Iran, S Korea, Australia book Brazil berths

South Korea has invited North Korea to attend next year's Asian Games in Incheon and expects its communist neighbour to appear at the multi-sports event, an official from Seoul's sports ministry said on Tuesday. North Korea attended the 2002 Asian ...

SEOUL, South Korea - Asian markets opened mostly lower Wednesday as investors waited for an update on the U.S. economy from the Federal Reserve and for some clarity from the Fed about its future course. The results of a two-day Fed policy meeting ...

Hong Kong's Hang Seng index was down 1.2 per cent to 20,966.89, while South Korea's KOSPI index shed 0.9 per cent to 1,884.03. Shares fell in New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore

Asian shares were mixed in early trading. South Korean equities edged up 0.2 percent after global markets mostly rose on Monday, but Japan's Nikkei index eased 0.1 percent due to a pause in the yen's weakness.

An extraordinary row between South Korea and Iran highlights tensions in Asia's final World Cup qualifying group matches, with Australia also urging caution before trying to book their ticket to Brazil. South Korea's promise to make life painful ...

US President Barack Obama has acknowledged that over the last decade, a number of people from the South Asian origin -- particularly those from Hindu, Muslim and Sikh communities -- have been subject to hate crimes in the country.

London, Jun 18 (PTI) South Asians are five times more likely to be severely depressed following cancer diagnosis in Britain, according to a new research. The first study of its kind to investigate depression among British white people and South Asians in the ...

After the Gulf carriers, South-East Asian airlines are also looking to increase bilateral air traffic rights in the wake of the Civil Aviation Ministrys proposal to enhance air capacity between India and Abu Dhabi to 53,000 seats a week following the ...

The risk of breast cancer has increased among British Asian women, a new research has revealed. The study conducted by the University of Sheffield has suggested that historically women from this ethnic group have had a lower risk of the disease than ...