Asia

Taiwan’s parliament legalised same-sex marriage on Friday in a landmark first for Asia as the government survived a last-minute attempt...

Ahead of his official coronation on Saturday the King of Thailand, Maha Vajiralongkorn, has married his bodyguard and made her...

Police in Indonesia’s Papua province have apologised after interrogators used a snake in an attempt to extract a confession from...

What could be described as the first terror attack in 2019 has been recorded as a car deliberately ploughed into...

A woman in China who was thrown out of the car's window during a high-speed crash, survived miraculously. The woman was sent...

A 35-year-old woman was allegedly raped during surgery for haemorrhoids at one of the country's leading hospitals in Pakistan. The...

A South Korean pastor has been jailed for 15 years for raping eight of his female members. Judge Chung Moon-sung told...

A 64-year-old man has reported himself at the police station after he shot a man dead in defense in Thailand....

A Chinese court has slammed a 10-year jail term on an author who published an erotic novel featuring gay sex...

A Twelve-days- old baby boy has died after he was snatched from his mother and bitten by a monkey on...

A woman has died after she was reportedly dragged to a field and raped by her ex-husband and two others....

A 13-year-old girl has been beheaded with a piece of farm equipment after refusing to have sex with her neighbour....

A 96-year-old woman who in August became the oldest woman to appear for a literacy programme has set a record...

A 20-year-old man has been arrested by Indian police for allegedly raping a 100-year-old grandmother in her own bedroom. The...

A Chinese man has been detained for selling his newborn daughter to a couple in need of a child. The...