Conservationists applaud effort to end commercial development

Horrifying unsanitary practices at a restaurant and luxury hotels in China, including customers’ cups being cleaned with a toilet brush, have sparked an outcry in the nation after video evidence went viral. According to Chinese media, the scandal first erupted when footage taken secretly at three hotels in Harbin, in northeastern China's Heilongjiang province, was posted on the Internet and shared widely at the end of December.

The growing importance of Asia’s major economies will continue in 2018 and beyond, according to a league table that sees the region dominating in terms of size in just over a decade.

The President is a clown and Asia does not take him seriously.

Thousands of people are fleeing Bali's Mount Agung precinct in eastern Indonesia, with the volcano threatening to erupt at any moment. The warning was raised to the maximum level four on Friday night, which means a hazardous eruption is imminent for the first time in 54 years. This could happen within 24 hours.

The rapid spread of "super malaria" in South East Asia is an alarming global threat, scientists are warning. This dangerous form of the malaria parasite cannot be killed with the main anti-malaria drugs. It emerged in Cambodia but has since spread through parts of Thailand, Laos and has arrived in southern Vietnam.

A 21-year-old has died after reportedly being struck by a mechanical object while walking through a haunted house attraction in Hong Kong. The man, identified only by his surname Cheung, was found unconscious five minutes after entering the Buried Alive ride at Ocean Park. He was later confirmed dead in hospital, police said.

Glittering stupas, stepped temples, and candlelit monasteries reveal a long spiritual tradition. By Gulnaz Khan.

A red Moon was seen across Asia and Europe during a partial lunar eclipse this week.

A brief history of the empires that were broken in the Hindu Kush. By Akhilesh Pillalamarri.

Just 20 rivers are responsible for two-thirds of the pollution in the ocean.

Westerners think that Buddhism is about peace and non-violence. So how come Buddhist monks are in arms against Islam? By Michael Jerryson.

Millions of people in South-East Asia and sub-Saharan Africa get income from online jobs. But as more get online, competition will spark a race to the bottom

A turtle in Thailand that had an operation to remove nearly 1,000 coins from her stomach two weeks ago has died from blood poisoning. The 25-year-old sea turtle fell into a coma after a second operation on Sunday, following intestinal problems. Named Omsin, meaning "Piggy Bank", she was found to be eating coins thrown into a public pond where she lived, in Chonburi province.

The fabled Silk Road may be one of the most famous and important trade networks in Earth's history, but a new study suggests that this ancient web of paths spanning Asia had its roots in trails dating back much further than anybody realised.

The Burmese authorities may have killed more than 1,000 Rohingya Muslims during a recent crackdown on the minority group in the northeast Rakhine state, two unnamed UN officials have told the Reuters news agency. Authorities in Burma launched a military campaign against the Rohingya after militant elements of the group were accused of attacking police border posts in October last year.

Pope Francis issued a stinging criticism of atrocities against Myanmar's Rohingya minority on Wednesday, saying they had been tortured and killed simply because they wanted to live their culture and Muslim faith.

Army has carried out mass killings of Muslim minority, UN rights office says, in possible ethnic cleansing.

The ban is one small part of a sweeping and violent counter-insurgency campaign in Rakhine state, home to the long-persecuted Rohingya Muslim minority, where authorities have been accused of widespread abuses

Images have emerged of the body of a baby boy, reported to be a Rohingya Muslim child who drowned while fleeing violence in Burma’s Rakhine state. Non-state media are banned from entering the north of Burma – making it difficult to verify the the photograph – and the government has dismissed the image as “propaganda”.