Vietnam’s top leader To Lam will visit the Philippines next week, Manila said on Wednesday, as President Ferdinand Marcos Jr seeks to further strengthen his country's
May 27, 2026
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Rocky Swift While markets appear to be looking past the Middle East crisis and the havoc it has wreaked on energy supplies, central bankers
May 27, 2026
Singaporean Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan met his North Korean counterpart Choe Son Hui on Tuesday in Pyongyang and discussed strengthening bilateral ties, KCNA state
May 27, 2026
Japan is set to begin talks with South American trade bloc Mercosur on an economic partnership to seek alternative oil sources, critical minerals and lower auto tariffs, the Nikkei
May 26, 2026
A rescue team racing to save seven people trapped for days in a cave in Laos is getting closer to reaching them, the head of the operation said, after breaking through 15 m (16
May 26, 2026
Bangladesh’s border guards have intensified patrols and launched public awareness campaigns along parts of the frontier with India because of concerns India has illegally
May 26, 2026
Shipments of foreign-branded mobile phones in China for April, including Apple's iPhones, were up 1.8% from the same month last year, Reuters calculations based on data
May 26, 2026
Australia, India, Japan and the United States have agreed new initiatives for maritime security, critical minerals, port infrastructure, and energy security to boost cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region amid concerns about China's influence
May 26, 2026
Sri Lanka's central bank stunned markets by raising its policy rate by an outsized 100 basis points on Tuesday, the biggest hike in three years, and
May 26, 2026
China on Tuesday reiterated its stance on the Australia-India-Japan-US Quad group, saying cooperation between countries should contribute to regional peace, stability and
May 26, 2026
South Korea says North Korea has launched a close-range ballistic missile and other weapons toward the sea
May 26, 2026
A Samsung Electronics' union
May 26, 2026
The foreign ministers of Australia, India, Japan and the U.S. agreed to jointly build a port in Fiji and signed pacts
May 26, 2026
Lea Casilao and her husband usually began each day exchanging text messages: "Good morning" from her, and his usual reply of "Good
May 26, 2026
Taiwan sent ships and fighter jets to monitor the second Chinese "joint combat readiness patrol" in a week near the island, in what a senior
May 26, 2026
Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Ryozo Himino said the central bank will consider the timing and pace of interest rate hikes with an eye on the fallout from
May 26, 2026
South Korean retail tycoon Chung Yong-jin has apologized for a second time in two weeks as Starbucks’ local operation faces a backlash over a recent marketing campaign that was widely perceived as mocking victims of a bloody military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in 1980
May 26, 2026
India's trade minister says that Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s recent visit to India has helped pave the way for a complete reset of Canada-India relations
May 26, 2026
The dollar dropped against major currencies on Monday as hopes of a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz pushed oil prices
May 25, 2026
The death toll from flooding in southwestern China's Chongqing has risen to nine and 11 people are missing following torrential rain in the municipality, state broadcaster
May 25, 2026
President Xi Jinping hailed China's "unbreakable" friendship with Pakistan on Monday as he met Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Beijing, seeking
May 25, 2026
Rescuers have pulled three people from the rubble of a collapsed nine-story hotel under construction in Angeles City, Philippines
May 25, 2026
When He Tingbo was put in charge of Huawei's chip development in 2003, the young engineer was handed an annual budget of $400
May 25, 2026
War in Iran, strained U.S. commitments in Asia and rising tensions over
May 25, 2026
Toshifumi Suzuki, the Japanese businessman credited with creating the 7-Eleven convenience-chain global retail empire, has died
May 25, 2026
Jardine Matheson said on Monday it has agreed to buy Australian medical imaging provider I-MED Radiology Network for a total enterprise
May 25, 2026
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee The ever-inching prospect of a deal to end the Iran war and open the Strait of Hormuz paved the way for investors to put on
May 25, 2026
In a city of high-rises, ‘cardboard grannies’ collect waste for cash
May 24, 2026
Bomb attack near railway station in southwest Pakistan kills at least 23
May 24, 2026
A nine-story building under construction in a city north of the Philippine capital has collapsed, leaving at least one Malaysian tourist dead and 21 workers trapped
May 24, 2026
A bomb blast hit a shuttle train carrying Pakistani security personnel and their families in the southwestern
May 24, 2026
At least one person was confirmed dead after a building under construction collapsed in the Philippines on Sunday, authorities said
May 24, 2026
A Chinese coast guard ship left waters near Taiwan's strategically located Pratas Islands at the top of the South China Sea on Sunday
May 24, 2026
U.S.
May 24, 2026
Bangladesh’s central bank on Saturday announced a 600 billion taka ($5 billion) stimulus package to revive shuttered factories and support businesses as economic growth slows
May 23, 2026
China’s worst coal mining blast in over a decade kills 82
May 23, 2026
U.S.
May 23, 2026
Chinese local officials say that a gas explosion at a coal mine in northern Shanxi province has killed at least 82 people
May 23, 2026
Hundreds of people rallied in central Taipei on Saturday in support of government plans to increase defence spending, after the opposition controlled parliament approved
May 23, 2026
Japan's Trade Minister Ryosei Akazawa said on Saturday there were no formal bilateral talks with China's Commerce Minister Wang Wentao, though the two had a brief
May 23, 2026
At least 90 people were killed in a gas explosion at a coal mine in China's northern province of Shanxi, the country's deadliest mining accident since at least 2009.
May 23, 2026
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has arrived in India ahead of a meeting next week with his counterparts from India, Australia, and Japan, members of the Indo-Pacific strategic alliance known as the Quad
May 23, 2026
Si Woo Kim just missed out on a 59 at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson, bogeying the final hole when a par would have given him the 16th sub-60 round in PGA Tour history
May 23, 2026
The U.S. and Taiwan have not made concrete plans for talks between their presidents, four people
May 23, 2026
The split between Wall Street and most U.S. households keeps growing wider
May 22, 2026
Taiwan's government said on Friday it had not received any information about U.S. arms sales delays, after a senior U.S. official suggested there was a pause due to the need
May 22, 2026
Taiwan's government says it hasn't been notified of any pause in a planned $14 billion U.S. arms sale to the self-governing island
May 22, 2026
Citigroup plans to allocate a significant portion of its global wealth management hiring to Asia, where its private bank is growing faster and generating
May 22, 2026
India’s Gen Z have flipped the lowly cockroach into a symbol of defiance
May 22, 2026
The U.S. Marines have demonstrated their capabilities with a live-fire exercise in Japan, showcasing the HIMARS mobile rocket system
May 22, 2026
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi will travel to New York and chair a high-level meeting of the UN Security Council on May 26, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Friday.
May 22, 2026
Advanced Micro Devices is working with Taiwan partners to ramp up production capacity as stronger-than-expected demand squeezes the global
May 22, 2026
Lenovo Group reported a better-than-expected 27% jump in quarterly revenue on Friday, as strong consumer demand for PCs ahead of potential
May 22, 2026
South Korea's Interior Minister said his ministry would stop offering products from companies that "make light" of the country's democratic history, after a
May 22, 2026
Asia-Pacific trade envoys gathered in China are expected to discuss multilateral cooperation, trade imbalances and supply chain
May 22, 2026
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand is expected to keep its key policy rate unchanged on Wednesday but a slim majority of economists in a Reuters poll now
May 22, 2026
The Hengli Group, built by a husband and wife duo over three decades from a bankrupt textile mill into a Fortune Global 500 giant
May 22, 2026
Chinese leader Xi Jinping's recent summits with U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin highlighted different dynamics with each country
May 21, 2026
The U.S., Japan, Australia and India will hold a meeting of foreign ministers of the 'Quad' grouping in New Delhi on May 26, Japan's foreign ministry said on Friday.
May 22, 2026
The State of North Carolina has sued Vietnamese EV maker VinFast for its alleged failure to meet its commitments to build an electric vehicle and battery factory in the state
May 22, 2026
Japan's annual core inflation slowed to a four-year low in April due to the effect of subsidies on fuel and education, data showed on Friday, though analysts
May 22, 2026
The United Nations has criticized a new Afghan law on separation in marriage, saying it entrenches discrimination against women and girls
May 21, 2026
The Kremlin on Thursday dismissed as false a Reuters report that China's army secretly trained about 200 Russian soldiers in China late last year, some of whom went on to
May 21, 2026
The Philippines' National Bureau of Investigation said on Thursday it
May 21, 2026
China said on Thursday it firmly opposes the United States "abusing judicial means" and pressuring Cuba after Washington charged former Cuban President Raul Castro for
May 21, 2026
Taiwanese prosecutors said on Thursday they were investigating three people suspected of illegally exporting high-end AI servers made by Super Micro and containing Nvidia
May 21, 2026
Myanmar’s military-backed government says it has regained control of two towns near the country’s borders with India and Thailand
May 21, 2026
The Philippine justice minister on Thursday ordered law enforcement to apprehend a senator wanted by the International Criminal Court
May 21, 2026
South Korea and the U.S. discussed potential changes in how parts of the heavily fortified border with North Korea are managed at recent defence talks in Washington, Seoul's
May 21, 2026
The medical condition of Thai Princess Bajrakitiyabha has worsened as a result of multiple infections in several organs, with physicians unable to contain her irregular
May 21, 2026
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te would be happy to speak with U.S.
May 21, 2026
South Korea's presidential Blue House said on Thursday that some of its nationals who had been in held in Israeli custody had been released.
May 21, 2026
Chinese President Xi Jinping may visit North Korea as early as next week and will try to act as a mediator between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S.
May 21, 2026
Japan's manufacturing activity slowed slightly in May, while service sector growth ground to a halt for the first time in over a year, as surging costs linked to the Middle
May 21, 2026
Japanese exports rose for an eighth straight month in April, beating market expectations, bolstered by resilient global demand despite major supply
May 21, 2026
Beijing is holding up a proposed visit by the Pentagon's under-secretary of defence for policy, Elbridge Colby, as China pressures U.S.
May 21, 2026
China’s Xi gives Putin a red-carpet welcome – and makes a veiled jab at the US
May 20, 2026
The U.S. dollar retreated from a six-week high on Wednesday on rising hopes that the U.S. is nearing a deal with Iran to end the war in the Middle East.
May 20, 2026
Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin have hailed their strategic ties and energy trade during a meeting in Beijing
May 20, 2026
In New Delhi, some auto-rickshaws are now displaying images of U_S_ President Donald Trump with the slogan “Happy Birthday America!”
May 20, 2026
Rescue workers used boats or swam through floodwaters to evacuate people in waterlogged areas across central and southwest China on Wednesday after torrential rain killed
May 20, 2026
China's Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin on Wednesday hailed progress in their 'comprehensive partnership' and criticised U.S.
May 20, 2026
China remained Germany's biggest trading partner in the first quarter of 2026, but only narrowly ahead of the United States as German exports to China fell sharply,
May 20, 2026
Singapore is in talks with technology companies about attaching "nutrition labels" to AI products, designating their intended uses and limitations, a senior minister said
May 20, 2026
The legal counsel of Philippine Senator Ronald dela Rosa said on Wednesday they will ask the Supreme Court to reconsider its decision to reject a request for a temporary
May 20, 2026
Samsung Electronics’ labor union says it’ll hold off a planned strike and put a tentative wage deal with management to a vote
May 20, 2026
China's largest car exporter, Chery, is considering entering the U.S. market at a suitable time, an executive overseeing its international business said on Wednesday,
May 20, 2026
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Wednesday said Israel had arrested South Korean nationals in international waters, calling the action “way out of line”.
May 20, 2026
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te on Wednesday said if he got the opportunity to speak to U.S.
May 20, 2026
The Philippine Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a bid by Senator Ronald dela Rosa for a temporary restraining order to prevent his
May 20, 2026
Fed up with bad behavior, Thailand reduces visa-free length for over 90 countries, including the US
May 20, 2026
Torrential rain and floods have hit parts of China, killing at least 12 people and forcing tens of thousands to evacuate
May 20, 2026
The United States has charged three senior employees of Telekom Malaysia (TM) for allegedly misappropriating over $20 million from the Malaysian state
May 20, 2026
Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel this week to a NATO foreign ministers meeting in Sweden, where U.S. plans to reduce troop levels in Europe coupled with President Donald Trump’s often inconsistent stance on the alliance have created concern
May 20, 2026
Xi’s double act: Putin arrives in China days after Trump’s departure
May 19, 2026
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi have emphasized the need for cooperation amid global challenges, including the Iran war
May 19, 2026
Oil prices and stock markets worldwide swung with uncertainty about what will happen with the Iran war
May 18, 2026
The Philippine Senate has convened as an impeachment court for Vice President Sara Duterte's trial over criminal charges
May 18, 2026
A Hong Kong court has started hearing final arguments in the national security trial of two organizers of vigils commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown
May 18, 2026
From a ‘board of trade’ to Boeing planes, what did Xi and Trump actually agree to?
May 18, 2026
A North Korean women’s soccer team has arrived in South Korea to compete in a regional tournament
May 17, 2026
Soccer players become first North Korean athletes to visit the South in more than 7 years
May 17, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump has described arms sales to Taiwan as a "very good negotiating chip" in dealings with China
May 16, 2026
A train has crashed into a public bus in Bangkok, killing at least eight people
May 16, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump says Chinese President Xi Jinping is considering the case of detained pastor Ezra Jin Mingri
May 15, 2026
Trump leaves China, short on deliverables but with signs of a stabilized relationship
May 15, 2026
President Donald Trump says he’s not yet made a decision on whether a major sale of U.S. arms to Taiwan can move forward following his three-day visit to China
May 15, 2026
President Donald Trump is in Beijing for key meetings with Chinese leader Xi Jinping
May 14, 2026
What proteins in prehistoric teeth reveal about Stone Age sex between early human species
May 15, 2026
U.S. officials raised the prospect of China buying more American energy after Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping held talks in Beijing on
May 14, 2026
As tension and gunfire erupted inside the Philippine Senate, where Senator Ronald dela Rosa had taken refuge to evade arrest and later escaped,
May 14, 2026
Taiwan said on Thursday that nothing surprising had come out of a summit between Chinese and U.S. leaders in Beijing, but that China should
May 14, 2026
In China, Elon Musk has been the object of love - and occasional loathing.
May 14, 2026
Italy's defence minister said on Thursday he had written twice to the Treasury urging a decision on whether to tap a European Union arms-
May 14, 2026
Dust storms, heavy rain, and lightning have damaged homes and killed at least 96 people in northern India
May 14, 2026
A Philippine senator wanted by the International Criminal Court has fled from the Senate, where he sought refuge to evade arrest
May 14, 2026
China's President Xi Jinping hailed on Thursday a "new positioning" of ties with the United States that envisages cooperation with
May 14, 2026
Thailand's economic growth likely slowed in the first quarter of 2026 and was barely positive on a quarterly basis, according to a Reuters poll of
May 14, 2026
A top Philippine politician wanted by the International Criminal Court was no longer taking refuge at the Senate after what his wife
May 14, 2026
Chinese customs appeared to have halted export clearances for hundreds of U.S. beef plants on Thursday, hours after Reuters
May 14, 2026
The Philippine Senate will convene as an impeachment court on May 18 ahead of the trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, its president said on Thursday,
May 14, 2026
BRICS foreign ministers have started a two-day meeting in New Delhi
May 14, 2026
Samsung Electronics on Thursday proposed that its South Korean labour union resume pay talks after government-mediated negotiations fell apart, a union leader said, citing a
May 14, 2026
A violent storm bringing rain and hail scythed across India's most populous state of Uttar Pradesh, killing more than 100
May 14, 2026
The possibility that an entity other than Iran was responsible for the attack against a South Korean cargo vessel near the Strait of Hormuz is low, a senior official in Seoul
May 14, 2026
A New York man was found guilty on Wednesday of acting as an unregistered agent of the Chinese government after a trial over federal prosecutors' allegations
May 14, 2026
When U.S.
May 14, 2026
Gunshots broke out in chaotic scenes at the Philippine Senate on Wednesday where troops had been deployed after a politician wanted by
May 13, 2026
Philippine Senator Ronald dela Rosa called on the public to step in to prevent law enforcement agents from handing him over to the International Criminal Court
May 13, 2026
Philippine Senator Ronald dela Rosa said on Wednesday that his arrest was imminent and urged people to mobilise to prevent him from being sent to the International Criminal
May 13, 2026
Nissan forecast more than $1 billion in profit for its fiscal year on Wednesday, predicting a relatively modest hit from the Iran war and an increasing impact from
May 13, 2026
Samsung Electronics and its union failed to reach a pay deal on Wednesday, heightening the risk of a long strike that threatens not only chip
May 13, 2026
Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) nominated lawmaker Puma Shen on Wednesday as its candidate for Taipei mayor, a man who has been sanctioned by China for
May 13, 2026
China reiterated its strong opposition to U.S. arms sales to Taiwan on Wednesday, calling on Washington to honour its commitments ahead of U.S.
May 13, 2026
Former Philippine ‘drug war’ police chief runs away from government agents to avoid international arrest warrant
May 13, 2026
Japanese technology investor Softbank Group says profits for the fiscal year through March zoomed by nearly five-fold as its AI investments paid off
May 13, 2026
South Korea is reviewing a phased contribution to efforts to ensure safe navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back said on
May 13, 2026
The packaging on some snacks in Japan is turning a somber black-and-white, as the war in Iran disrupts the supply of an ingredient in colored ink
May 13, 2026
Chinese emperors once prayed for bumper crops under the blue-tiled, triple-eaved roof of Beijing's Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, in sacred rites
May 12, 2026
South Korea is reviewing a phased contribution to efforts to ensure safe navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back said on
May 13, 2026
U.S.
May 12, 2026
Kyrgyzstan authorities have charged eight people, including powerful ex-security chief Kamchybek Tashiev, with plotting to seize power from President
May 13, 2026
From a rout in Asian currencies to the closure of a low budget
May 12, 2026
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te on Tuesday expressed his thanks to the U.S. for its help in strengthening the island's defences and said Taipei would not give in to
May 12, 2026
Samsung Electronics' labour union in South Korea said on Tuesday it would walk out of ongoing pay negotiations if no mediation proposal was offered within two hours.
May 12, 2026
Police in Pakistan say nine people were killed and more than two dozen others wounded when a bomb rigged to a rickshaw exploded in a bazaar
May 12, 2026
The top enforcer of former Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte's deadly war on drugs urged President Ferdinand Marcos Jr on Tuesday to not hand him over to the
May 12, 2026
A massive explosion at a crowded market in northwestern Pakistan killed 10 people and wounded dozens more on Tuesday, police and rescue
May 12, 2026
The mayor of Arcadia, California, a heavily Chinese-American suburb of Los Angeles, has agreed to plead guilty to
May 12, 2026
Global hedge funds ramped up bets on Asia, with weekly buying of South Korean, Japanese and Taiwanese stocks hitting a 10-year high last week, according to
May 12, 2026
Asia-Pacific's ultra-rich, set to take part in a global transfer of $83 trillion in assets over the coming decades, are leaning more on wealth managers and family
May 12, 2026
Oil prices rose as the war with Iran threatens to drag on, but U.S. stocks nevertheless inched to more records
May 11, 2026
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a five-nation tour taking in the United Arab Emirates and Europe from May 15-20, India's foreign ministry said in a statement on
May 11, 2026
U.S.
May 11, 2026
The chief enforcer of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's deadly "war on drugs" locked himself in his
May 11, 2026
Pakistan blames Afghanistan-based militants for the attack on a police post that killed 15 personnel over the weekend, Pakistan's foreign ministry said on Monday,
May 11, 2026
A bid to impeach Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte won the required backing of the lower house on Monday,
May 11, 2026
Philippine lawmakers overwhelmingly voted to
May 11, 2026
South Korea's presidential Blue House on Monday condemned in the strongest terms an attack against a cargo ship operated by a Korean shipper this month in
May 11, 2026
Philippine lawmakers on Monday overwhelmingly backed the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte, setting the stage for a trial in the
May 11, 2026
A Vatican official is making a rare trip to Taiwan this week for the 60th anniversary of the founding of the
May 11, 2026
Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio Platforms has shifted its planned Mumbai IPO to a pure fundraising exercise, abandoning
May 11, 2026
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook Markets still want to believe that neither the U.S. nor Iran is aiming to escalate their conflict.
May 11, 2026
Taiwan's coast guard said on Monday that it had disrupted "illegal" operations by a Chinese research ship in waters close to the island and driven it away, part of what
May 11, 2026
Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been released from a Bangkok prison after serving eight months on a corruption-related charge
May 11, 2026
Taiwan is confident in the stable development of its ties with the U.S. but hopes there are no "surprises" on Taiwan-related issues when U.S.
May 11, 2026
Thailand's billionaire former premier Thaksin Shinawatra was released from jail on parole and met by cheering crowds on Monday, eight months after a
May 11, 2026
Mount Dukono erupted, leaving dozens trapped on a remote Indonesian island. CNN's Will Ripley reports.
May 08, 2026
Cats or dogs? In East Asia, more people are becoming feline fans
May 10, 2026
US experience fighting Iran offers lessons for China, experts say
May 10, 2026
Russia accused Armenia on Sunday of providing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy with "a platform for anti-Russian remarks", in a further sign of a chill in relations
May 10, 2026
Tariqul Islam, a ride-share driver in Bangladesh, faces long fuel lines due to supply disruptions linked to the war in Iran
May 10, 2026
Ahead of US-China summit, Taiwan’s opposition leader says island can embrace both powers
May 10, 2026
Indonesian authorities on Saturday located the position of two missing Singaporeans, although it was not known if they were alive, and confirmed the death
May 09, 2026
With his decision to pull some U.S. troops from Germany, his threats to draw down forces elsewhere in Europe and his downplaying of
May 09, 2026
Multiple hikers killed, others rescued after volcano erupts in Indonesia
May 08, 2026
China's export growth gathered pace in April as factories raced to meet a wave of overseas orders from buyers seeking to stockpile
May 09, 2026
Further delays to Taiwan military spending are a "concession" to China, the U.S.
May 09, 2026
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Saturday reaffirmed his country's commitment to its mutual defence treaty with Russia, in a message to President Vladimir Putin
May 09, 2026
Miners in Myanmar have discovered a massive ruby, considered to be the second-largest by weight ever found in the country
May 08, 2026
Shuttle diplomacy reaches a peak in the week to come as U.S. President Donald Trump heads to China and his finance chief visits Japan.
May 08, 2026
Taiwan's opposition-controlled parliament approved extra defence spending of $25 billion on Friday, or just about two-thirds of the amount sought by the government to bolster
May 08, 2026
South Korea's Oceans Ministry said on Friday that government investigators had started examining the cause of an explosion and fire aboard a Korean-operated vessel amid
May 08, 2026
South Korea's parliamentary speaker Woo Won-shik said on Friday that a bill to amend the constitution to tighten rules on martial law would not proceed to a plenary vote after
May 08, 2026
A firm linked to Thailand's national AI initiative is suspected of helping smuggle billions of dollars' worth of Super Micro Computer servers containing advanced Nvidia chips to
May 08, 2026
The death toll from an explosion at a fireworks plant this week in central China has risen to 37, state media reported
May 08, 2026
Indonesian authorities are rushing to rescue 20 hikers after the eruption of Mount Dukono on Halmahera island on Friday, a local rescue agency official told Reuters.
May 08, 2026
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook Oil ticked higher and European futures wobbled on Friday, while the U.S. and Iran exchanged fire in the Middle East.
May 08, 2026
A cross-party delegation of British lawmakers will visit China this month, two
May 08, 2026
Paraguay "deeply values" its relations with Taiwan and will continue to offer support, President Santiago Pena said on Friday as he was formally welcomed in Taipei by
May 08, 2026
The death toll has risen to 37 from 26 and one person remains missing after a fireworks factory explosion in the southern Chinese province of Hunan, state news agency Xinhua
May 08, 2026
China's export growth likely quickened in April, a Reuters poll showed on Friday, as companies rushed to stockpile components from the manufacturing powerhouse amid fears
May 08, 2026
Vietnam's ruling Communist Party plans to revamp its propaganda efforts by drafting in social media influencers and artificial
May 08, 2026
South Korea's martial law scandal is set to loom large over local elections in June that will test whether opposition conservatives can rein in
May 08, 2026
SoftBank Corp has begun discussions with U.S. chip giant Nvidia
U.S. and European stocks slipped on Thursday, as oil prices swung between gains and losses in volatile trading with investors still
May 07, 2026
Former Chinese defence ministers Wei Fenghe and Li Shangfu were both sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve over
May 07, 2026
Oil prices swung between gains and losses in volatile trading on Thursday, ultimately settling lower after a report said Saudi Arabia and Kuwait lifted
May 07, 2026
Nightly explosions of drones and missiles terrified Indian sailor Tithi Chiranjeevi after his ship was stranded in Iran for more than a month by the Strait
May 07, 2026
Southeast Asian foreign ministers have agreed to a virtual meeting with their Myanmar counterpart, ASEAN's secretary-general said on Thursday, as
May 07, 2026
Pakistan’s military warns it will respond strongly to any attack as it marks the anniversary of last year’s conflict with India
May 07, 2026
China gives suspended death sentences to two former defense ministers
May 07, 2026
Tesla's China-made EV sales jumped 36% on the year in April, a sixth month of gains, as the U.S. automaker fights to hold ground against a wave of cheaper Chinese rivals.
May 07, 2026
The leaders of Thailand and Cambodia agreed on Thursday to pursue trust-building measures to advance a fragile ceasefire and establish peace,
May 07, 2026
U.S.
May 07, 2026
China may try some "manoeuvring" over the Taiwan issue when U.S.
May 07, 2026
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele was ousted from power on Thursday after losing a confidence vote in the country's parliament.
May 07, 2026
China is signaling that Taiwan will be a priority ahead of a summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping next week
May 07, 2026
China’s youth are ditching the rat race, and its spies say foreign countries are to blame
May 07, 2026
A South Korean appeals court on Thursday cut the jail sentence for former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo to 15 years from 23 years over his role in ex-
May 07, 2026
China's financial regulator has advised the country's largest lenders to temporarily suspend new loans to five refineries recently sanctioned by the U.S. over their ties to Iranian
May 07, 2026
Samsung Electronics, a maker of TVs and home appliances, said on Wednesday that it has decided to discontinue sales of some consumer electronics products in mainland China
May 06, 2026
China’s diplomatic role in the Iran war has come into sharper focus after talks between Chinese and Iranian foreign ministers on Wednesday, days before U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping
May 06, 2026
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi met China's top diplomat in Beijing on Wednesday, underscoring close ties between the two countries
May 06, 2026
China said on Wednesday Eswatini's leaders were being "kept and fed" by Taiwan, using unusually strong language to condemn the small southern African kingdom for
May 06, 2026
South Korea's presidential office said on Wednesday it had suspended a review on whether to participate in a U.S. operation to escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz after
May 06, 2026
The Philippines called on Myanmar on Wednesday to allow ASEAN's special envoy to meet with detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi, pressing for greater transparency after
May 06, 2026
Taiwan is likely to be a topic of conversation between U.S.
May 06, 2026
The U.S. stock market rose to records after oil prices eased and companies kept reporting bigger profits for the start of the year than analysts expected
May 05, 2026
Pakistan's navy responded to a distress call from an Indian vessel stranded in the Arabian Sea after a critical technical failure, Pakistan's military said on Tuesday.
May 05, 2026
Airbus plans to announce an order on Wednesday for about 150 A220 jets from AirAsia, in a boost for the planemaker's smallest jetliner that has recently lost orders to
May 05, 2026
Thailand's foreign minister said on Tuesday he planned to invite his Myanmar counterpart to meet top regional diplomats, aiming to build consensus within
May 05, 2026
Hong Kong's economy expanded 5.9% in the first quarter from a year earlier, official advance estimates showed on Tuesday, the 13th consecutive quarter of growth and the
May 05, 2026
A blast at a fireworks factory in China has killed at least 26 people and injured 61, flattening buildings and sending towering clouds of smoke into the sky, and prompting
May 05, 2026
Armenia is hosting the first European Union summit in Yerevan
May 05, 2026
Authorities in China say an explosion at a fireworks plant in a central Chinese province has killed at least 26 people and injured 61 others
May 05, 2026
President Lai Ching-te arrived home on Tuesday from Eswatini saying Taiwan would not give in to pressure, having taken a circuitous
May 05, 2026
The U.S. military says it fired on Iranian forces and sank six small boats as it moved to reopen the Strait of Hormuz
May 04, 2026
Oil prices jumped 6% on Monday and stocks fell as Iran escalated its military campaign, hitting several ships in the Strait of Hormuz and setting
May 04, 2026
A North Korean women’s soccer team is scheduled to play at a regional tournament in South Korea later this month
May 04, 2026
Indonesia and Japan signed a defence cooperation agreement on Monday, officials said, which includes cooperation in the defence industry, human development and disaster
May 04, 2026
The leaders of Singapore and New Zealand signed an agreement to keep their supply chains open during times of crisis on Monday, and said they hoped the agreement would be
May 04, 2026
India's manufacturing growth edged up slightly in April but remained stuck near a four-year low as weak demand and soaring input costs driven by the Middle East war
May 04, 2026
An unfinished Iran war could give Xi the upper hand in Trump talks, sources say
May 04, 2026
The Asian Development Bank said on Sunday it was ready to deliver urgent help to the countries in the Pacific region, which has been rattled by the war in the
May 03, 2026
China accused the Philippines of landing personnel on a disputed reef in the South China Sea on Sunday as Manila said it would dispatch ships to drive off Chinese vessels it
May 03, 2026
Inside the complex, secretive business of buying ube, the internet’s new favorite food
May 03, 2026
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met delegates to the ruling party's youth league congress in Pyongyang, state media KCNA said on Sunday, as the government again cast young
May 03, 2026
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te reached Eswatini on Saturday, two weeks after he was forced to postpone a trip to a diplomatic ally because Indian Ocean states
May 02, 2026
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May 02, 2026
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May 02, 2026
Summer is a few months away, but the streets of Croatia’s old town of Dubrovnik are already teeming with tourists
May 02, 2026
The legal team of Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi plans to meet the detained former leader this weekend after she was transferred to house arrest in the capital by the military-backed
May 01, 2026
Global shares steadied on Friday, with U.S. tech stocks rallying anew and investors remaining focused on currency markets after the yen
May 01, 2026
Registrations of Tesla cars continued to rebound in France, Denmark and the Netherlands in April, but fast-moving Chinese rivals such as BYD kept chipping away
May 01, 2026
Man charged with attempted murder after two Jewish men stabbed in London
May 01, 2026
Some big Japanese trading houses forecast on Friday record annual profits as the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran keeps commodity prices high,
May 01, 2026
Myanmar’s former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest
April 30, 2026
Japan's manufacturing activity grew at its strongest pace in over four years in April, as companies ramped up production and stockpiled goods amid supply chain disruptions
May 01, 2026
Annual core inflation in April hit a four-year low and stayed below the central bank's 2% target for a third straight month, as fuel and education subsidies
May 01, 2026
Global bond prices and stocks rose on Thursday as oil prices retreated from four-year highs, while the yen jumped after
April 30, 2026
The vice captain of Afghan Women United Fatima Yousufi says it's exciting to be part of a team that has a future and opens doors to the likes of the 2028 Olympics after this week's news that an official Afghanistan women's national football team will return to the international stag. She sits down with World Sport's Amanda Davies.
April 30, 2026
Banks across Asia, including those in Singapore - among the region's largest - are tightening checks on artificial
April 30, 2026
China's military said on
April 30, 2026
The Middle East war has not slowed Asia's local currency bond markets, with Hong Kong and Australian dollar issuance hitting
April 30, 2026
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Thursday that she will continue all diplomatic efforts to ensure the passage of all vessels though the Strait of Hormuz.
April 30, 2026
Kim Jong Un praises soldier suicides, signals deepening role in Russia’s war
April 30, 2026
China's top three state-owned airlines bounced back to profit in the first quarter, helped by robust demand during the Lunar New Year
April 30, 2026
A Cambodian appeals court on Thursday upheld a 27-year sentence for former opposition leader Kem Sokha for his treason conviction, his lawyer said, another blow to an
April 30, 2026
Taiwan has activated backup communications for its northernmost territory, the remote and strategically located island of Dongyin, after poor weather conditions apparently
April 30, 2026
Myanmar's detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been given a further one-sixth reduction in her sentence as part of an amnesty, a member of her legal team said on Thursday,
April 30, 2026
Standard Chartered on Thursday posted a better-than-expected 17% profit gain, buoyed in part as Gulf countries rushed to raise
April 30, 2026
A French teen faces charges in Singapore after posting a video of himself licking a straw from an orange juice vending machine and putting it back
April 30, 2026
Japan's factory output unexpectedly fell in March as production tumbled for a range of chemical and petroleum-based goods, data showed on
April 30, 2026
Seven people have died after an 8-foot (2.5-metre) wall at a hospital complex collapsed in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru, a state official said on
April 30, 2026
Oil prices soared on worries about prolonged supply disruption due to the Middle East war while Wall Street's stock indexes
April 29, 2026
Five of China's largest lenders reported net profit growth over 3% in the first quarter of this year on Wednesday, as bad debt ratios
April 29, 2026
Shenzhen, one of China's four first-tier cities, further relaxed restrictions for buying homes in the city in a bid to spur demand.
April 29, 2026
The Philippine House justice committee on Wednesday found probable cause to impeach Vice President Sara Duterte, moving a step closer to a process that
April 29, 2026
JAKARTA, April 29 - Indonesian military prosecutors charged four officers on Wednesday for their alleged involvement in an acid attack on an activist known for campaigning against the expanding public
April 29, 2026
A South Korean appeals court on Wednesday increased the jail term for former President Yoon Suk Yeol on charges linked to his short-lived 2024
April 29, 2026
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has praised soldiers who committed suicide while fighting against Ukrainian forces in Russia's Kursk region, confirming an extreme battle
April 28, 2026
The Philippines is not worried about any reduction in U.S. deterrence capabilities in the Indo-Pacific due to the war in the Middle East,
April 28, 2026
The European Union's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas urged partner countries in Southeast Asia on Tuesday not to turn to Russia for oil supplies as they try
April 28, 2026
The death toll from a train collision near the Indonesian capital Jakarta has risen to 15 with another 88 injured, a senior minister said on Tuesday,
April 28, 2026
Japanese parts suppliers to automakers including Toyota face mounting cost and supply uncertainties due to the Iran war, warning that oil-related
April 28, 2026
Sri Lanka arrests 22 Buddhist monks allegedly carrying over 110 kilos of cannabis at airport
April 28, 2026
Rescuers have finished removing victims from a damaged commuter train car, confirming the crash outside Indonesia’s capital killed 15 people
April 28, 2026
South Korea's monetary policy board said a cautious, wait-and-see approach is appropriate for now as heightened uncertainty from the Iran war warrants more monitoring of
April 28, 2026
Iran is ready to share its defensive weapons capabilities with "independent countries, especially members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)", Deputy Defence
April 28, 2026
North Korea sharply raised the number of executions it conducted after shutting its borders during the COVID-19 pandemic, with the largest share linked to
April 28, 2026
The death toll from a train collision near the Indonesian capital Jakarta has risen to 14 with another 84 injured, the train operator said on Tuesday,
April 28, 2026
China denounced remarks by Japan and the European Union about the South China Sea at a U.N.
April 28, 2026
Call it a different kind of sticker shock.
April 28, 2026
Taiwan has spotted two Chinese warships operating in waters near the Penghu islands in the Taiwan Strait and has sent its own naval and air forces to keep watch, the
April 28, 2026
The death toll from a train collision near the Indonesian capital Jakarta has risen to 14 with another 84 injured, the train operator said on Tuesday, as rescuers worked
April 28, 2026
At least four people were killed and 38 injured when two trains collided in the city of Bekasi, adjoining the Indonesian capital Jakarta, late on Monday
April 27, 2026
The U.S. stock market’s record-breaking rally slowed after uncertainty rose about what will happen next in the Iran war
April 27, 2026
A train collision outside Indonesia's capital on Monday has killed at least four people
April 27, 2026
A Kazakh court has convicted 19 Kazakh activists after a protest against Beijing’s crackdown in China’s far-western Xinjiang region last year, in what advocates call an extraordinary move by the Kazakh government to silence dissident at the behest of Beijing
April 16, 2026
India named veteran politician Dinesh Trivedi as its next high commissioner to Bangladesh on Monday, in a rare appointment of a non–foreign service officer as New Delhi
April 27, 2026
Citigroup will further bolster its Japan and China
April 27, 2026
The European Union on Monday extended its sanctions against Myanmar until at least May 2027, in an effort to maintain pressure on the country's military rulers more than
April 27, 2026
As simulated enemy boats and unmanned craft closed in on the shores of Palawan island facing the South China Sea, Philippine and U.S.
April 27, 2026
India and New Zealand signed a free trade agreement (FTA) on Monday, lowering tariffs on key fruit imports such as kiwifruit
April 27, 2026
India and New Zealand have signed a free trade agreement to deepen economic ties and expand market access
April 27, 2026
JAKARTA, April 27 - Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has appointed a labour union chief as the country's new environment minister, the palace said on Monday, replacing Hanif Faisol Nurofiq, who
April 27, 2026
A Taiwan court fined the local unit of Japan's Tokyo Electron T$150 million ($5 million) on Monday, and handed jail terms of up to 10 years to
April 27, 2026
A court in Taiwan has sentenced a former employee of Tokyo Electron to 10 years in prison for stealing trade secrets from TSMC
April 27, 2026
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BJP party strengthened its position in parliament’s upper house after seven opposition lawmakers joined it, a parliamentary list
April 27, 2026
The top U.S. diplomat in Taiwan on Monday pressed the island's opposition-majority parliament to pass a "comprehensive" defence budget, saying integrated air and missile
April 27, 2026
Toyota Motor said on Monday global vehicle sales fell for a second successive month in March, as a sharp drop in the Middle East and a model changeover for its popular RAV4
April 27, 2026
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook While U.S.-Iran talks have stalled, and next to no oil is making its way through the Strait of Hormuz, stock markets'
April 27, 2026
Taiwan's defence minister downplayed on Monday the impact of Chinese sanctions on seven European companies over arms sales to the island, saying it was not the first time
April 27, 2026
Ryota Haga was in high school when the biggest earthquake ever recorded in Japan triggered a deadly tsunami and swept away his
April 27, 2026
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country would continue to support Russia's policies and discussed bolstering military ties with Moscow, state media
April 27, 2026
When U.S.
April 27, 2026
Bernd Wiesberger is finally a winner again on the European tour
April 26, 2026
China's commerce ministry on Saturday expressed "firm opposition" to the European Union's inclusion of Chinese entities in its 20th round of sanctions against Russia,
April 25, 2026
The speaker of Russia's parliament, a close ally of President Vladimir Putin, arrived in North Korea on Saturday to attend an event to commemorate Pyongyang's deployment of
April 25, 2026
More than 1,000 firefighters in northern Japan battled to contain two wildfires for a fourth straight day on Saturday, as the blazes pushed
April 25, 2026
India has dismissed as "uninformed" comments shared by U.S.
April 24, 2026
Move over, K-pop? The hottest new Asian group could be from Indonesia
April 25, 2026
Two forest fires continued to spread toward residential areas in a northern Japanese town on Friday, prompting authorities to expand evacuation orders to more than 3,000
April 24, 2026
China's visiting Foreign Minister Wang Yi expressed hopes for improved relations between Thailand and Cambodia following two rounds of armed conflict last year, the Thai
April 24, 2026
South Korean prosecutors are requesting a 30-year prison term for ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol
April 24, 2026
Hyundai Motor will roll out 20 new models in China over the next five years as it seeks to revive its fortunes in the world's largest auto market, the
April 24, 2026
South Korean prosecutors have rejected a police request for an arrest warrant for music tycoon Bang Si-Hyuk
April 24, 2026
China is sending two giant pandas to Zoo Atlanta, the China Wildlife Conservation Association says
April 24, 2026
Thailand's Supreme Court said on Friday that 44 current and former
April 24, 2026
A new book by Haruki Murakami set to be released in early July will mark the first time a full-length novel by the Japanese author features a female main character
April 24, 2026
South Korea's national security adviser said on Thursday the U.S. alliance was not in crisis despite recent friction, though he acknowledged that current strains with
April 24, 2026
South Korean prosecutors sought a 30-year jail term for former President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday, in a case alleging he ordered a drone operation over Pyongyang to help
April 24, 2026
Mercedes-Benz will use this year's Beijing auto show to pitch how it plans to navigate China's fiercely competitive car market, where Chief Executive Ola Kaellenius says
April 24, 2026
China industrial profits stay resilient as economy leans on factories, exports
Germany, Poland poised for soaring temperatures as heatwave moves east
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China strips generals, ex-financial regulator, politburo member of lawmaker posts
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