KATHMANDU - A Nepali climbing guide who went missing on Mount Everest for six days and was feared dead has been found alive after crawling back to Base Camp, officials told AFP on Thursday.

SINGAPORE - Dry weather is disrupting crop planting across Asia, raising concerns about food supplies in the world’s most populous region, ​and an expected severe El Nino weather pattern could inflict more damage.

A 38-year-old man has been arrested after sending messages to his mother requesting sexual favours, prompting her to seek police protection out of fear for her safety.

TRANG - A 54-year-old trekker has been missing in the forest for four days in the Khao Chet Yot area of the Banthat mountain range, with more than 100 rangers continuing search operations amid heavy rain and poor signal conditions on Thursday.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand has announced new regulations on air travellers with power banks, setting device capacity limits and banning them in checked baggage, among other restrictions.

WASHINGTON - As the ceasefire with Iran teeters and his Republican Party faces dire risks over the war’s costs, US President Donald Trump made sure the press assembled on Wednesday in the Oval Office knew what was on his mind: renovating the hi...

ZURICH - Though Hong Kong has overtaken Switzerland as the number one in cross-border wealth management, rather than enter panic mode, Swiss banks seem unruffled — feeling it bolsters the case against looming tighter banking regulations.

PATTAYA - The father of a petrol station employee says surveillance camera video from a petrol station proves that his daughter did not collapse and die but was assaulted before being pronounced dead earlier this week.

The government plans to downsize its civil service through an early retirement scheme while increasing pay for remaining staff, as the administration accelerates its transition towards digital governance and artificial intelligence-driven public serv...

NEW ​DELHI - ⁠The Delhi government ​will launch a crackdown on properties violating ​fire safety norms after ‌a fire at a hotel in the Indian capital killed 21 people on Wednesday, including 12 foreign nationals, the chief minister&rsquo...