Asia

Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday announced an August trip to Singapore and Vietnam — despite data showing that the migration crisis is worsening on the US-Mexico border. It will...

Over 450 million Indians have received one jab of a coronavirus vaccine and 98 million have received both shots — that means just over 7.2% of the country’s 1.3 billion...

July 30 – Asian countries from Australia to Japan and the Philippines announced tighter COVID-19 restrictions on Friday, as they battle worsening coronavirus outbreaks, driven by the more contagious Delta...

Days of heavy rainfall have pelted the Rohingya refugee camps in southern Bangladesh, destroying dwellings and sending thousands of people to live with extended families or in communal shelters. In...

ISLAMABAD, July 27 – A grisly murder in the heart of Islamabad involving families from the privileged elite of Pakistani society has dominated headlines for the past week, stirring national...

WASHINGTON, July 30 – Some 200 Afghans were set to begin new lives in the United States on Friday as an airlift got under way for translators and others who...

SYDNEY, July 30 – A fire broke out in a Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) Megapack battery unit in Australia on Friday during testing of one of the world’s biggest energy storage...

MANILA, July 30 – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has restored a crucial pact governing the presence of U.S. troops in the Southeast Asian nation, the two countries’ defence ministers said...

HONG KONG — A pro-democracy protester was sentenced Friday to nine years in prison in the closely watched first case under Hong Kong’s national security law as the ruling Communist...

SEOUL, July 30 – North Korea’s economy suffered its biggest contraction in 23 years in 2020 as it was battered by continued U.N. sanctions, COVID-19 lockdown measures and bad weather,...