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Bureaucratic indifference to people’s suffering and dysfunctional politics run deep.

Nepalese are facing food and water shortages, and their country will need at least U.S. $2 billion for post-quake reconstruction.

Lone survivor says traffickers whisked away as many as 100 Rohingya detained at the camp before police arrived.

Malaysian authorities nabbed 30 suspected IS members in April.

China, United States are among other countries also sending aid.

The fate of hundreds of Uyghur refugees remains uncertain.

A newspaper reports that Hamas trains Palestinians in Malaysia for military operations back home.

Homosexuality and adultery, among other things, can result in public canings for Muslims and non-Muslims in the Indonesian province.

Indian policewoman was among dozens of climbers at base camp when Nepal’s earthquake triggered a “tsunami of snow.”

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party also accuses the ruling Awami League of intimidating voters and candidates.

Many innocent people have been killed or injured in revenge attacks by insurgents, activists say.

Australia to recall its ambassador to Indonesia in protest.

The Himalayan nation suffers its worst earthquake since 1934.

Some Muslim groups are voicing opposition to capital punishment, as the clock ticks down to the expected executions of drug offenders, amid an international ...

India, Bangladesh, Indonesia and other Asian nations are helping in the relief effort.

The kingdom could face sanctions if it does not crack down on trafficking of endangered animal products.

Al Jazeera International calls ban “disproportionate” and says it stopped showing the controversial map in September 2014.

Meanwhile, two women die and eight other people are hurt in suspected insurgent attacks across the Deep South region on Friday.

Stern condemnation, but no key strategy, emerge at historic gathering in Indonesia.

Religious differences are no obstacle to harmony in Thailand's far southern region, say locals aged 100 or older.

Two years after the worst industrial accident in Bangladesh’s history, factories remain unsafe and many victims are waiting for compensation, activists say.

In Kuala Lumpur, meanwhile, politicians call on ASEAN to ease the suffering of the stateless minority.

But a greater role for the armed forces in fighting terrorism could initiate a slide back into Suharto-era military dominance in civilian life, activists warn.

The government says the move is needed to make way for development projects that will spur economic growth.

Malaysia will mediate the closed-door talks in Kuala Lumpur.

Nasir Abas, formerly with al-Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), says he opposes violence against civilians in Islam’s name.

Beef prices in Bangladesh have shot up at least 30 percent due to India’s crackdown on the cross-border, black market trade.

Indonesian foreign minister criticizes bombardment, but stresses that embassy was not its target.

Meanwhile, two cops are arrested in connection with a teenager’s killing.

Student members from the group are not under suspicion for bombing, the military says.