SEOUL: THE man who became South Korea's MERS patient No. 14 waited 2 1/2 days in the emergency ward for a bed to open at a prestigious hospital here - not an unusually long time for the city's top…

BANGKOK: A senior palace aide was arrested yesterday for violating a controversial royal insult law, the latest case in an ongoing probe into suspected lese-majeste.

JAKARTA: The Foreign Ministry said yesterday it is "very concerned" by claims that Australian officials paid the crew of a boat carrying 65 migrants, including children and a pregnant woman, to…

MUMBAI: Nestle said yesterday it is challenging a ban imposed by India on its hugely popular Maggi instant noodles brand after tests showed they contained excessive levels of lead.