At least 120 people have been killed and thousands left stranded at tourist destinations and pilgrimage sites due to the annual monsoon rains in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh States, India.

US Secretary of State John Kerry will begin his official visits to seven Asian countries from June 21.

On June 18, the Boeing Commercial Airplanes launched a larger version of Dreamliner-10 aircraft at the Paris Air Show.

Government officials and experts of ASEAN countries and China are meeting in Hanoi to seek measures to intensify cooperation in search and rescue of distressed fishermen and vessels in the East Sea.

The International Labor Organisation (ILO) adopted a resolution to remove all remaining sanctions on Myanmar at its 102nd General Conference in Geneva, Switzerland on June 18th.

The Thai government has concluded the figure of losses from its rice pledging project over 2 planting seasons, at 136 billion baht.

Further cooperation between ASEAN member nations and with their dialogue partners are needed in combating trans-national crimes involving drug and human trafficking, terrorism and high technologies for the sake of peace, stability and development in the region.

Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has not made any official announcement about running for president in 2016, but Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill said on June 19 that she is officially supporting her to run for the White House again.

Singapore on June 17th urged Indonesia to take “urgent measures” to tackle forest fires occurred on its Sumatra island that caused a thick haze of smoke hung in the air in the densely populated Singapore.

Cambodia and Thailand have reached agreement on the maintenance of peace along the two countries’ border regardless of the International Court of Justice (ICJ)’s decisions on the territorial dispute near Preah Vihear ancient temple.

(CPV) - ADB is providing a USD100 million loan to revitalize Jiuquan City, a former outpost along the Silk Road located in the under-developed northwestern region in the People’s Republic of China (PRC).

(CPV) - The world’s slimmest smart phone measuring 6.18mm, HUAWEI Ascend P6, officially introduced in London on June 18.

The alternative rock band named “30 Seconds To Mars” (30STM) will begin a UK tour titled “Love Lust Faith + Dreams” in November.

Government officials, business leaders, and representatives from ADB are gathering today for a four-day conference to discuss ways to make the economies of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) more environmentally friendly.

The opening ceremony of the annual Shanghai International Film Festival was held on June 15.

On June 16, the 50^th anniversary celebration of when Soviet Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova made history by flying into space was held in Yaroslavl, her native city.

Thailand and the United States have declared a success in their research to prevent HIV infections, saying their studies show that the generic anti-retroviral drug Tenofovir was 74 percent effective.

In this year's Global Peace Index (GPI), Singapore is the 16th most peaceful out of 162 countries, seven places up from last year’s ranking.

The Senate of the Cambodian Parliament on June 14 passed the Law on Denial of Crimes Committed during the Khmer Rouge regime (1975-1979).

The World Heritage Committee (WHC) of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) opened its 37th session in the Cambodian capital city of Phnom Penh on June 16th.