An Indonesian domestic worker, who now calls herself Susi, describes the start of the abuse cycle which shaped her life for nearly a year.

Even as the United States provided China with its highest-level access to military drills, the U.S. military leadership consistently ratcheted up the level of confrontation in the South China Sea.

Artificial islands the size of about 800 football fields have been built on the West Philippine Sea in less than two years. These islands, which international observers call China’s “Great Wall of Sand”, expanded at a staggering pace after the Philippines filed an arbitration case before a United Nations court in January 2013.

Free markets, private businesses, malls, and a middle class -- not what Ho Chi Minh had in mind. By Michael J. Totten.

Report commissioned by Adelson’s company shows Beijing was concerned officials were gambling with public money, leaving them vulnerable to blackmail.

Asia is the world’s fastest-growing aviation market. But experts worry the continent is ill-equipped to handle the increasing traffic. Here are the major risks, illustrated through the course of a fictional flight.

Thai police confirmed that a news outlet based in London had tampered with classified documents belonging to Saudi oil company PetroSaudi International with the intent of discrediting Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak and his administration...

North Koreans went to the polls yesterday in what was probably the world's most pointless election.

The big travel story this week comes from Malaysia, where four tourists were being held and awaiting trial. Their crime? A senior minister in Malaysia says…

Eun Kim made a thousand-mile journey to freedom. She survived human traffickers, famine, and poverty.

At least 11 people from three districts in Lanny Jaya regency, Papua, have died after extreme cold weather hit the area earlier this month.

The leopards of the Malay Peninsula are entirely black so nobody can tell them apart. Now we have a way to see their spots

Pit, only two and with just one eye, needed only 11 minutes before he detected a deadly mine buried in a Cambodian field, work that humans with metal detectors could have taken up to five days to investigate. But Pit is not human. He is part of a team of elite rats, imported from Africa, that Cambodia is training to sniff out landmines that still dot the countryside after decades of conflict.

Vietnam has been going through the hottest year in a decade, when an unusual grip of cold swept over the Sa Pa town on Monday morning, July 6, 2015.The sudden drop of temperatures, reaching 12.6°C (54.7°F), surprised both the locals and tourists.

Nearly 1 million people are evacuated in eastern China as Typhoon Chan-hom barrels towards Shanghai.

An attack started in India and South East Asia but went global soon, affecting Telegram users worldwide.

Chinese super hero comedy “Pancake Man (“Jian Bing Man),” which features cameos from Jean-Claude van Damme, is set to get a North American release on July 24.

The island capital of the Maldives teems with high rises and narrow streets, all ringed by seawalls. Shopaholics can savor Male's flavors in the local markets, which are packed with fresh produce, and along Chaandanee Magu, the spot for local souvenirs, such as carved wooden dhonis, miniature replicas of the boats dotting area waters.

Scientists in India and Pakistan say higher temperatures were just one factor in the recent heatwaves and other causes such as air pressure, humidity and sea breezes played a role.

A woman in China reportedly paid over $1,000 Saturday to save 100 dogs from being killed and eaten during a dog-meat festival in the southern city of Yulin. The festival, which occurs annually during the summer solstice, has faced increasing backlash from activists who say the event is cruel, reports Agence France-Presse.