Police in Malaysia say that an Indian woman disappeared in Kuala Lumpur when pavement collapsed beneath her and she fell into a sinkhole, where she may have been swept away by an underground water current
August 23, 2024
The second season of “Pachinko" — opening Friday — delicately captures the plight of ethnic Koreans brought to Japan during colonial rule and their descendants, exploring themes of home and identity through several generations
August 23, 2024
A Thai court on Friday accepted a criminal lawsuit against seven senior security personnel over their alleged roles in the deaths two
August 23, 2024
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer told Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday the two countries must be able to talk frankly about their disagreements and also pursue
August 23, 2024
Afghanistan's Taliban formally codified a long set of rules governing morality this week, ranging from requiring women to cover their
August 23, 2024
Thousands of people rallied in several cities in Indonesia on Friday, pressuring its poll body to issue rules for regional elections amid outrage
August 23, 2024
A bus carrying 43 Indian tourists and crew members plunged into a rain-swollen river in neighbouring Nepal on Friday, killing more than half of those on board, a Nepali armed
August 23, 2024
White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan will travel to China next week for talks with top Chinese diplomat
August 23, 2024
Officials say a bus carrying dozens of Indian pilgrims has driven off a highway in Nepal, leaving 27 killed and 16 injured
August 23, 2024
Relentless monsoon rains and flooding have stranded nearly three million people in Bangladesh and killed two, submerging vast areas and damaging homes and infrastructure
August 22, 2024
Floods wreaked more havoc in India’s northeast and neighboring Bangladesh’s eastern region, raising this week’s total death toll to 30, officials and media reports said Friday
August 23, 2024
Western China's development must build a "strong sense of community" and safeguard national unity and border stability, according to a readout from a key Politburo meeting,
August 23, 2024
Soldiers in lifeboats ferried people to safety in India's northeastern state of Tripura on Friday after heavy rain triggered floods and landslides
August 23, 2024
Thai rescuers used hoes on Friday to search muddy, forested terrain for debris and the remains of nine people aboard a charter flight that crashed the day before, authorities said,
August 23, 2024
Singapore Airlines, British Airways and Lufthansa have increased their flights over Afghanistan after years of largely avoiding it now
August 23, 2024
The Philippines could "stir up trouble" at yet another "Chinese" island in the South China Sea, China's state-backed Global Times reported, after what it said were Manila's "
August 23, 2024
U.S. stocks rallied closer to their records after the head of the Federal Reserve finally said out loud what Wall Street has been expecting for a while: Cuts to interest rates are coming soon to help the economy
August 23, 2024
China's yuan inched higher against a softer dollar on Friday and looked set for the fifth straight weekly gain, its longest winning streak in more than three years.
August 23, 2024
South Korean police said on Friday a fire at a lithium battery maker that killed 23 people in June occurred as the company raced to produce batteries to meet a deadline
August 23, 2024
A fire that killed seven people in a South Korean hotel was possibly made worse by the lack of sprinklers
August 23, 2024
China and Belarus have agreed to strengthen cooperation in a range of sectors including trade, security, energy and finance, according to a joint statement, after Chinese Premier
August 23, 2024
Wall Street and global shares jumped on Friday toward all-time highs, while Treasury yields slumped and the dollar languished, after a speech by U.S.
August 23, 2024
Japanese former environment minister Shinjiro Koizumi will announce his candidacy for the ruling party leadership race at a press conference on Aug. 30, broadcaster TBS reported on
August 23, 2024
India's Narendra Modi urged President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday to sit down for talks with Russia to end the war in Ukraine and offered to act
August 22, 2024
Japan's core inflation accelerated for a third straight month in July, data showed on Friday, but a slowdown in demand-driven price growth
August 22, 2024
Germany must oppose UniCredit takeover of Commerzbank, bank employees and union warn
FedEx shares tumble amid weak demand for priority deliveries
Nike's new CEO may look to fix retailer ties in sales revival push
Residents in Kyiv told to stay indoors as air pollution blankets the Ukrainian capital
UN peacekeepers in Lebanon urge de-escalation after heavy airstrikes
Russia dismisses Zelenskiy's 'victory plan' as gambit to keep West onside
Brussels Airlines to cancel most Oct. 1 flights due to strike
Young Russians take odysseys across Europe to see Taylor Swift perform