Browsing: Asia

India has voted in the world’s largest-ever general election, a mammoth exercise in democracy over about six weeks. Results will…

At least seven people are critically injured after a Singapore Airlines flight traveling from London to Singapore experienced severe turbulence…

The world’s biggest chipmaker is working to resume operations following the massive earthquake that struck Taiwan Wednesday — a welcome sign…

Story highlights Indian automaker Tata Motors says it will rename its new “Zica” hatchback amid fears over the Zika virus…

Urmila Chandravanshi poses for a picture. Vedika Sud/CNNTens of thousands of pious Hindus are thronging the small town of Ayodhya…

TV screens in Osaka, Japan, show news of an earthquake that struck western Japan and subsequent tsunami warnings in the…

CNN  —  Here is a look at Mahathir Mohamad, former prime minister of Malaysia. Birth date: July 10, 1925 (officially…

The mountain on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi was once covered in thousands of pepper trees planted by her family,…

CNN  —  Here’s a look at the life of Emperor Emeritus Akihito of Japan. Birth date: December 23, 1933 Birth…

CNN  —  Here’s a look at the life of Japan’s former Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga. Birth date: December 6, 1948…