban terrorist group, saying any relationship between Tehran and Taliban is absolutely impossible.

A Pakistani female lawmaker threatened to burn herself after she was harassed by male colleagues in the parliament.

Geographical boundaries have split Iranians and Afghans, but they are two peoples with a common culture and language, says an Afghan poet who has become the first refugee in Iran to assume an official position.

At least 32 people were killed and 50 injured after nine coaches of a passenger train derailed in eastern India, police have said, in the latest disaster to hit the vast and accident-prone state railways.

20 people have been and 50 wounded so far after a bomb struck a market in Pakistan's tribal belt bordering Afghanistan on Saturday, Pakistani health and government officials said.