North Korea has been using satellite subterfuge to test parts of a so-called "monster" missile, analysts say, as it gears up for a sanctions-shattering launch...

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Thursday (Mar 10) it was not the time to lift a ban on flights from nine countries including...

No matter who wins in any future war between Taiwan and China, it will be a "miserable victory", Taiwan Defence Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng said on...

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam announced a series of measures targeted at elderly residents on Wednesday (Mar 9) as a surge of COVID-19 infections sweeps...

Thailand is scrambling to encourage its people to have more babies to arrest a slumping birth rate, offering parents childcare and fertility centres, while also...

In Hong Kong’s affluent mid-levels, in the subtropical foothills of Victoria Peak, the talk today among well-heeled expatriates inevitably turns to one subject: Who will...

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin toasted a friendship with "no limits" at a warm meeting in February, but just one month...

A suicide bomber struck inside a Shiite Muslim mosque in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar during Friday prayers, killing at least 56 worshippers and wounding...

North Korea fired at least one suspected ballistic missile toward the sea to the east of the Korean peninsula on Saturday (Mar 5), militaries in...

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has signed an executive order to include nuclear power in the country's energy mix, as authorities prepare for the phasing out...

Jobless, debt ridden, and struggling to feed his children, Nooruddin felt he had no choice but to sell a kidney -- one of a growing...

Several dozen Japanese men have answered a Ukrainian call for foreign volunteers to fight Russia's invasion, according to a media report on Wednesday (Mar 2).Ukrainian...

When China's President Xi Jinping issued his traditional Lunar New Year wishes from the country's coal heartland in January, the subtext was clear: Beijing is...

From its inherent spirituality to its rich biodiversity, dramatic volcanoes, hillside temples and unspoilt beaches, Bali has much to offer international visitors.Prior to the pandemic,...

Facilities for storing dead bodies at hospitals and public mortuaries in Hong Kong are struggling to keep pace with a record number of COVID-19 infections...

Japanese billionaire Hiroshi "Mickey" Mikitani said Sunday (Feb 27) he will donate US$8.7 million to the government of Ukraine, calling Russia's invasion "a challenge to...

Hours before Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a military operation in eastern Ukraine, the US accused Moscow and Beijing of combining to create a "profoundly...

A total of 239 candidates will contest 56 seats in the 15th Johor state election, said the Election Commission (EC) on Saturday (Feb 26).There will...

Hong Kong's government invoked emergency powers on Thursday (Feb 24) to allow doctors and nurses from the Chinese mainland to practice in the financial hub...

Taiwan must increase its surveillance and alertness on military activities in the region and tackle foreign misinformation, President Tsai Ing-wen said on Wednesday (Feb 23)...

Hong Kong will test its entire population of 7.5 million people for COVID-19 in March, the city’s leader said Tuesday, as it grapples with its...

Malaysia’s Senior Minister Hishammuddin Hussein has tested positive for COVID-19, his office confirmed in a statement on Tuesday (Feb 22). “As an individual who has already...

As Hong Kong battles a surge in COVID-19 cases, city authorities said they are ramping up the provision of community isolation and treatment units helped...

Hong Kong is in the throes of its worst-ever coronavirus outbreak, as residents are suddenly confronted with a severely overstretched healthcare system and a tightening...

When Shoma Tsubota tells his customers that the vegetables he sells are grown in a shopping mall, they are usually surprised.  “They say that it is...

Huddled under blankets and thermal shields, dozens of elderly patients shivered on gurneys outside a hospital serving one of Hong Kong's poorest communities -- a...

Indonesia President Joko Widodo said on Thursday (Feb 17) that with the global economy still recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, now is not the time...

Thailand's interest in Lockheed Martin's F-35 stealth fighters is genuine, but clearance to buy the jets is a matter for the US government, a senior...

A major Chinese high-tech industry centre limited some highway access on Tuesday (Feb 15) after detecting new COVID-19 cases, while epidemic control measures, including mass...

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will speak with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky later Tuesday (Feb 15), a government source said, as Tokyo expressed "grave concern"...

Cambodia is powering up its new National Internet Gateway, a move activists say will allow the government to further silence the country's embattled opposition voices.UN...

The son and namesake of late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos strengthened his lead over his closest rival ahead of the presidential election in May, results...

Myanmar's junta on Saturday (Feb 12) announced an amnesty for more than 800 prisoners to mark the country's Union Day, as it held a parade...

China's National Immigration Administration said it will not be renewing passports for non-essential travel while the international COVID-19 epidemic situation is still severe and cross...

Global police body Interpol said on Thursday (Feb 10) it will not provide help to countries in situations that involve domestic politics, days after the...

A Taliban delegation was in Geneva on Tuesday for a week of NGO-hosted talks on humanitarian access and human rights, as crisis-besieged Afghanistan's new rulers...

A month-long election in India’s most populous state will test the popularity of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his ruling Bharatiya Janata Party amid rising...

A debate over the hijab - a headscarf worn by Muslim women - has caused a stand-off at a women's college in the southern Indian...

Taiwan said on Tuesday (Feb 8) it would relax a ban on Japanese food imports put in place following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, hoping...

A Chinese city of 3.5 million near the border with Vietnam was on lockdown Monday after more than 70 coronavirus cases were discovered there over...

Indonesia has temporarily banned foreign tourists entering the country through Jakarta's airport, the transport ministry said, in a bid to slow a spike in coronavirus...

South Korea on Sunday (Feb 6) surpassed 1 million cumulative COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began, as health officials reported a daily record of 38,691...

Taiwan on Saturday (Feb 5) condemned as "contemptible" the timing of China and Russia's "no limits" partnership at the start of the Winter Olympics, saying...

More than a year ago Sebastian Bressa finished his paperwork to become a language teacher in Tokyo and made plans to quit his job in...

The United Nations Security Council said on Wednesday (Feb 2) it was deeply concerned by a continuing state of emergency imposed by the military in...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's wife, Ri Sol Ju, appeared in state media for the first time in nearly five months on Wednesday (Feb...

Myanmar's military rulers have threatened to jail anti-coup protesters who take part in a "silent strike" on Tuesday (Feb 1), a year since the generals...

Tens of thousands of Vietnamese on Saturday (Sat 29) bade farewell to the late monk and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh - one of the...

Indian police have detained six people in a crackdown on illegal immigration after four Indians were found frozen to death near the border between the...

China's ambitious low-carbon goals should not come at the expense of energy and food security or the "normal life" of ordinary people, President Xi Jinping...

Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) president Muhyiddin Yassin said on Tuesday (Jan 25) he may not defend the Gambir seat in the upcoming Johor state...

South Korea's daily count of new coronavirus cases topped 8,000 for the first time on Tuesday (Jan 25), as the highly contagious Omicron variant spreads...

North Korea fired what appeared to be two cruise missiles into the sea off its east coast on Tuesday (Jan 25), South Korea's Joint Chiefs...

Late last year, Tania Sibree quit her well-paid job as a financial services lawyer in Hong Kong and returned to Australia rather than live a...

Taiwan on Sunday (Jan 23) reported the largest incursion since October by China's air force in its air defence zone, with the island's defence ministry...

A British man has died in Thailand, officials have confirmed amid reports he was attacked.A second British man was taken to hospital, the Foreign, Commonwealth...

India reported more than 300,000 new COVID-19 infections for the fourth straight day even though the caseload over the last 24 hours was slightly lower...

China's northeastern city of Harbin will conduct a city-wide exercise to test its roughly 10 million people for COVID-19 from Monday (Jan 25), although it...

At least two people were killed and over 15 injured when a large fire broke out in a multi-story residential building in India's financial capital...

North Korea hinted on Thursday (Jan 20) it could resume nuclear and long-range weapons tests as it prepares for "confrontation" with Washington, its latest threat...

Hong Kong will suspend face-to-face teaching in secondary schools from Monday (Jan 24) until after the approaching Chinese New Year, authorities said, because of a...

Japan was poised on Wednesday (Jan 19) to widen COVID-19 controls to cover half its population as the Omicron variant drives new infections to record...

Cruise operator Genting Hong Kong has filed to wind up the company after failing to secure funding to pay its debts, it said in a...

China's postal service has ordered workers to disinfect international deliveries and urged the public to reduce orders from overseas after authorities claimed that mail could...

A police officer has been killed and two others injured in a rare shootout in Pakistan's capital, officials said Tuesday (Jan 18).The Monday night gun...

Japan will bring forward COVID-19 vaccination booster shots by as much as two months, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Monday (Jan 17), as the...

A North Korean cargo train pulled into a Chinese border town on Sunday (Jan 16), in what would be the first confirmed crossing since anti-coronavirus...

North Korea tested a railway-borne missile in its firing drills on Friday (Jan 15), state media KCNA said on Saturday, marking its third weapons test...

A Hong Kong pro-democracy activist was rearrested on suspicion of making remarks endangering national security after being released on bail last year in a case...

North Korea says it has conducted another hypersonic missile test, under the watch of its leader Kim Jong-un.State media said the missile fired on Tuesday...

A man in China has been sentenced to seven years in jail for setting Internet equipment ablaze after becoming enraged over a slow connection, authorities...

North Korea has fired a suspected ballistic missile, less than a week after it launched what it claimed was a hypersonic missile.South Korea said it...

Terengganu police have arrested a private clinic doctor suspected of issuing fake COVID-19 vaccination certificates.Terengganu Police chief Datuk Rohaimi Md Isa said the 51-year-old man...

A court in Myanmar sentenced ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to four more years in prison on Monday after finding her guilty of illegally...

China has appointed a former paramilitary chief, Peng Jingtang, as the new commander of the People Liberation Army's (PLA) garrison in Hong Kong, state broadcaster...

The Chinese city of Tianjin, with about 14 million people, has tightened exit controls and now requires residents to obtain approval from employers or community...

Japan overturned in 2020 its decision to cancel acquisition of U.S.-made reconnaissance drones due to their massive costs out of consideration to then U.S. President...

As protesters armed with sticks and discarded police shields prepared to storm the mayor's office in Kazakhstan's largest city Almaty, they marched to chants of...

At least 21 people are dead in northern Pakistan after thousands of vehicles became stranded in a blizzard Saturday.All the roads in Murree are now...

The United States has agreed to impose stricter COVID-19 measures at its military bases in Japan, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Sunday (Jan...

The United States said on Friday (Jan 7) it had approved the voluntary departure of non-emergency US government employees and family members from the consulate...

India reported 141,986 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday (Jan 8), the most since the end of May, as the Omicron variant of the coronavirus overtakes...

An earthquake shook a sparsely populated area in western China early Saturday (Jan 8), authorities said. There were no immediate reports of injuries.The 6.9-magnitude quake...

The US on Wednesday condemned North Korea and urged Pyongyang to sit down for talks after South Korea's military said it fired what is "presumed...

Japan's Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi urged his United States counterpart on Thursday (Jan 6) to consider restricting American troop movement in the country after a...

Chinese authorities said Thursday (Jan 6) they have punished officials after footage went viral of an eight-month pregnant woman miscarrying in the locked-down city of...

North Korea fired what appeared to be a ballistic missile into the sea on Wednesday (Jan 5), South Korea and Japan said, in the first...

Japan's Okinawa region appeared to be the epicentre of a new coronavirus surge with cases more than doubling on Wednesday (Jan 5) from the previous...

Hong Kong health authorities on Wednesday (Jan 5) began a city-wide search for the contacts of a COVID-19 patient and ordered a Royal Caribbean "cruise...

More than one million people in a city in central China were being confined to their homes on Tuesday after three asymptomatic coronavirus cases were...

The Philippines will expand coronavirus restrictions in Manila from Wednesday (Jan 5) to include more than 11 million people living near the capital as cases...

China on Tuesday (Jan 4) said it will continue to "modernise" its nuclear arsenal and called on the United States and Russia to reduce their...

South Korean President Moon Jae-in vowed on Monday (Jan 3) to use his last months in office to press for a diplomatic breakthrough with North...

Hong Kong independent online publication Citizen News said on Monday (Jan 3) its decision to shut down was triggered by the closure of a pro-democracy...

New coronavirus cases in China's locked-down city of Xi'an edged down on Monday (Jan 3), official data showed, while local authorities removed two senior officials...

Israel has launched strikes against militant targets in the Gaza Strip a day after rockets were fired from territory ruled by the Palestinian Hamas group.Video...

Iran’s paramilitary troops and an armed criminal gang clashed on Saturday in a restive south-eastern province, leaving three members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps...

A South Korean has crossed the heavily fortified border in a rare defection to North Korea, South Korea's military said on Sunday (Jan 2).The Joint...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un put the economy front and centre of an agenda-setting speech at the end of a key ruling-party meeting, state...

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen marked the new year with a message for China: Military conflict is not the answer."We must remind the Beijing authorities to...