A Hong Kong's prominent media professional group says dozens of journalists, some of their family members and other associates were harassed this summer
September 13, 2024
Malaysian police said on Friday they will summon the top management of an Islamic business group, after children rescued from charity homes allegedly run by the firm suffered
September 13, 2024
Two German navy ships including a frigate sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Friday in the first such transit in two decades and at
September 13, 2024
Top Russian security official Sergei Shoigu held talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a visit to Pyongyang on Friday, Russian news agencies said.
September 13, 2024
Japanese retail giant Seven & i Holdings has been classified as "core" to national security, according to an updated finance ministry list released on Friday.
September 13, 2024
China's top legislative body has approved a proposal to raise the country's retirement age, the official Xinhua news agency said on Friday, accelerating an
September 13, 2024
North Korea has disclosed the first photos of a uranium enrichment site designed to produce weapons-grade fuel for its nuclear bombs.
September 13, 2024
China's National Health Commission will focus more efforts on advocating marriage and childbirth at "appropriate ages", an official said, as authorities struggle
September 13, 2024
The approval rating of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol fell to the lowest since he took office in May 2022 in the latest Gallup Korea poll published on Friday.
September 13, 2024
China is raising its retirement age for workers, which is now among the youngest in the world’s major economies
September 13, 2024
India's Supreme Court granted bail on Friday to opposition leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a graft case, paving the way for his release almost
September 13, 2024
Airline Cathay Pacific has bought back all warrants issued to the Hong Kong government in 2020, another step in repaying the government for a pandemic-related recapitalisation package
September 13, 2024
The man who is considered the heir apparent to the powerful Rajapaksa family in Sri Lanka will contest the presidential election next week
September 13, 2024
Global stocks are mixed after U.S. stocks pulled closer to their record highs following economic reports that came in close to expectations
September 13, 2024
The death toll in the aftermath of a typhoon in Vietnam has climbed to 233 as rescue workers recover more bodies from areas hit by landslides and flash floods
September 13, 2024
Pope Francis is concluding his visit to Singapore by praising its tradition of interfaith harmony
September 13, 2024
South Korea was the world’s biggest ‘baby exporter.’ New evidence shows some mothers were forced to give up children
September 13, 2024
India's growth potential is 7.5% or more, the country's central bank chief said on Friday, which is a little above the bank's full-year forecast for 2024 of 7.2%.
September 13, 2024
Pakistan’s leader says the country has met all the conditions set by the International Monetary Fund to qualify for a new $7 billion loan to help prop up its economy
September 12, 2024
Bank Indonesia (BI) will leave interest rates unchanged next week to support the rupiah but was expected to cut next quarter, after widely anticipated policy
September 13, 2024
Chinese and Russian defence officials on Friday took swipes at the West at a military diplomacy forum in Beijing, with China pitching to the Global South and Russia
September 13, 2024
North Korea has offered a rare glimpse into a secretive facility to produce weapons-grade uranium as it says leader Kim Jong Un visited the area and called for stronger efforts to increase its number of nuclear weapons
September 13, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
September 12, 2024
Former CIA officer who spied for China sentenced to a decade in prison
September 12, 2024
The Associated Press interviewed and photographed dozens of South Koreans for a detailed look at the nation’s stark division over North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s headlong pursuit of nuclear-tipped missiles targeting the South and its major ally and protector, the United States
September 12, 2024
WHO grants first mpox vaccine approval to ramp up response to disease in Africa and beyond
Unicredit and German government talk after Commerzbank stake purchase, source says
South African anti-corruption minister Gordhan dies, aged 75
Dozens of Hong Kong journalists and some of their families have been harassed, media group says
Italian divers recover video equipment from Mike Lynch’s sunken yacht
2 men charged with stealing a famous Banksy image from a London art gallery
David Beckham among soccer dignitaries attending ex-England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson's funeral
Stolen Banksy 'Girl with Balloon' painting found