North Korea plans to launch three more spy satellites in 2024 as part of efforts to ramp up its military, state media reported on Sunday...

Indonesia will impose a new tax on e-cigarettes from Jan 1, adding to an excise tax to help curb vaping, the country's finance ministry said...

China's manufacturing activity likely contracted for the third consecutive month, a Reuters poll showed on Thursday (Dec 28), weighed by soft demand for manufactured goods,...

Floods in southern Thailand have killed at least six people and affected tens of thousands of households, authorities said on Wednesday (Dec 27).The floods, which...

China - grappling with one of its coldest Decembers on record - will likely have to brace for another round of scorching heat and an...

Taiwan's defence ministry said on Sunday (Dec 24) that, over the previous 24 hours, it had detected eight Chinese fighter jets crossing over the median...

In a wave of violence gripping Pakistan, particularly its north-western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and tribal districts, two separate attacks have killed at least four people,...

South Korea's Supreme Court on Thursday (Dec 21) upheld rulings ordering two Japanese companies to compensate South Koreans who were forced to work under Japan's...

The Philippine defense minister rebuked China on Wednesday (Dec 20) for accusing his country of provoking tension and stirring trouble in the South China Sea,...

Protesters set a train ablaze in Bangladesh on Tuesday (Dec 19), killing at least four people amid a countrywide strike called by the opposition to...

A landmark national security trial for leading China critic Jimmy Lai opened in Hong Kong on Monday (Dec 18) amid tight security, with the pro-democracy...

China's new domestically produced passenger jet made its debut outside the mainland on Wednesday (Dec 13), with international media in Hong Kong getting their first...

Myanmar has become the world's largest source of opium, thanks to domestic instability and a decline in cultivation in Afghanistan, the United Nations said in...

The Philippines said it had summoned China's envoy on Monday (Dec 11) and flagged the possibility of expelling him following the most tense confrontations between...

Dilapidated boats carrying an estimated 400 ethnic Rohingya arrived in Indonesia's Aceh province on Sunday (Dec 10), chief of a provincial fishing community has confirmed,...

Indonesian authorities on Thursday (Dec 7) said they had ended a search and rescue mission for any hikers missing or killed after a volcano eruption...

Police in Nepal have detained 10 people they say charged unemployed youths huge amounts of money for travel visas, then sent them for illegal recruitment...

Nepal said it has asked Moscow not to recruit its citizens into the Russian army and immediately send back any Nepali soldier commissioned there back...

Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has won three of the four key state elections in India ahead of the crucial general elections next year.The...

At least three people were killed and dozens wounded in a bomb attack on a Catholic mass in the insurgency-plagued southern Philippines on Sunday (Dec...

The Hong Kong Journalists Association said in a statement on Friday (Dec 1) it was "deeply concerned" about the safety and whereabouts of a South...

Rescuers scoured waters off Japan on Thursday (Nov 30) as they searched for seven missing US Air Force personnel whose Osprey crashed during a training...

Rescuers on Tuesday (Nov 28) pulled out all 41 workers trapped for 17 days inside a collapsed tunnel in the Himalayas after drilling through the...

North Korea on Tuesday (Nov 28) made a rare mention of dissenting votes in recent elections, although analysts dismissed it as an attempt to portray...

Most escalator incidents in the first 10 months of this year arose from user behaviour, and the most common was caused by the carrying of...

China and the United States exchanged accusations at the weekend over the disputed South China Sea, after China's military said it had driven away a...

The Philippines and Australia began their first joint sea and air patrols in the South China Sea on Saturday (Nov 25), days after Manila took...

The vice presidential candidate for Taiwan's ruling party said on Thursday (Nov 23) that war with China is not an option, pointing to cross-strait communications...

South Korea moved on Wednesday (Nov 22) to suspend part of a military agreement it signed with Pyongyang in 2018 after the isolated North defied...

The East Malaysian state of Sarawak, which is rich in natural resources, is looking to become a major exporter of green energy.It is leading the...

Japanese marines in amphibious assault vehicles stormed an island beach at the edge of the East China Sea on Sunday (Nov 19) in a simulated...

The death toll from a magnitude 6.7 earthquake in the southern Philippines has increased to six and authorities are searching for two missing people, local...

In the heart of San Francisco, police sirens whine over Chinese marching tunes blaring from loudhailers.Hundreds of people – both supporters of and protesters against...

Southeast Asian defence ministers will meet in Indonesia alongside key players in the Indo-Pacific this week, with the ASEAN bloc set to reinforce a message...

A Singapore Airlines (SIA) flight attendant has been arrested in Japan for allegedly stealing around 10,000 yen (US$66) worth of items from a store.The 33-year-old...

Something unprecedented is happening this weekend in Paris, brought about by the war between Israel and Hamas and its spill-over in Europe.For the first time...

Sirul Azhar Umar, who murdered Altantuya Shaariibuu in Malaysia in 2006, was serving as a member of Najib Razak’s personal security detail at the time.A...

A surprise offensive by Myanmar ethnic armed groups has blocked two strategically vital roads to the country's biggest trading partner China, choking cross-border commerce and...

Taiwan is taking aim at China's alleged "communist spies" ahead of a crucial presidential election, where the island's relationship with Beijing will be on the...

The South Korean government on Tuesday (Nov 7) announced that it is launching a four-week-long campaign to fight bedbug infestation amid escalating public fears that...

China said on Thursday (Nov 2) its troops were "on constant high alert" after United States and Canadian warships passed through the Taiwan Strait, their...

As the clock ticked down to the Nov 1 deadline Pakistan set for undocumented migrants to leave the country, Muhammad Rahim boarded a bus from...

At least 10 people were killed and about 25 were injured in a collision between two passenger trains in India's Andhra Pradesh state on Sunday...

China's top diplomat opens talks on Thursday (Oct 26) in Washington as he readies a potential summit between Presidents Xi Jinping and Joe Biden, who...

Chinese and Russian companies attending a regional conference in northeastern China signed a raft of cooperation deals on Monday in sectors ranging from manufacturing and...

Australia's prime minister will visit China in early November to meet President Xi Jinping, Canberra confirmed on Sunday (Oct 22), as the two trading partners...

India on Saturday (Oct 21) completed a key test in its ambitious crewed space mission Gaganyaan, hours after halting the planned lift-off, the Indian Space...

UN inspectors took samples from a fish market near the Fukushima nuclear power plant on Thursday (Oct 19) following the release of wastewater from the...

Chinese President Xi Jinping said his country rejected "economic coercion" and decoupling on Wednesday (Oct 18), as he addressed the opening ceremony of a forum...

Five people were killed in floods in Thailand's north this week, with authorities warning on Tuesday (Oct 17) that more heavy rain was on the...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he sees China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) as a desire to cooperate on the global arena, Russian and...

Hundreds of Afghans who risked their lives to work with the UK in Afghanistan and fled the Taliban are now stuck in neighbouring Pakistan as...

Kibbutz Kfar Aza is a microcosm of the first few days of this war, and also a glimpse of what might come next.Until Tuesday morning,...

China will hold its third Belt and Road forum in its capital next week, Beijing said Wednesday (Oct 11), confirming the details of an event...

An artillery strike that hit a refugee camp near Myanmar's border with China has killed at least 29 people, including women and children, media and...

Japan issued a tsunami advisory for some coastal regions early Monday (Oct 9) following a series of shallow quakes in the Izu islands in the...

David Willard has been checking the grounds of Chicago's Lakefront Exhibition Center for dead birds for 40 years. On Thursday (Oct 5) morning he found...

Malaysia on Monday announced a subsidy and other measures to try to cool rice prices amid concern over rising costs and supply shortages.Countries across Asia...

Pakistan LNG Limited (PLL) awarded a tender to commodities trader Vitol for the delivery of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo in December, a source...

Clutching a well-worn teddy named "Little Bear", Paweenuch Supolwong fiddles with Buddhist amulets hanging heavy on her neck as her grandmother tells of the trauma...

Pro-China candidate Mohamed Muizzu won Saturday's presidential election in the Maldives, a result set to once again upend the archipelago's relationship with traditional benefactor India.Muizzu,...

The Maldives began voting Saturday (Sep 30) to decide their next president in a referendum on whether to hitch their fortunes to China or India,...

The United States is backing a new undersea internet cable connecting several Pacific islands, according to a plan for the project seen by Reuters, boosting...

South Korea will stage its first large-scale military parade in a decade on Tuesday (Sep 26), with weapons ranging from ballistic missiles to attack helicopters...

A bitter row between India and Canada over the murder of a Sikh separatist is being felt in Punjab, where some Sikhs fear both a...

Soon after China decided to lift border controls in January, ending three years of zero-COVID measures, Stephen Yao embarked on a new mission.Representing more than...

New Delhi cancelled on Friday (Sep 22) a trip by its sports minister to the Asian Games in Hangzhou, saying that Chinese authorities had denied...

Iran's parliament has passed a controversial bill that would increase prison terms and fines for women and girls who break its strict dress code.Those dressed...

Japan has told Beijing to remove a Chinese buoy floating in waters within its exclusive economic zone (EEZ), an official said on Wednesday (Sep 20),...

India has strongly rejected allegations by Canada's PM Justin Trudeau that it had any role in the death of a Canadian Sikh leader.Hardeep Singh Nijjar...

North Korea's Kim Jong Un expressed his "heartfelt thanks" to President Vladimir Putin, state media said on Monday (Sep 18), as he headed home after...

While interest in learning Mandarin declines in the West, Middle Eastern children are attending classes in China’s official language as part of a geopolitical shift...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in Vladivostok on Saturday (Sep 16) where he was met by Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, according to...

Japan's new foreign minister, Yoko Kamikawa, said at her inaugural press conference on Thursday (Sep 14) that Japan would continue seeking China to act responsibly,...

Dozens of people died in a fire at an apartment block in Vietnam's capital Hanoi, state media said on Wednesday (Sep 13), with witnesses reporting...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has arrived in Russia, Japanese media reported on Tuesday (Sep 12), for what the Kremlin said would be a...

Heavy rains from a typhoon kept southern China drenched for the seventh day as slow-moving storm clouds drifted from Guangdong on the coast to Guangxi,...

When a friend asked her to do pro-bono legal work for farming communities in a number of villages across Indonesia, lawyer Helianti Hilman, who loves...

Parts of Japan have been deluged by their heaviest daily rains since records began, officials said Saturday (Sep 9), with reports of more than 100...

Japan's Moon Sniper mission blasted off on Thursday (Sep 7) as the country's space programme looks to bounce back from a string of recent mishaps.Only...

The Proud Boys' former leader has been jailed for 22 years for orchestrating the US Capitol riot, the longest sentence so far for a ringleader...

Intense rain from the remnants of Typhoon Haikui lashed southeastern China early on Wednesday (Sep 6), bringing floods and waterlogging that forced cities in Fujian...

Domestic flights were cancelled and almost 3,000 people were evacuated as Taiwan girded for the arrival of Typhoon Haikui on Sunday (Sep 3), which is...

Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam will be Singapore's next President after securing a landslide victory with 70.4 per cent of the vote.The final result, announced by the...

From belting out pop songs to fielding hairstyle questions on Instagram, Taiwan's presidential hopefuls are increasingly turning their attention to young voters, who are expected...

India’s Ministry of External Affairs said on Tuesday (Aug 29) the country had decided to allow rice exports to Singapore.“In view of this special relationship,...

Japan's foreign minister said on Tuesday (Aug 29) that harassment being faced by the Japanese in China after the release of water from the Fukushima...

Some Japanese restaurants in Hong Kong are expecting a 30 per cent dip in business, after the city's import controls on seafood from 10 Japanese...

Japan's environment ministry on Sunday (Aug 27) said tests of seawater near the Fukushima nuclear power plant did not detect any radioactivity, days after the...

Various economic stimulus efforts could be on the cards, say observers, as the Thaksin-backed party continues on the track of populist policies that have long...

North Korea's second attempt to place a spy satellite in orbit failed on Thursday (Aug 23) after the rocket booster experienced a problem during its...

Pakistani rescuers pulled seven children and one man to safety after their cable car became stranded high over a remote ravine on Tuesday (Aug 22),...

Cambodia's parliament on Tuesday (Aug 22) elected long-time ruler Hun Sen's eldest son as the country's new prime minister, sealing a dynastic handover of power...

China on Monday (Aug 21) accused a government employee of spying for the United States, the second incident of espionage it has announced in a...

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will make a brief visit to the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant on Sunday (Aug 20) to highlight the safety of...

Taiwan's vice president and front-runner to be the island's next president, William Lai, is in the eye of the storm after China launched widely expected...

But analysts warn that even a short-term aversion to buying property, if it becomes widespread enough, could manifest into a critical consumption situation.Property downturn persists...

The death toll from a landslide at an unregulated jade mine in a remote part of Myanmar has hit at least 31, with eight people...

An approaching typhoon battered communities along Japan's Pacific coast on Monday (Aug 14) with heavy rain and crashing waves, prompting authorities to warn about landslides...

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and opposition leader Raja Riaz agreed on Saturday (Aug 12) to name Senator Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar as caretaker premier to oversee...

Taiwan Vice President William Lai leaves on Saturday (Aug 12) for a sensitive trip to the United States, which China has condemned and Taiwanese officials...

Pakistan's president ordered parliament dissolved late Wednesday (Aug 9), opening the door to a caretaker government that will usher in elections in which the country's...

Thirty-three people have been confirmed dead and 18 are still missing after Beijing's heaviest rains on record, officials said Wednesday (Aug 9).China's capital has been...

More than 3,000 Marines and sailors arrived in the Middle East on Sunday in a deployment meant to deter Iran from seizing and harassing merchant...

At least 30 people have been killed and 100 injured when a train derailed in southern Pakistan, a police spokesman has confirmed.Several carriages of the...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un toured the country’s key weapons factories, including those producing artillery systems and launch vehicles for nuclear-capable ballistic missiles, and...

Thai former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra said on Saturday (Aug 5) he was postponing his return from self-exile as Thailand struggles to overcome a political...

A Chinese invasion of Taiwan would have "disastrous results" for the world, Foreign Minister Joseph Wu told AFP in an interview on Wednesday (Aug 2),...

South Korea raised the hot weather warning to its highest, the first time in four years, as parts of the country roasted in temperatures over...

A skyscraper in Russia's capital Moscow has been hit again by a drone, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin says.Several drones were shot down overnight, he said, but...

Myanmar's junta extended the country's state of emergency by six months on Monday (Jul 31), signalling a delay to elections they had pledged to hold...

Singapore-owned businesses are investing millions of dollars in Timor-Leste's leisure and hospitality sectors. These include five-star hotels, serviced apartments and an entertainment centre, which are among...

China has accused the United States of turning Taiwan into an “ammunition depot” after the White House announced a US$345 million military aid package for...

A total of RM38 million (US$8.4 million) in cash, 200kg of gold worth RM60 million and 17 luxury cars have been seized by Malaysian enforcement...

Myanmar’s military-controlled government plans to transfer the country’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi from a prison in the capital, Naypyidaw, to home confinement.The move...

Japanese police said they have arrested a woman and her parents in a bizarre beheading case in a popular night entertainment district in Japan's northern...

At least 15 people were killed and 19 more were missing on Monday (Jul 24) after a ferry sank off the coast of Indonesia's Sulawesi...

Cambodians voted on Sunday (Jul 23) in an election that longtime leader Hun Sen is all but guaranteed to win as he looks to secure...

North Korea has fired "several cruise missiles" into the Yellow Sea between China and the Korean peninsula, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said Saturday...

At least five people were killed and many were feared buried when a landslide hit a mountain village in India's western state of Maharashtra after...

An American soldier facing disciplinary action fled across the inter-Korean border into North Korea on Tuesday (Jul 18) and was believed to be in North...

Rescue workers recovered the last body and ended search operations at a flooded underpass in South Korea where more than a dozen people died in...

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol on Monday (Jul 17) blamed authorities' failure to follow disaster response rules as the death toll from days of torrential...

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said on Saturday (Jul 15) his country will provide a bigger batch of military supplies and humanitarian aid to Ukraine...

South Korea's Foreign Minister Park Jin on Friday (Jul 14) called on China to play a "constructive role" in curbing North Korea's threats, after Pyongyang...

New evidence found by BBC News casts further doubt on the Greek coastguard's version of events surrounding last month's deadly migrant boat sinking, in which...

North Korea said on Thursday (Jul 13) it had successfully tested its new intercontinental ballistic missile, state media reported, as Pyongyang vented its fury after...

North Korea fired a long-range missile off its east coast on Wednesday (Jul 12), as leaders of South Korea and Japan were set to meet...

JAKARTA: China's foreign minister Qin Gang will not attend a diplomatic gathering in Indonesia as expected this week, sources familiar with the matter said, extending...

A suspect has been arrested after six people were killed and one wounded in a stabbing at a kindergarten in China's Guangdong province on Monday...

China's Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, is shoring up the city's electricity supply for the FISU Summer World University Games later this month as...

It is "critical" for Washington and Beijing to keep working together on climate finance, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Saturday (Jul 7), urging deeper...

Heavy monsoon rains lashed Pakistan on Wednesday (Jul 5), causing deaths, flooding roads and disrupting lives in areas where residents already were struggling to recover...

Leading Taiwan presidential candidate William Lai wrote in the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday (Jul 5) that he could keep the peace with China if...

Leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) on Tuesday (Jul 4) will hold an online summit hosted by India seeking to expand the influence of...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s efforts in projecting the country’s image as an emerging superpower has struck a chord with many in the diaspora community.Under...

A US aircraft carrier arrived in the central Vietnamese city of Danang on Sunday (Jun 25), AFP journalists saw, weeks after Hanoi protested against Chinese...

Eleven people were injured on Cathay Pacific's flight CX880 at Hong Kong's international airport early on Saturday (Jun 24) after the carrier aborted takeoff due...

Beijing on Thursday (Jun 22) issued its second-most severe warning for high temperatures that are expected to persist through the weekend as northern China battled...

China’s youth unemployment rate hit a new high in May and is expected to rise further in July and August as 11.58 million university graduates...

Investigations into the drugging of preschool children in Taiwan have sparked widespread alarm on the island.Teachers at a kindergarten in New Taipei City have been...

Malaysia will implement reforms this year to make it easier for companies to list on the national stock exchange in a bid to attract more...

A Philippine ferry carrying 120 passengers and crew members caught fire at sea on Sunday (Jun 18).A coast guard vessel was deployed to rescue those...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he supports South Korea's efforts to develop a "healthy and mature" cooperative relationship with China, South Korea's foreign...

Down a steep dirt road from the Baishi Huashan lithium mine in southern China, trucks laden with silvery grey ore rumble towards a cluster of...

Chinese automaker BYD Co Ltd has restarted operations at two showrooms and a service centre in Hong Kong after they were vandalised earlier this week,...

At least 14,000 people evacuated from around a volcano spewing lava and noxious gases in the central Philippines may remain displaced from their homes for...

Four police officers were killed and two others injured in shootings at two police headquarters in Vietnam's Central Highlands on Sunday (Jun 11), authorities said.Sixteen...

An official probe into India's rail crash is focusing on suspected manual bypassing of an automated signalling system that guides train movement - action investigators...

An age of experimentation is under way as real estate companies invest in artificial intelligence to explore its advantages and limitationsAI looks set to absorb...