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
Residents worry about impacts after Fort Smith chemical spill kills fish downstream
'They're ruining it for everybody': Bishop Ward parent frustrated after vandalism, postponed graduation
Fire reported on natural gas platform off Santa Barbara coast
Musk, Cook and other prominent US executives invited to join Trump on trip to China
Israel is worried that Trump will strike a ‘bad deal’ with Iran, leaving war objectives unmet
New Orleans icon Neuty the Nutria dies after cancer battle
Police searching for man who stole over $9,000 worth of Pokemon cards from Pennsylvania shop