A second executive convicted in Switzerland for his involvement in a $1.8 billion fraud against Malaysian sovereign wealth fund 1MDB will appeal against the judgement, his lawyers
August 29, 2024
US security official meets China’s Xi as American election looms large over relations
August 29, 2024
Hong Kong journalists found guilty of sedition in case critics say highlights decline in press freedom
August 29, 2024
Thai court sentences son of Spanish TV star Rodolfo Sancho to life in prison for murder
August 29, 2024
The United States is pushing China to break a longstanding resistance to nuclear arms talks, seeing a "limited opportunity" for early two-way conversations on
August 29, 2024
Japan urges 4 million to evacuate as lumbering Typhoon Shanshan threatens south with up to a meter of rain
August 29, 2024
Over 1,000 motorcycle taxi drivers staged a strike in several Indonesian cities on Thursday to protest against low pay, and called on the
August 29, 2024
Indonesia and Australia signed a defense agreement on Thursday that both sides described as a significant upgrade to their military relationship
August 29, 2024
Emergency workers in South Korea's capital say that two people have been injured after a sinkhole suddenly opened and swallowed their SUV
August 29, 2024
South Korea's top court said on Thursday the climate change law did not protect basic human rights and lacks targets to shield future generations, in a landmark ruling
August 29, 2024
Beijing said on Thursday it would not impose provisional tariffs on brandy imported from the European Union despite finding it had
August 29, 2024
After Hong Kong police raided Stand News and arrested two editors, its staff decided that to avoid more arrests they had to shut down the online
August 29, 2024
A Hong Kong court on Thursday found two editors of the now-defunct Stand News media outlet guilty of conspiring to publish seditious articles in a
August 29, 2024
South Korea’s Constitutional Court has ordered the government to back its climate goals with more concrete plans for action through 2049
August 29, 2024
Heavy rains battered India and Pakistan's coastal areas along the Arabian Sea, flooding cities in western India's Gujarat state and forcing thousands of
August 29, 2024
The intrusion of a Chinese spy plane into Japanese airspace is a "wake-up call" for Tokyo about the aggressive nature of China's leadership, U.S. lawmaker John Moolenaar
August 29, 2024
The United States will work with Pacific Island nations to rein in drug trafficking by criminal networks from China, which use the region as a way station for
August 29, 2024
The Malaysian government has no plans to reintroduce a goods and services tax (GST) as an alternative to removing subsidies for RON95 petrol, state news agency Bernama
August 29, 2024
China's local governments have fallen behind on their debt issuance plans as scrutiny mounts over potentially wasteful infrastructure
August 29, 2024
The Philippines wants to upgrade its military with mid-range missiles and advanced fighter jets, two senior security officials said on Thursday,
August 29, 2024
A key Asia stock index has gained its biggest lift in earnings projections in more than three years, as the region's semiconductor firms
August 29, 2024
A devastating typhoon that tore through the Philippines, Taiwan and China last month, destroying infrastructure and leaving more than 100 people dead, was made significantly
August 29, 2024
Stocks closed with mixed results on Wall Street after some late-day selling
August 29, 2024
Chinese leader Xi Jinping has met with U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan as the latter wound up a three-day visit to Beijing with the stated aim of keeping communications open in a relationship that has become increasingly tense in recent years
August 29, 2024
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Thursday there was a need to "manage" policy loan rates should expectations about lower borrowing costs lead to further price increases in
August 29, 2024
UK retail sales rise 1% in August
Beijing halts bubble tea offshore IPO approvals over soured Hong Kong listings, sources say
BOJ brings yen into sharper focus
European Commission president says she has arrived in Kyiv to discuss support for Ukraine
Column-Sterling feeds on peculiarly high BoE 'terminal rate': Mike Dolan
Rodgers sparkles in his first home start since his injury to lead Jets to 24-3 win over Patriots
Dodgers clinch 12th straight playoff berth on Shohei Ohtani's historic night
Diana Taurasi closes out what could be final home game of her 20-year career