The UN nuclear agency says it suspects resumption of North Korea’s Plutonium-producing reprocessing reactor.

The Taliban offer amnesty to the country’s runaway President Ashraf Ghani and Vice President Amrullah Saleh, saying they may return if they so wish.

The Taliban say their fighters have surrounded resistance forces holed up in the valley but were looking to negotiate rather than mount an assault.

A Taliban official vows accountability for the conduct of its members across Afghanistan, insisting that the militant group will probe reports of any reprisals or atrocities by its forces.

A secret United Nations document alleges that Taliban militants now ruling Afghanistan are “intensifying” efforts to hunt down elements that collaborated with US and NATO forces despite pledges of general amnesty by the group.

Iran’s oil company raises official selling prices of its crude for Asian customers in September.

The highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus is sweeping Asia this week, prompting curbs as vaccination remains tepid.

Fighters affiliated with one of Myanmar’s key ethnic groups opposing the ruling military junta in the East Asian nation attack army posts at the northwestern jade mining town of Hkamti.

A new risk assessment report shows that of the 100 cities worldwide most vulnerable to environmental hazards all but one are in Asia.

Hopes of rescuing​​​​​​​ 53 crew members of a missing Indonesian submarine are fading as its oxygen reserves are reported to have run out.