World / Asia

United Nations, United States: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday welcomed a deal announced by Thailand and Cambodia to put an end to...

NEW DELHI: In the run-up to the New Year celebrations, police in the Indian capital Delhi have arrested hundreds of people besides seizing...

BEIJING: China's cyberspace regulator has released a draft interim governing anthropomorphic artificial intelligence (AI) interaction services for public consultation. The draft, formulated by...

Hanoi, Vietnam: A bus overturned and crashed in northern Vietnam on Saturday, killing nine people and injuring another nine, state media reported. Most...

BEIJING: Chinese lawmakers on Saturday voted to adopt a revision to the Civil Aviation Law. The revised law, which was passed at a...

Jakarta: A Spanish family of four is missing after a tourist boat sank in Indonesia, state news agency Antara reported Saturday. The vessel...

Phnom Penh: Thailand and Cambodia agreed to an "immediate" ceasefire on Saturday, the two countries said in a joint statement, pledging to end...

Tokyo: 15 people were injured at a factory in central Japan Friday in an attack involving a knife and an unknown liquid. According...

Beijing: China's central bank on Friday said that it has revised the rules of the Cross-Border Interbank Payment System (CIPS) to strengthen management...

Putrajaya, Malaysia: A Malaysian judge sentenced former prime minister Najib Razak to 15 more years in jail on Friday after convicting him of...

Tokyo: Japan's broader Topix index reached an all-time high on Friday as investor concerns over the country's debt levels eased. The Topix climbed...

Phnom Penh: Thailand's prime minister expressed hope on Friday for a ceasefire with Cambodia, even as Phnom Penh accused the Thai military of...

Beijing, China: China today launched a Long March-8A rocket carrying a group of internet satellites into space. The rocket lifted off from the...

Tokyo: Fourteen people were injured in a stabbing attack in a factory in central Japan during which an unspecified liquid was also sprayed,...

Seoul: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered officials to step up production of missiles and construct more factories to meet his...

Beijing: China's sprawling high-speed rail network passed 50,000 kilometres (31,000 miles) in total operating distance with the opening of a new line on...

Tokyo: The Japanese government on Friday approved a record budget for the upcoming fiscal year, to pay for everything from bigger defence spending...

Yangon: Myanmar's junta will stage the third and final round of its heavily restricted elections on January 25, a statement said Thursday, just...