A prominent World Health Organisation official has warned that more Ebola cases can be expected among medical staff - even in developed countries with modern health care systems.

Protesters blockading key parts of Hong Kong have accepted talks with the government, hours after Chief Executive CY Leung rejected calls to step down.

Giving drugs within hours of HIV infection is not a cure, say doctors treating a baby in Milan, Italy.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Disaster Management Cooperation in Jakarta on October 6.

The deeper half of the ocean did not get measurably warmer in the last decade,

A woman in Sweden has given birth to a baby boy using a transplanted womb, in a medical first, doctors report.

A powerful typhoon is bringing many parts of Japan to a standstill with heavy wind and rain as it nears Tokyo.

Giving drugs within hours of HIV infection is not a cure, say doctors treating a baby in Milan, Italy.

Protesters blockading key parts of Hong Kong have accepted talks with the government, hours after Chief Executive CY Leung rejected calls to step down.

UN launches mission to halt worldwide Ebola spread

The death toll from Japan's volcanic eruption rose to 48 on October 1, the worst in 88 years, after more victims were discovered on the ash-covered summit.

Scholars and policy-makers from Japan, Vietnam, China, Australia and the European Union gathered in Brussels on September 30 for a discussion on maritime security and safety in East Asia, an issue that concerns both regions.

Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai on Monday sworn in as new president of Afghanistan

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh delivered a statement at the General Debate of the 69th session of the UN General Assembly in New York on September 27 (local time).

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on September 26 approved a preferential loan of 30 million USD to help Cambodia improve the quality of its vocational training.