Canberra: Japan and Australia on Saturday signed a new bilateral security agreement covering military, intelligence and cybersecurity cooperation to counter the deteriorating security...
Canberra: Japan and Australia on Saturday signed a new bilateral security agreement covering military, intelligence and cybersecurity cooperation to counter the deteriorating security...
Beijing/Hong Kong: China's central bank chief Yi Gang is likely to step down after he was dropped from an elite body of the...
Rome: The Vatican and China on Saturday extended their oft-criticised agreement on the appointment of bishops in the Asian country, where the government...
A global anti-money laundering watchdog removed Pakistan from its "gray” monitoring list after four years, providing relief for the South Asian nation that...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s elections commission on Friday disqualified former Prime Minister Imran Khan from holding public office for five years, after finding he had...
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's parliament on Friday passed a constitutional amendment aimed at trimming presidential powers, beefing up anti-corruption safeguards and helping to find...
JAKARTA: Indonesia's health minister said on Friday that the number of children who had died from acute kidney injury (AKI) rose to 133...
SINGAPORE: Almost everywhere in the world a new car begins to lose value as soon as it leaves the showroom, except sometimes in...
Washington: US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman will discuss North Korea's recent missile launches, China and tensions over Taiwan, in meetings with...
PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia: Malaysia's Election Commission said Thursday that national elections will be held on November 19, amid concerns that heavy rain and floods...
New Delhi: Festival-goers who let off firecrackers in NewDelhiduring this year's Diwali face up to six months in jail, the city's environment minister...
Indonesia has halted sales of medicinal syrup after 99 children died of acute kidney injuries this year. The ban will remain until the...
Kadadhe, India: Indian rice farmer Ibrahim Shaikh says he looked up at the sky daily and prayed for unseasonal rains to stop. His...
Seoul: North Korea fired 100 more artillery shells off its west coast on Wednesday, South Korea's military said, just hours after it launched...
New Delhi: Indian authorities have stopped a photojournalist from boarding a flight to the United States, where she had planned to attend a...
India’s Congress party elected its first leader from outside the Nehru-Gandhi family in over two decades, but the move is unlikely to help...
Hong Kong’s leader on Wednesday unveiled a new visa scheme to woo global talent, as the city seeks to stem a brain drain...
Hong Kong is cutting property taxes and easing visa rules for non-permanent residents to attract global talent and revive the city as an...
