Asia

North Korea launched a fresh wave of “trash balloons” toward its southern neighbors Wednesday night, according to local media.  South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency reported that the North launched more...

Massive floods and landslides triggered by Typhoon Yagi have left nearly six million children across Southeast Asia struggling to access clean water, food, and shelter, according to the United Nations...

Mateusz Morawiecki is the former prime minister of the Republic of Poland. I previously wrote in POLITICO about a trap I call “Europe’s Impossible Trinity” — what I see as...

Police in Chennai, India, detained 104 striking employees of the local Samsung Electronics plant because they were allegedly planning to hold a protest march without obtaining proper permission. District senior...

The Philippines is sending a new vessel to replace the coast guard ship Teresa Magbanua at Sabina Shoal, following its return to port. China had demanded the withdrawal of the...

German Chancellor is to kick off a three-day trip to Central Asia on Sunday with a visit to Samarkand in Uzbekistan, where migration is likely to be the focus of talks...

The death toll in the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi in Vietnam climbed to 233 on Friday as rescue workers recovered more bodies from areas hit by landslides and flash floods,...

China’s military on Saturday criticized the transit of two German naval ships through the Taiwan Strait, saying it increased security risks. Beijing’s forces had monitored and warned the vessels, they...

North Korea published photos on Friday of communist dictator Kim Jong-un touring a national “Nuclear Weapons Institute,” where the regime is allegedly enriching uranium to fulfill Kim’s call for an...

KATHMANDU, Nepal—When Kumar Paudel turned on the TV in August 2016 and saw former Prime Minister Kirti Nidhi Bista giving an interview from his home, it wasn’t the content of...