Three members of India’s armed forces have been killed in a “violent face-off” with Chinese soldiers on their disputed Himalayan border, the Indian army has said in a statement. The…
A senior Chinese official has defended a sudden increase in the coronavirus death toll in the central city of Wuhan, putting the spike down to standard statistical analysis and once…
(CNN) Beijing is facing a diplomatic crisis in Africa after reports of alleged coronavirus-related discrimination against African nationals in China sparked widespread anger across the continent.African students and expatriates in…
China has reported more than 100 new coronavirus infections on one day, the highest daily number since March 5. A total of 108 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in…
Hong Kong (CNN) Only a week ago, Hong Kong seemed like a model for how to contain the novel coronavirus, with a relatively small number of cases despite months of…
The evidence of China’s deliberate cover-up of the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan is a matter of public record. In suppressing information about the virus, doing little to contain it, and…
Chinese medical authorities have claimed a drug used in Japan to treat new strains of influenza appears to be effective for those infected with the coronavirus, Japan’s state broadcaster NHK…
Over seven years as a media executive living in Asia, Brian Lee has made the two-hour hop from Seoul to Shanghai more times than he can remember. But his last…
The prime minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe has closed all K-12 public school and special needs school activities from March second until the end of the school year, in about…
https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1231949402782281730 Donald Trump was cheered by more than 100,000 Indians at the opening of the world’s largest cricket stadium on Monday, promising “an incredible trade deal” and “the most feared…
The visit comes as India's economy is under strain and unemployment is high. Mr Modi is facing criticism at home and abroad over Kashmir and a controversial law that fast-tracks citizenship to…
Within hours of vote-counting in high-stake New Delhi state elections, it quickly became clear that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was facing a major defeat by the incumbent…
Jakraphanth Thomma, a junior officer, killed his commanding officer before stealing weapons from a military camp on Saturday afternoon, a defence spokesperson told BBC Thai. The suspect, whose motives remain…
Hong Kong’s first Lennon Wall appeared in 2014. (Wpcpey/Wikimedia Commons) In 2019, as anti-government protests spread throughout Hong Kong, more than 100 Lennon Walls, covered in sticky notes and other creative displays,…
During his annual state-of-the-nation speech, Putin suggested changing the constitution to hand the State Duma, the lower house of Parliament, the power to choose Russia's prime minister and other key…
"CREC is committed to creating a platform for China-Malaysia strategic cooperation and innovation exchange, establishing a model for central activity zones globally, fostering Malaysia [as a] digital innovation hub, and…
Communities across Asia commemorated the more than 230,000 victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami on Thursday, the 15th anniversary of one of the world’s most deadly disasters. On the morning…
The night that changed Shiori Ito's life forever began with a spell of dizziness. [...] On that evening, the then-25-year-old was with a fellow journalist at a sushi restaurant in…
On a hunting trip to Mongolia earlier this summer the president’s son Donald Trump Jr killed a rare species of endangered sheep. A permit for the killing was retroactively issued…
Tensions in Indian-administered Kashmir remain high since the government stripped the region of its semi-autonomous status in August and placed it under lockdown. Tens of thousands of troops were sent…
VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog and Iran will discuss the discovery of uranium traces at an undeclared site in Tehran next week, the agency’s acting chief said on…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday thanked US President Donald Trump for Washington’s decision to repudiate a State Department legal opinion that said West Bank settlements were illegal. In a…
Trump is demanding that South Korea pay roughly 500% more in 2020 to cover the cost of keeping US troops on the peninsula, a congressional aide and an administration official…
Blue and White [Israeli party] leader Benny Gantz indicated that a unity government with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is less likely than ever, in remarks he made to the Knesset…
The signing of an agreement between the internationally backed government of Yemen and a UAE-supported southern separatist group marks an important chapter in the multifaceted war in Yemen, but analysts say it…