DOHA: After a 12-year build-up engulfed by a desert storm of controversy, the World Cup finally kicks off in Qatar on Sunday with Lionel Messi aiming to crown his glittering career by winning football's greatest prize.

MELBOURNE: An Australian adviser to the former government of Myanmar returned home on Friday, a day after he was released from detention by the military junta as part of a mass amnesty.

The Meteorological Department is forecasting heavy rain and possible flooding in central and lower regions for several days next week, brought by an approaching low-pressure system.

A proposal by Indonesia, the world’s biggest nickel producer, to create an Opec-like group of suppliers of the metal used in EV batteries has raised eyebrows among Australian miners.

AYUTTHAYA: Police arrested two men on Friday on charges of stealing short stainless steel poles from the embankment of a historical park beside the Chao Phraya River.

Leaders of the United States, South Korea, Japan and allied countries held an emergency meeting during the Apec summit in Bangkok on Friday and condemned North Korea’s firing of a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile, calling for a united r...

Shohei Sato's devotion to the pirate manga One Piece culminated in a wedding themed on the series, and he's not the only superfan obsessed with its intricate plots and swashbuckling characters.

Police fired rubber bullets to prevent demonstrators moving from Din So Road near the Democracy Monument in Bangkok to the Apec summit venue on Friday, and made eight arrests.

The annual meeting of Pacific-rim leaders started in Bangkok on Friday with the focus on taming surging food and energy prices partly driven by Russia's invasion of Ukraine and realising inclusive and sustainable growth for the region.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has suspended Asia Wealth Securities Co from doing business for alleged use of clients' money without their consent.