Leonard Cohen, rock music’s man of letters, whose songs earned him critical and popular acclaim, has died at age 82, a statement on his Facebook page said.

US President-elect Donald Trump denounced Americans who protested against his election and hours later praised them, underscoring contradictions that have raised questions about his leadership style.

Thailand’s Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn is to preside over a graduation ceremony at a Bangkok university this weekend, the first official duty he will fulfil since the royal funeral rites for his late father king Bhumibol Adulyadej.

Police have detained the chief executive and the chief editor of Myanmar’s largest daily newspaper over a defamation case by a powerful politician following a Facebook posting.

A Singaporean private banker was jailed yesterday on fraud charges relating to Malaysia’s 1MDB financial scandal, becoming the first figure to be convicted in the international multi-billion-dollar saga.

Sri Lanka has announced it would lift a ban on foreigners owning property as the cash-strapped country sought to attract foreign capital to rebuild its war-ravaged economy.

Nepal’s Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal pledged yesterday that amendments to the country’s divisive constitution would be presented to parliament within a month as he attempted to stave off fresh political turmoil in the quake-hit nation.

President Rodrigo Duterte has indicated that he might stop quarrelling with the United States now that Donald Trump has been elected president.

With all legal obstacles lifted, preparations for the burial of former president Ferdinand Marcos are underway.

The death toll from a powerful Taliban truck bombing at the German consulate in Afghanistan’s Mazar-i-Sharif city rose to at least six yesterday, with more than 100 others wounded in a major militant assault.

Thirteen workers died in a fire at a suspected illegal garment factory in Sahibabad, Ghaziabad district, early yesterday as they slept in the workshop.

Accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party leadership of compromising the confidentiality of the government decision to demonetise Rs500 and Rs1,000 currency notes to favour their party, ...