Families of victims from the Jeju Air plane that crashed in December have filed a criminal complaint against 15 people including South Korean government officials and airline safety
May 13, 2025
Wang Yilin, a former chairman of state-owned China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC), was sentenced to 13 years in prison for bribery and fined 3 million yuan ($416,667
May 13, 2025
Tariffs, wars and economic worries in powerhouse economies such as Germany and China led the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to cut its
May 13, 2025
Pakistan's army said on Tuesday that more than 50 people were killed in last week's military clashes with India which ended in a ceasefire agreed by the nuclear-armed
May 13, 2025
A day after China and the U.S. agreed to a 90-day truce in their tariffs stalemate, China is moving to strengthen its alliances as a counterweight to President Donald Trump's trade war
May 13, 2025
Asia-Pacific trade envoys will gather this week in South Korea for discussions on multilateral cooperation, with talks taking place at a time when countries are
May 13, 2025
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President Donald Trump is on his way to the Middle East, where he had intended to focus on pressing wealthy Gulf nations to pour billions in new investment into the United States
May 12, 2025
‘We hope sense will prevail,’ Pakistan’s foreign minister says as delicate India-Pakistan ceasefire holds
May 12, 2025
Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was almost certain to be elected mayor of his home city by a landslide on Monday, unimpeded by his
May 12, 2025
India and Pakistan have agreed to a ceasefire after weeks of tension and back-and-forth strikes, with India’s foreign secretary saying the halt in fighting is now in effect. CNN International Diplomatic Editor, Nic Robertson and CNN Chief Global Affairs correspondent, Matthew Chance report on the latest.
May 10, 2025
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi says India has only “paused its military action” and will “retaliate on its own terms” if there is any future terror attack on the country
May 12, 2025
Pakistan will have to get rid of its "terrorist infrastructure" if it wants to be "saved", Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday, his first comments on the military
May 12, 2025
Witnesses and independent media reports say that an airstrike by Myanmar’s military on a village in the country’s central Sagaing region has hit a school
May 12, 2025
After days of intense firefights, Indian and Pakistani authorities say there were no reported incidents of firing overnight along the heavily militarized region between their countries
May 01, 2025
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned Pakistan on Monday that New Delhi would target "terrorist hideouts" across the
May 12, 2025
The military operations chiefs of India and Pakistan held talks by phone on Monday evening, broadcaster CNN-News18 said, two days after the nuclear-armed neighbours reached a
May 12, 2025
Taiwan on Monday test-fired for the first time a new U.S.-supplied rocket system that has been widely used by Ukraine against Russia and
May 12, 2025
Japanese supermarket rice prices fell for the first time in 18 weeks, the agriculture ministry said on Monday, though they were still double the price from the same period a year
May 12, 2025
China will host a summit that includes its key Latin American trade partners this week in an effort to advance influence and partnerships in the region,
May 12, 2025
Contenders for South Korea's presidency kicked off their campaigns on Monday, vowing to unify a deeply polarised society and spur economic growth while navigating
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The Indian military sent a "hotline message" to Pakistan on Sunday about violations of a ceasefire agreed
May 11, 2025
Three Chinese nationals arrested in Japan after thousands of protected hermit crabs found in suitcases
May 11, 2025
After spending days in temporary homes and with relatives, people from both sides of the Indian and Pakistani border are
May 11, 2025
Pope Leo XIV appealed to the world's major powers for "no more war" in his first Sunday message to crowds in St.
May 11, 2025
A passenger bus has skidded off a cliff in Sri Lanka’s tea-growing hill country, killing 21 people and injuring 35 others
May 11, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump hailed talks with China in Switzerland on Saturday, saying the two sides had negotiated "a total reset ... in a friendly, but constructive, manner."
May 10, 2025
Trump says ‘great progress made’ between US and China following first day of trade talks
May 10, 2025
India and Pakistan agreed to stop firing along their border on Saturday, bringing an end to the escalated tensions between the two arch-rivals after multiple strikes were launched
April 23, 2025
A key water-sharing pact between India and Pakistan remains suspended, four government sources told Reuters,
May 10, 2025
Rodrigo Duterte is being held at The Hague. Next week he might be elected mayor of his hometown
May 10, 2025
The Indian army said on Saturday that Pakistan was continuing its "blatant escalation" with drone strikes and using other munitions along India's western border, and its "enemy
May 10, 2025
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Pakistan's Army Chief General Asim Munir on Friday and urged both Pakistan and India to find ways to de-escalate, a U.S.
May 10, 2025
China's factory-gate prices posted the steepest drop in six months in April while consumer prices fell for a third month, underlining the need for more stimulus as policymakers
May 10, 2025
Delta Air Lines and Korean Air Lines will acquire an aggregate 25% stake in Canada's WestJet Airlines for $550 million from private equity firm Onex Corp, the U.S. carrier said on Friday.
May 09, 2025
The Indian Premier League was suspended for one week on Friday while the Pakistan Super League postponed its remaining matches in the wake of the ongoing
May 09, 2025
India has offered to slash its tariff gap with the U.S. to less than 4% from nearly 13% now, in exchange for an exemption from
May 09, 2025
Russia marked the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two on Friday with a major military parade
May 08, 2025
Taiwan criticised Russia and China on Friday for distorting World War Two history, saying Chinese communist forces made "no substantial contribution" to fighting
May 09, 2025
Nippon Steel expects net profit to slide 43% in the fiscal year ending March 2026, it said on Friday, citing a weak global steel market pressured
May 09, 2025
Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) on Friday projected a 9.6% growth in operating profit this year on robust defence demand without weaving in impact of U.S. tariffs, after its
May 09, 2025
President Donald Trump says he is naming Fox News host Jeanine Pirro, a former county prosecutor and elected judge, to be the top federal prosecutor for the nation’s capital after abandoning his first pick for the job
May 08, 2025
U.S. energy groups are asking President Donald Trump's administration to exempt liquefied natural gas tankers from a new rule
May 07, 2025
Two advocacy groups have filed a federal lawsuit asking the courts to halt new Trump Administration vetting procedures for reuniting children who crossed into the U.S. without their parents
May 08, 2025
U.S. law firm Susman Godfrey asked a judge in Washington on Thursday to permanently bar President Donald Trump's executive order against it, calling the
May 08, 2025
A top Chinese-made Pakistani fighter plane shot down at least two Indian military aircraft on Wednesday, two U.S. officials told Reuters,
May 08, 2025
Secretary of State Marco Rubio urged de-escalation and expressed support for direct dialogue in separate calls with Indian External Affairs
May 08, 2025
Blasts rang out across the Indian city of Jammu late on Thursday during what the government said was a Pakistani drone and
May 08, 2025
The people of Kashmir have for decades been caught in the middle of the bitter rivalry between Pakistan and India over the disputed Himalayan region they call home
May 08, 2025
Recent U.S. sanctions on two small Chinese refiners for buying Iranian oil have created difficulties receiving crude and led them to sell
May 08, 2025
Saudi Arabia has held off formally joining the BRICS bloc of nations despite attending a meeting in Brazil last week, two sources
May 08, 2025
Taiwan and Europe face the same threat from authoritarianism, President Lai Ching-te said on Thursday, marking 80 years since the end of World War Two in Europe and
May 08, 2025
India and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire on Saturday after a fourth day of strikes and counter-strikes against each other's military installations.
May 07, 2025
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi called for restraint between India and Pakistan upon landing in New Delhi on Thursday, state media reported, a day after India targeted what it
May 08, 2025
North Korea has fired various types of short-range ballistic missiles into its eastern sea, according to South Korea's military, which was analyzing whether the tests were linked to the North’s weapons exports to Russia amid the prolonged aggression in Ukraine
May 07, 2025
Singapore lender DBS Group flagged risk from heightened uncertainty and softer non-interest income growth for 2025 after posting on Thursday a 2% drop in first-
May 07, 2025
Xi Jinping arrives in Moscow as Putin’s ‘guest of honor’ ahead of Victory Day military parade
May 07, 2025
The United States said
May 07, 2025
South Korea's foreign exchange reserves dropped to the lowest level in five years in April, caused by market stabilising measures to ease the impact of global trade volatility.
May 07, 2025
Pakistan says it will avenge those killed by India’s missile strikes that New Delhi called retaliation for last month’s massacre of Indian tourists
May 06, 2025
Russia marks on Friday the 80th anniversary of the Soviet and allied victory over Nazi Germany, though there are fears that Ukraine may
May 07, 2025
Airlines including United Airlines and Korean Air re-routed or cancelled flights and about a dozen Indian airports
May 07, 2025
U.S.-listed ride-hailing and food delivery company Grab is looking to strike a deal to take over smaller Indonesian rival
May 07, 2025
A European Commission spokesperson said on Wednesday that China continues to be the key enabler of Russia's war in Ukraine and that without China's support, Russia would not be
May 07, 2025
It will be a challenge for Indonesia's economy to grow 5% this year due to the global trade war and softening consumer spending, but a moderation won't put the country's ratings at
May 07, 2025
Residents of Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, said they fled their homes and ran into surrounding hills as India launched
May 07, 2025
South Korea's conservatives struggled on Wednesday to form a unity ticket to take on Democratic Party frontrunner Lee Jae-myung in a snap vote set for June 3, as courts
May 07, 2025
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May 07, 2025
India struck nine "terrorist camps" in Pakistan on Wednesday that it accused of serving as indoctrination centres, training areas, and launchpads, two weeks after an attack in
May 07, 2025
India strikes deep inside Pakistan, Pakistan claims 5 Indian jets shot down, in major escalation
May 06, 2025
Vietnam's imports from China and exports to the United States both reached a post-pandemic record in April, amid talks with Washington to reduce
May 07, 2025
Ukraine attacked Moscow with drones for a third day on Wednesday forcing most of the Russian capital's airports to close just as Chinese President Xi Jinping was due to arrive to
May 07, 2025
Three fighter jets crashed in India's Jammu and Kashmir territory on Wednesday, four local government sources told Reuters, hours after India said it struck nine Pakistani "
May 07, 2025
The Indian armed forces launched "Operation Sindoor," hitting nine sites in Pakistan and "Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir", the Indian government said in a statement on Wednesday.
May 06, 2025
When President Donald Trump returned to the White House, among the numerous immigration-related executive orders he signed was one suspending the country’s refugee program
May 07, 2025
India launched attacks on suspected militant camps in Pakistan on Wednesday in response to the killing of 26 people, mostly tourists in Indian Kashmir last month.
May 06, 2025
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected munitions factories that make shells and machinery, state media KCNA said on Wednesday.
May 06, 2025
Roughly a week after Donald Trump started his second term as president, the U.S. military issued an order to
May 06, 2025
The dollar fell broadly on Tuesday on worries that U.S.
May 06, 2025
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April 22, 2025
Cardinals have wrapped up their pre-conclave meetings before they enter the conclave to elect a new pope
May 06, 2025
Skype users are scrambling to find an alternative after Microsoft shut down the pioneering internet phone service which let people make cheap long distance calls and chat with other users
May 06, 2025
Twenty-nine world leaders, including China's Xi Jinping, are expected to attend World War Two Victory Day commemorations in Moscow in the coming days, Yuri Ushakov, a Kremlin
May 06, 2025
Fact check: Trump makes more false claims about Canada in advance of meeting with prime minister
May 06, 2025
The sound of Chinese fighter jets roared over the Egyptian pyramids and could echo across the Middle East, as Beijing wrapped up military drills with Cairo aimed at
May 06, 2025
Taiwanese electronics manufacturer and AI server maker Wistron Corp said on Tuesday its board has approved an additional investment of $455 million in its new U.S. subsidiary.
May 06, 2025
An ethnic militia group in southeastern Myanmar that faces sanctions by the United States over its alleged involvement with human trafficking and online scams has criticized Washington’s actions
May 06, 2025
President Xi Jinping said China was ready to work with European Union leaders to expand mutual openness and properly handle frictions and differences, the official news agency
May 06, 2025
CNN’s International Diplomatic Editor, Nic Robertson, treks through the forest in Pakistani-administered Kashmir, a disputed territory between India and Pakistan as tensions rise between the two countries weeks after a terrorist attack killed 26 civilians in the mountainous Anantnag district.
May 05, 2025
India has advanced the start date of four under-construction hydropower projects in the Kashmir region by months after suspending a water-
May 06, 2025
South Korea's former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said on Tuesday he saw no alternative other than teaming up with the presidential candidate of the ruling conservative People Power
May 06, 2025
Bangladesh’s ailing former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia returned to the country from London on Tuesday after four months of medical treatment, adding to pressure for its interim leaders to hold elections
May 06, 2025
When Washington announced higher tariffs and the axing of a de minimis rule that allowed for low-value packages from Hong Kong and mainland China to
May 06, 2025
Philippine inflation was at its lowest level in more than five years in April due to falling food and transport costs, the statistics agency said on
May 06, 2025
Iran’s foreign minister has held talks with top Pakistani officials to try and mediate in the escalation between Islamabad and New Delhi after last month’s deadly attack on tourists in the Indian-controlled part of Kashmir
May 05, 2025
India and Pakistan have been scrambling resources both military and diplomatic to respond to a crisis triggered by a massacre in Indian-controlled Kashmir that has heightened fears of a conflict between the nuclear-armed rivals
May 05, 2025
Cardinals hailing from 71 different countries are eligible to elect a pope this week in the most geographically diverse conclave in history
May 05, 2025
Taiwan's Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics maker and Apple's biggest iPhone assembler, reported on Monday that its April revenue rose 25.54% on year.
May 05, 2025
A World War II-era Philippine navy ship to be used as a target in a combat exercise by American and the Philippine forces accidentally sank hours before the mock assault, prompting the drill to be cancelled
May 05, 2025
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov spoke to his Pakistani counterpart on Sunday and offered Russia's help in resolving tensions between Pakistan and India over Kashmir, the Foreign
May 04, 2025
Chinese President Xi Jinping will make an official visit to Russia from May 7-10 to participate in celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany, the Kremlin
May 04, 2025
Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Russia May 7–10 at President Vladimir Putin’s invitation, the Kremlin confirmed Sunday
May 04, 2025
Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said the convincing re-election of his People's Action Party would help the city-state face turbulent times, as analysts said the weekend
May 04, 2025
Two people, including a five-year-old girl, were killed and several others injured when a car crashed into the entrance of Manila's international airport on Sunday, authorities said,
May 04, 2025
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has inspected an "important" tank factory and touted "great progress in the core technology of Korean-style tanks," state media KCNA said on Sunday.
May 03, 2025
The NCAA has taken disciplinary action against five current or former Iowa State athletic department employees for combining to make more than 6,200 online bets totaling more than $100,000 on professional and college games, including men’s and women’s basketball games involving the Cyclones
May 02, 2025
Samples from official vote counting in Singapore's election on Saturday showed the People's Action Party was on course for victory, as the party looked set to win its 14th
May 03, 2025
South Korea's conservative People Power Party on Saturday picked former labour minister Kim Moon-soo as its candidate for the June 3 presidential election, which was
May 03, 2025
With the end of a U.S. tariff exemption for small parcels on Friday, some retailers have stopped selling to customers in the United States while others are seeking
May 02, 2025
Hong Kong's retail sales fell 3.5% by value in March from a year earlier, marking the 13th consecutive month of declines, government data showed on Friday.
May 02, 2025
Neelum Valley in northern Pakistan attracts some 300,000 tourists each summer who marvel at its natural beauty
May 01, 2025
A prominent pastor and veteran of the Civil Rights Movement says he was told items he had loaned to the Smithsonian Institution would be under review for whether they should remain on display at the institution
May 02, 2025
President Lai Ching-te will next week mark for the first time in Taiwan the end of World War Two in Europe and underscore that aggression must be
May 02, 2025
India's foreign minister said he has told Secretary of State Marco Rubio that perpetrators of the deadly attack in
May 01, 2025
South Korea's consumer prices rose 2.1% in April over a year, slightly above market expectations, official data showed on Friday.
May 01, 2025
South Korea's top court cast doubt on Thursday on frontrunner Lee Jae-myung's eligibility to run for the presidency, while the resignations of the prime
May 01, 2025
Prosecutors in Thailand say they don't intend to press charges against an American academic arrested for royal defamation
May 01, 2025
South Korea’s acting leader, Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, says he is resigning amid reports he will run in next month’s presidential election
May 01, 2025
A flurry of immigration enforcement activity at courthouses around the country in the past month has renewed a legal battle from President Donald Trump’s first term
May 01, 2025
Do bad people have it coming? Study finds most karma believers think so
May 01, 2025
Indonesia's parliament is set to agree next week to ratify an agreement made with Vietnam that sets the boundaries of their exclusive
May 01, 2025
Thailand's state prosecutor said on Thursday it will not prosecute an American academic who was arrested and charged last month with insulting the royal family, a crime that
May 01, 2025
North Korea and Russia have begun building their first road link, the two countries announced, hailing the construction of a bridge over a border river as a major development that will further expand their booming ties
May 01, 2025
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has vowed to pursue the assailants behind last month's attack on tourists in Kashmir to the "ends of the earth".
May 01, 2025
Pakistan claims it has ‘credible intelligence’ India will strike within 36 hours
April 30, 2025
Harris accuses Trump of abandoning American ideals in first major speech since leaving office
May 01, 2025
South Korean prosecutors have indicted former President Yoon Suk Yeol for abuse of authority, Yonhap said on Thursday.
May 01, 2025
South Korea's exports were unexpectedly resilient in April, buoyed by strong demand for semiconductors despite the drag from U.S. tariffs, although there are signs that
April 30, 2025
North Korea said the construction of a new bridge linking it to Russia is a "significant" development of relations between the two countries, state media KCNA reported on Thursday.
April 30, 2025
First Canada, now Australia? Conservatives fear the Trump slump is spreading
April 30, 2025
Pakistan said on Wednesday it has "credible intelligence" that India intends to launch military action soon, as tensions between the nuclear-armed
April 29, 2025
Pakistan says it has “credible intelligence” that India is planning to attack it within days over last week's deadly attack in Indian-controlled Kashmir
April 30, 2025
Vietnam has celebrated the end of the war with the United States and the formation of its modern nation 50 years ago with a military parade and a focus on a future of peace
April 29, 2025
The Associated Press has collected some of the first witness accounts of the massacre in Indian-controlled Kashmir that left 26 people dead
April 30, 2025
China has decided to lift sanctions on members of the European Parliament as well as on its subcommittee on human rights, the parliament's president, Roberta Metsola, said on
April 30, 2025
Japan's top trade negotiator Ryosei Akazawa said on Wednesday that he aims for steady but quick progress in tariff negotiations with the United States as losses at the country's
April 30, 2025
Chinese President Xi Jinping called on Wednesday for action to adjust to changes in the international environment as the country drafts economic plans for the next five years, state
April 30, 2025
Police say a fire tore through a hotel in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata, killing at least 14 people
April 30, 2025
The Philippines and New Zealand strengthened defence ties with the signing of a landmark troop pact on Wednesday, opening the way for expanded military cooperation amid shared
April 30, 2025
Singapore holds a parliamentary election on May 3 that will be contested by 11 parties across the city state of 6 million people with 2.76 million registered to vote.
April 30, 2025
China's factory activity contracted at the fastest pace in 16 months in April, a factory survey showed on Wednesday, keeping alive calls for further stimulus as Donald
April 29, 2025
South Korea's spy agency says an estimated 4,700 North Korean soldiers have been killed or wounded while fighting alongside Russia against Ukrainian forces
April 30, 2025
Asian hedge funds tiptoed back into the market last week, adding to their positions in Japan and India shares, after quickly cutting exposure when U.S.
April 30, 2025
Authorities in Indian-controlled Kashmir have temporarily closed more than half of the resorts in the scenic Himalayan region following a deadly attack on tourists
April 29, 2025
North Korea earlier this week conducted the first test-firing of the weapons system of the new "Choe Hyon-class" warship it recently unveiled, state media KCNA reported on Wednesday.
April 29, 2025
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April 29, 2025
The Resistance Front, a militant group, claimed responsibility for the Kashmir terror attack. The Asia-Pacific Foundation’s Sajjan Gohel explains TRF's ties to a larger banned group and the impact of India’s retaliatory measures on Pakistan’s economy and food security.
April 24, 2025
Britain called on Tuesday for calm between Indian and Pakistani communities in London after lawmakers voiced concerns that tensions over a deadly militant attack in India's Kashmir
April 29, 2025
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba says his country and the Philippines will start talks on two proposed defense pacts to further boost their security alliance and would continue to fight aggression in disputed Asian waters in an obvious rebuke of China
April 29, 2025
China's three biggest airlines reported deeper first-quarter losses on Tuesday from the same period a year ago, amid intensifying competition and
April 29, 2025
Pakistan is preparing international legal action over India's suspension of a key river water-sharing treaty, a government minister told Reuters, as
April 29, 2025
Chinese authorities say 22 people have been killed and 3 injured in a fire at restaurant in the northern city of Liaoyang
April 29, 2025
A Chinese foreign ministry official on Tuesday lodged solemn representations with the Philippine ambassador over what they said were the Philippines' "negative moves" related to
April 29, 2025
South Korea's Supreme Court said it will rule on Thursday in a criminal case that could determine whether the frontrunner for the June 3 snap election, former opposition party leader
April 29, 2025
Four former Hong Kong lawmakers have been released after spending more than four years in prison for their conviction under a Beijing-imposed law that crushed a once-thriving pro-democracy movement
April 28, 2025
China will not dump its goods in other countries due to its trade and tariff war with the U.S., Beijing's ambassador to India, Xu Feihong, wrote in an article on Tuesday, trying to
April 29, 2025
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation projects that Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal Party has won Canada’s federal election
April 28, 2025
The Kremlin has declared a 72-hour ceasefire in Ukraine next week as Russia marks Victory Day in World War II
April 28, 2025
The first batch of individuals jailed in the landmark Hong Kong national security trial of "47 democrats" accused of
April 28, 2025
An SUV crashed into a crowd at a Filipino heritage festival in Vancouver over the weekend, killing 11 people and injuring dozens of others in the latest vehicle attack around the world
April 28, 2025
Pakistan's defence minister said on Monday a military incursion by neighbouring India was imminent in the aftermath of a deadly militant attack on tourists in
April 28, 2025
Iran has proposed meeting the European parties to a 2015 nuclear deal possibly in Rome this Friday if talks resume with the United States, four
April 28, 2025
India's Adani Green on Monday said that its independent review of the U.S. indictment of founder Gautam Adani and top Adani Green executives, who were accused of paying $265 million in
April 28, 2025
The British and Indian trade ministers began two days of talks on Monday to conclude more than three years of negotiations on a trade pact, under additional
April 28, 2025
India should not do anything to alienate Kashmiris in its hunt for militants who killed 26 people last week, especially as residents of the Muslim-majority
April 28, 2025
Taiwanese contract electronics manufacturer Inventec has agreed to invest up to $85 million to build manufacturing facilities in Texas to help mitigate the impact of U.S. tariffs, it
April 28, 2025
South Korea's state-run Korea Development Bank plans to sell its shares in Hanwha Ocean, Maeil Business Newspaper reported on Monday.
April 28, 2025
The Bank of Thailand (BOT) is set to cut its key interest rate by a quarter percentage point on Wednesday to support slowing economic growth, according to a
April 28, 2025
South Korean companies will increase their investment in Indonesia by $1.7 billion, Indonesian economic minister Airlangga Hartarto said on Monday after attending a meeting between
April 28, 2025
The South Korean city of Daegu ordered on Monday more than 1,200 residents to evacuate after strong winds whipped up a wildfire and prompted the closure of a highway in the area due
April 28, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin is thanking North Korean troops for fighting Ukrainian forces in Russia’s Kursk region
April 27, 2025
India said on Monday it had responded to 'unprovoked' small arms firing from Pakistan along the de facto border for the fourth consecutive
April 28, 2025
Japan and Vietnam agreed to boost bilateral trade and uphold global rules on the free flow of goods as Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba
April 28, 2025
Chinese policymakers on Monday sought to assuage concerns the broad U.S. tariffs could derail efforts to shore up a fragile economic recovery, even as analysts warn the
April 28, 2025
U.S. tariffs will have multiplier effects that will "generate a broader negative income and demand shock to the Singapore economy", the Monetary Authority of Singapore said in its
April 28, 2025
Aster Chemicals and Energy, the new operator of the Bukom refining complex, is planning to bid for Exxon Mobil's petrol stations in
April 25, 2025
The U.S.
April 27, 2025
Pakistan’s military says its security forces overnight have killed 54 militants who attempted to cross into the country from neighboring Afghanistan
April 27, 2025
China's top market regulator said on Sunday it was paying close attention to CK Hutchison's planned sale of most of its ports operations to a BlackRock-led consortium and parties to
April 27, 2025
Lee Jae-myung, the liberal South Korean politician favoured to become the country's next leader, has overcome a knife attack, martial law and criminal charges on his
April 27, 2025
Massive explosion at Iranian port kills 28 and injures hundreds
April 26, 2025
Cardinals this week will start in-depth discussions on planning the conclave to choose Pope Francis' successor
April 27, 2025
Chinese social media platform TikTok will enter the online shopping industry in Japan within the next few months, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Sunday.
April 26, 2025
Pirelli's board is expected to approve on Monday an accord between shareholders to establish that the group's largest investor, China's state-owned Sinochem, does not exercise control
April 26, 2025
Federal judge says 2-year-old US citizen was deported with mother to Honduras
April 26, 2025
India’s military says Pakistani soldiers shot at Indian posts along the highly militarized frontier in disputed Kashmir for a second consecutive night
April 26, 2025
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April 24, 2025
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended a ceremony for the launch of a "new multipurpose destroyer", state media KCNA reported on Saturday.
April 25, 2025
Pakistan believes an international investigation is needed into the killing of 26 men at a tourist spot in Indian Kashmir this week and is willing to work with international investigators,
April 25, 2025
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April 25, 2025
Big Tech stocks carried Wall Street to the close of a winning, roller-coaster week
April 25, 2025
India and Pakistan will figure out relations between themselves, U.S.
April 25, 2025
China's top policymakers pledged to support firms and workers most affected by the impact of triple-digit U.S. tariffs and urged the country to prepare for worst-case scenarios,
April 25, 2025
China's foreign ministry urged Washington on Friday to stop "misleading the public" on bilateral tariff negotiations, and said it wasn't familiar with reports on whether Beijing
April 25, 2025
Thai export growth could exceed targets this year but challenges loom as the government seeks to negotiate a tariff deal with the United States that would benefit both sides, its
April 25, 2025
China has decided to grant exemptions from import tariffs for some aircraft parts, including jet engines, the head of French engine maker Safran said on
April 25, 2025
Pharmaceutical companies in China are reporting that they have been able to import some drugs over the past week with tariff exemptions, the Beijing
April 25, 2025
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos has ordered an investigation into alleged foreign interference in next month's elections after a top security official's warning that Chinese
April 25, 2025
South Korea's former president Moon Jae-in said on Friday that prosecutors were becoming political and abusing their power and that his indictment on bribery charges was
April 25, 2025
Japan's biggest investment bank and brokerage Nomura Holdings recorded a 27% rise in fourth-quarter net profit to hit its highest ever full-year profit as revenue grew
April 25, 2025
Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday said the government has compiled an emergency economic package to alleviate
April 24, 2025
Indian officials says that Indian and Pakistani soldiers briefly exchanged fire along their highly militarized frontier in Kashmir
April 25, 2025
India and Pakistan have intensified their hostilities over the hotly contested Kashmir region following a massacre of 26 mostly Indian tourists, which New Delhi linked to Pakistan
April 25, 2025
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April 25, 2025
China quietly rolls back retaliatory tariffs on some US-made semiconductors, import agencies say
April 25, 2025
The first foreigner tapped to head 7-Eleven is confident the Japanese convenience store chain will continue to attract thrifty customers, even in an economic slowdown
April 25, 2025
Former South Korean President Moon Jae-in has called his bribery indictment “unjust” and accused prosecutors of abusing their power in what he called a politically motivated investigation
April 25, 2025
Malaysia is open to negotiate with the United States on non-tariff barriers and reducing its trade deficit and will explore a bilateral trade agreement, its trade ministry said
April 25, 2025
China's Baidu has successfully "illuminated" a cluster comprising 30,000 of its self-developed, third generation P800 Kunlun chips, which can
April 25, 2025
Thai officials say that a small police plane crashed into the sea near a popular beach town, killing all six people on board and leaving one in critical condition
April 25, 2025
A deadly attack on tourists in Indian-controlled Kashmir has again moved India and Pakistan closer to war
April 24, 2025
Construction of world’s tallest abandoned skyscraper to resume after a decade
April 25, 2025
India will identify, track and punish every terrorist and their backers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday, two days after 26 men were killed in an attack on tourists by
April 24, 2025
Eno Qian, who runs a clothing factory in eastern China, says she makes a 20 yuan ($2.74) profit for every item she sells abroad
April 24, 2025
The decision by India's central bank to cut rates and flood the banking system with cash will do little to immediately boost demand in Asia's third-
April 24, 2025
China called for all "unilateral" U.S. tariffs to be cancelled on Thursday, as signs emerged that the Trump administration may de-escalate
April 24, 2025
Stellantis plans to sell Chinese-branded electric vehicles developed by its partner Leapmotor in India as soon as the end of this year, the executive leading the joint venture said.
April 24, 2025
Vietnamese electric vehicle maker VinFast's losses widened in the fourth quarter, it said on Thursday, due to rising costs linked to its overseas expansion
April 24, 2025
The Philippine Navy said a Chinese aircraft carrier battle group had passed near its northern maritime boundaries in the run-up to a six-day maritime exercise with the U.S. that
April 24, 2025
Japanese investors were net buyers of overseas bonds in the week through April 19, as U.S. bond markets recovered somewhat after a heavy selloff earlier this month.
April 24, 2025
An attack on tourists in India's Himalayan territory of Kashmir this week sparked a new crisis between nuclear armed South Asian neighbours India and Pakistan, with New Delhi
April 24, 2025
China has denied any suggestion it's in active negotiations with the administration of U_S_ President Donald Trump over tariffs, saying any notion of progress in the matter is as groundless as “trying to catch the wind.”
April 24, 2025
China sent three astronauts to its permanently inhabited space station on Thursday in its 15th crewed spaceflight and 20th overall in the Shenzhou program that started more than
April 24, 2025
China needs to do more to address its property-sector problems and has scope to provide more stimulus to boost consumption, Krishna Srinivasan, director of the
April 24, 2025
Many Asian central banks have room to ease monetary policy to cushion the blow to their economies from U.S. tariffs, a senior International Monetary Fund official
April 24, 2025
Chinese insurance broker Yuanbao said on Thursday that it was targeting a valuation of up to $676.3 million in its U.S. initial public offering, amid economic uncertainty and a slowdown in
April 24, 2025
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April 24, 2025
Nissan says it expects to rack up a loss totaling 700 billion yen ($4.9 billion) to 750 billion yen ($5.3 billion) for the fiscal year through March because of declining sales and the losing value of its assets
April 24, 2025
The South Korean government’s fact-finding commission has suspended its groundbreaking investigation into the extensive fraud and abuse that tainted the nation’s historic foreign adoption program, stemming from internal disputes among commissioners about which cases warranted recognition
April 24, 2025
Dozens killed as gunmen massacre tourists in Kashmir beauty spot
April 22, 2025
Hong Kong’s outspoken Roman Catholic Cardinal Joseph Zen has been allowed to leave the southern Chinese city to attend Pope Francis’ funeral in Vatican City
April 24, 2025
When a South Korean delegation meets U.S. counterparts in Washington on Thursday for trade talks, they face a wide range of potential agenda items. U.S.
April 24, 2025
China's state regulator and planning council published a new version of its "negative list" that relaxes barriers to entering the world's second-largest economy, reducing the
April 24, 2025
China-based robotaxi developer Pony.ai Inc said on Thursday that U.S.
April 24, 2025
The Philippines stands to benefit from a sweeping U.S. tariff overhaul that has disrupted global trade flows, a new study showed, as the country emerges among the least exposed
April 24, 2025
Taiwan's premier on Thursday proposed another $10 billion in spending as a special budget to help the economy deal with the impact of U.S. tariffs.
April 24, 2025
China will firmly support free trade rules and the multilateral trading system, the country's central bank governor said on Wednesday in Washington D.C., state broadcaster CCTV
April 24, 2025
South Korea has expressed "deep concern" over China erecting a sea structure off the west coast of the Korean Peninsula, Seoul's foreign ministry said on Thursday.
April 24, 2025
Indonesia's economic growth this year will likely stay around 5% despite trade tensions, its finance minister said on Thursday, stressing a
April 24, 2025
Thailand's export growth in March reached the highest level in three years and shipments should continue to grow in the current quarter, although steep U.S. tariffs remain a
April 24, 2025
Global credit ratings agency Fitch said it was "quite closely" watching how South Korea manages geopolitical challenges amid a global trade war between
April 24, 2025
Boeing is looking to resell potentially dozens of planes locked out of China by tariffs after repatriating a third jet to
April 24, 2025
South Korean prosecutors indicted former president Moon Jae-in for alleged bribery on Thursday, making him the latest former leader of the country to face
April 23, 2025
China has been flexing its control over the mining and refining of minerals by adding metals essential for clean energy, chipmaking and defence to its export control list,
April 24, 2025
China and Kenya announced they had upgraded ties to a "new level" on Thursday during a meeting between President Xi Jinping and Kenyan President William Ruto in
April 24, 2025
Police in India's Kashmir published notices on Thursday naming three suspected militants "involved in" the attack on tourists this week in which 26 people were killed, and
April 24, 2025
South Korean prosecutors indicted former liberal President Moon Jae-in on bribery charges Thursday, saying that a budget airline gave his son-in-law a lucrative no-show job during Moon’s term in office
April 24, 2025
South Korea's economy unexpectedly contracted in the first quarter as exports and consumption stalled amid fears over the impact of Washington's aggressive tariffs,
April 23, 2025
Casino operator Las Vegas Sands surpassed analysts' expectations for first-quarter profit on Wednesday, as strong demand from its Singapore business offsets stalling market growth in Macao
April 23, 2025
U.S. stocks rose as a worldwide rally came back around to Wall Street
April 23, 2025
The U.S. does not have specific currency targets in mind as part of bilateral trade talks with Japan, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on
April 23, 2025
India is blaming Pakistan for a militant attack that killed 26 people in Indian-held Kashmir, downgrading diplomatic ties and suspending a crucial water-sharing treaty
April 23, 2025
Australia's ANZ said on Wednesday that Chris Raciti has been appointed ANZ country head of Singapore, with regional oversight for ANZ's businesses in eight markets across
April 23, 2025
Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday that tariff and trade wars undermine the legitimate rights and interests of all countries, hurt the multilateral trading system and
April 23, 2025
The Philippines began a period of national mourning for Pope Francis on Wednesday, with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr ordering flags on all state buildings across the staunchly
April 23, 2025
China is considering building a nuclear plant on the moon to power the International Lunar Research Station (ILRS) it is planning with Russia, a presentation by
April 23, 2025
Militants who killed 26 people in India's Kashmir region separated the men from the women and children and asked the men their names before shooting them
April 23, 2025
India announced a raft of measures to downgrade its ties with Pakistan on Wednesday, a day after suspected militants killed
April 23, 2025
Kashmir Resistance, also known as The Resistance Front, has claimed responsibility for Tuesday's attack on tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir, the deadliest incident of its kind in
April 23, 2025
South Korea will raise China's construction of sea structures off the west coast of the Korean Peninsula in a dialogue with Beijing on Wednesday, Seoul's Foreign Minister said.
April 23, 2025
Chinese sport-utility vehicle maker Jetour plans to launch in some European markets in the third quarter and aims to sell cars across much of the continent by 2027,
April 23, 2025
German carmaker Volkswagen will need to go through a 'right-sizing' process in China, its group CEO said on Wednesday, as competition intensifies in the world's biggest auto market
April 23, 2025
Nissan Motor will invest an additional $1.4 billion in China, where it believes it is on track to reverse a punishing slide in sales with the launch of some 10
April 23, 2025
At least 26 people died and 17 others were injured when suspected militants opened fire at a popular tourist spot in the Pahalgam region of India's Jammu and Kashmir territory
April 23, 2025
Great Wall Motor is looking for opportunities to use Brazil as a base for vehicle production and expand to nearby regions, the Chinese carmaker's chairman said in Shanghai on
April 23, 2025
A group of Japan's ruling party lawmakers on Wednesday called on the country's top public pension fund GPIF to expand investment in domestic private equity and
April 23, 2025
Hapag-Lloyd customers have cancelled 30% of shipments to the United States from China, spooked by the trade conflict between the world's two largest
April 23, 2025
Thailand may need at least 500 billion baht ($15 billion) for economic stimulus measures to address the impact of U.S. tariffs, its finance minister said on Wednesday.
April 23, 2025
Indonesia's foreign direct investment in the first three months of 2025 reached 230.4 trillion rupiah ($13.67 billion), up around 12.7% year-on-year in rupiah terms, investment
April 23, 2025
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April 23, 2025
The chief designer of China's lunar exploration programme accused the United States on Wednesday of interfering in Beijing's attempts to cooperate with Europe
April 23, 2025
The highspeed bullet train takes center stage in Shinji Higuchi’s new film, “Bullet Train Explosion,” premiering on Netflix Wednesday
April 23, 2025
BYD unveils new luxury sports car as carmakers vie for attention at China’s largest auto show
April 23, 2025
India's private sector growth rose to an eight-month high in April fueled by robust demand, particularly a surge in foreign orders for manufactured goods,
April 23, 2025
Cambodia should share a feasibility study on the impact of a planned China-backed canal that would divert water from the rice-growing floodplains of Vietnam's Mekong
April 23, 2025
Chinese carmaker Guangzhou Automobile Group (GAC) said at the Shanghai auto show on Wednesday it would take responsibility for the safety of Level 4 autonomous driving vehicles,
April 23, 2025
The Philippines is set to receive its second batch of BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles from India, its defence secretary said on Wednesday, which should bolster the country's
April 23, 2025
Taiwan's former Vice President Chen Chien-jen will attend Pope Francis' funeral, Taiwan's Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday, adding that he will go as the envoy of Taiwan President
April 23, 2025
Chinese authorities have asked e-commerce platform operators to stop insisting on merchants refunding customers without requiring the return of goods, to alleviate
April 23, 2025
At least 26 people were killed and more than a dozen injured after gunmen opened fire on a group of tourists in Indian-controlled Kashmir
April 23, 2025
The Bank of Japan is likely to hold its key interest rate through June, showed a Reuters survey of economists, with a 25-basis-point hike next quarter expected by
April 23, 2025
China's annual auto shows have become the world's premier showcase for the rise of ever-cheaper, high-tech electric vehicles
April 23, 2025
Mercedes-Benz CEO Ola Källenius said on Wednesday the German automaker was urging the European Union to find an "equitable solution" to create a level-playing
April 23, 2025
Cathay Pacific Airways, one of Asia's largest air freight carriers, expects air cargo demand between mainland China and the United States. to soften as tariff hikes between Washington
April 23, 2025
A former Taiwan vice president will attend this weekend's funeral of Pope Francis as the special envoy of President Lai Ching-te, the island's foreign ministry said on Wednesday
April 23, 2025
Chinese automaker Zeekr debuted its first hybrid model the Zeekr 9X luxury SUV at the Shanghai auto show on Wednesday.
April 23, 2025
SINGAPORE - China's Zhipu AI is ramping up its overseas expansion through a partnership with Alibaba Cloud, an executive said on Wednesday, as the startup prepares for an initial public offering.
April 23, 2025
Sri Lanka is on track to post growth of 3.5% this year, the World Bank said in its latest report on Wednesday, unchanged from its October forecast, but faces
April 23, 2025
Japanese banks must monitor various risks associated with high levels of uncertainty over global trade policies, the Bank of Japan said on Wednesday, as U.S.
April 23, 2025
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Tuesday that the production of its Optimus humanoid robots had been affected by China's export restrictions of rare earth magnets.
April 22, 2025
German automaker BMW plans to start integrating artificial intelligence from Chinese startup DeepSeek in its new models in China from later this year, CEO Oliver Zipse said at the
April 23, 2025
Thai farmer Daeng Donsingha was already worried for her family of nine when rice prices in the world's second-largest
April 23, 2025
South Korea's Industry Minister Ahn Duk-geun said on Wednesday that Seoul will seek a speedy solution over auto tariffs in trade talks with U.S.
April 23, 2025
Leapmotor has delivered 8,000 units of B10 SUVs within 13 days of launch, with more than half of the orders being the lidar version, Cao Li, the electric vehicle maker's vice
April 23, 2025
Beijing recently asked South Korean companies not to ship products containing China's rare earth minerals to U.S. defence firms, the Korea Economic Daily reported on Tuesday, citing
April 22, 2025
Indian police say gunmen have killed at least 26 tourists at a resort in Indian-controlled Kashmir
April 22, 2025
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday that Chinese citizens were working at a drone production site in Russia and suggested that Moscow may have "stolen" drone technology from
April 22, 2025
U.S. Vice President JD Vance has called for greater collaboration with India in sectors such as defense, energy and technology
April 22, 2025
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