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Govt wants to forcefully evict Sikh community from country: Pak’s first-ever-Sikh cop

 Pakistan's first-ever Sikh police officer, Gulab Singh, has claimed that the government wants to forcefully...

China vows 'countermeasures' after new US tariffs threat

BEIJING: Beijing on Wednesday (Jul 11) vowed to take "countermeasures" after the US aimed a...

Bytedance combats rumours over potential HK listing plan

Bytedance, a Chinese Internet technology company that owns Toutiao, moved quickly to quash rumours of...

Scrapped drill with South Korea would have cost US$14m: Pentagon

WASHINGTON: When President Donald Trump announced the US would halt joint military drills with South...

South Korea scraps annual government war drill as talks with North go on

SEOUL: South Korea said on Tuesday (Jul 10) it has decided to scrap an annual...

Hainan province sets talent goal of one million by 2025

Sanya, the capital city of Hainan, China’s southernmost island province, has set a goal of...

Elon Musk brings mini-sub to Thailand for cave rescue

WASHINGTON: American space entrepreneur Elon Musk tweeted that he was in Thailand on Tuesday (Jul...

After North Korea talks disappoint, Trump points finger at Beijing

US President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Monday to break his silence on the...

Singapore ‘knows what we want to do’ about High-Speed Rail: Mahathir

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said it has not yet given Singapore "full...

Myanmar court charges Reuters reporters under Official Secrets Act

YANGON: A court in Myanmar on Monday (Jul 9) charged two jailed Reuters journalists with...

Beijing’s crypto crackdown has been ‘very successful’

The Chinese yuan is used in less than 1% of global bitcoin trades, according to...

Zakir Naik meets Malaysian PM, ruling party defends move not to deport him

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has met Zakir Naik, wanted in India for...

Developer to invest 50 billion yuan in Guizhou province

Chinese real estate developer Greenland Holdings is intending to invest 50 billion yuan (US$7.53 billion)...

CSRC to ease rules on foreign workers investing in A-shares

The China Securities Regulatory Commission intends to further liberalize the restrictions on foreign investors investing...

Taxing time for China’s silver screen stars

She is adored and admired by millions of Chinese cinemagoers. Fan Bingbing is so big...

A democratic revolution has just begun in Vietnam

“You can jail a revolutionary, but you can’t jail the revolution.”—Huey Newton, American activist and...