Taiwan said on Saturday that a Chinese coast guard ship and a survey ship had carried out the first coordinated operation to "provoke" Taiwan, in waters around strategically
June 06, 2026
Japanese citizens join in arduous search for a missing American who vanished in a mountainous forest
June 05, 2026
North Korea plans to build a 10,000-ton destroyer and develop secret underwater weapons, state media said on Saturday, ahead of a visit by Chinese President Xi
June 06, 2026
President Donald Trump is keeping open the possibility of speaking directly with Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te— even after Beijing has publicly urged him not to
June 06, 2026
More than 6,000 people protested on Friday night at a vote-counting centre in Seoul, demanding this week's local elections be
June 05, 2026
U.S. forces conducted an interdiction of the sanctioned stateless oil tanker Davina overnight in the Indian Ocean, the U.S. military's Indo-Pacific Command said on
June 05, 2026
A Sherpa guide who survived a week on Mount Everest's slopes is recovering in a Nepal hospital
June 05, 2026
The death toll from a fire at an unregistered nursing home in western Sri Lanka has risen to 13
June 05, 2026
Thailand said on Friday it will join a U.N. arbitration process chosen by Cambodia to resolve a festering maritime boundary dispute, but put on hold for
June 05, 2026
Taiwan's Foxconn said on Friday that its second-quarter performance is likely to be well above its previously anticipated forecast of "significant" growth.
June 05, 2026
The head of South Korea's National Election Commission (NEC) said on Friday he would step down to take responsibility for a shortage of ballot
June 05, 2026
European shares slipped on Friday and ended the week lower, as uncertainty about Middle East peace efforts kept investors on
June 05, 2026
Chinese leader Xi Jinping will travel to North Korea next week in what will be his first visit in years
June 05, 2026
The number of Chinese students sitting the country's national university entrance exam, due to begin on Sunday, has dropped sharply by 450,000 to 12.9 million from a year
June 05, 2026
The Taiwanese and Chinese Coast Guards were engaged in another tense standoff near the strategically located Pratas Islands at the top of the South China Sea on Friday,
June 05, 2026
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook The drawdown in tech stocks that has followed a narrow earnings miss at U.S. chipmaker Broadcom deepened in Asia on Friday,
June 05, 2026
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's ruling coalition will face a test of its public support amid signs of internal tensions after two states this week called snap
June 05, 2026
Japan's real wages climbed 1.9% in April from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday, marking a fourth consecutive monthly gain, as higher
June 05, 2026
Chinese authorities are intensifying efforts to erase the memory of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown
June 04, 2026
CNN's Hanako Montgomery is outside Japan's Kyoto station where the missing 20-year-old Auburn university student James "Weston" Higginbotham was last spotted as his family plead for him to be found.
June 04, 2026
Bangladesh said on Thursday it had foiled several attempts by India to force people into the country over the previous 24 hours, reviving a dispute over alleged undocumented
June 04, 2026
The dollar slipped from a two-month high on Thursday as optimism rose about a ceasefire in Lebanon, while markets were alert to possible intervention as the
June 04, 2026
China on Thursday blasted U.S.
June 04, 2026
Singapore Airlines (SIA) is in talks with Airbus and Boeing to buy at least 50 of the industry's biggest jets, as it plans a next phase
June 04, 2026
Satellite images obtained by Reuters confirmed the presence of a structure at the entrance of the hotly disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South
June 04, 2026
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said the central bank must discuss the pros and cons of raising interest rates if inflationary risks outweigh downside risks
June 03, 2026
Kim Jong Un inspects new nuclear plant, plans ‘exponential’ weapons production ramp-up
June 04, 2026
South Korea's National Election Commission said on Thursday it would hold an investigation after a shortage of ballot papers in local elections drew public anger, with
June 04, 2026
Foxconn said on Thursday it will work with U.S. chipmaker Intel to jointly develop and deploy next-generation AI infrastructure and intelligent computing platforms in a move
June 04, 2026
Taiwan's TSMC, the world's largest contract chipmaker, is striving to keep up with demand and avoid becoming a bottleneck in the global supply chain
June 04, 2026
North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un has visited a new facility to produce nuclear materials and announced plans to bolster the country’s nuclear forces “at an exponential rate."
June 04, 2026
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda has all but cemented a June rate hike in a clear narrative pivot toward inflation fighting as the Iran war-driven energy
June 04, 2026
China should "acknowledge the truth" about what happened 37 years ago on Beijing's Tiananmen Square, Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said on Thursday on the anniversary of an
June 04, 2026
Beijing's censorship cannot erase memories of its 1989 military assault on peaceful demonstrators in Tiananmen Square, U.S.
June 04, 2026
A special Philippine task force said on Wednesday that it is investigating reports of an alleged new structure on the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea,
June 03, 2026
Prolonged disruption of energy supplies from the Middle East that lasts into next year would deal a severe blow to the global economy
June 03, 2026
This Japanese island is closer to Taipei than Tokyo. A new ferry makes it easier to visit
June 03, 2026
The global economic outlook hinges on how long the war in the Middle East lasts, with recession in some countries and sharply higher inflation a real
June 03, 2026
The yen weakened to levels that preceded intervention by Tokyo last month, prompting new warnings by policymakers on Wednesday and a small
June 03, 2026
At least 21 people were killed in a fire at a hotel in Delhi on Wednesday, police said, in one of the worst such incidents in the national capital in recent years.
June 03, 2026
A fire has swept through a building in New Delhi, killing at least 21 people and injuring several others
June 03, 2026
The United States has proposed an additional tariff of 12.5% on imports from India, saying it is among 60 economies that failed to curb imports made with
June 03, 2026
Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is set to be released from the remainder of his prison sentence under a royal pardon, the country's justice minister told
June 03, 2026
Severe tropical storm Jangmi ripped across Japan on Wednesday, with fierce winds and torrential rain disrupting transport and businesses, and knocking out power for tens of
June 03, 2026
Rescuers in Laos say they are investigating a possible “knocking response” deep inside a flooded cave network where two men are believed to remain trapped. The response sounds came as rescuers rappelled down a newly discovered vertical shaft that may provide a safer entry into a flooded cave and lead to a chamber where the men could be.
June 01, 2026
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook Notwithstanding fresh hostilities in the Middle East, AI shares drove equity markets in Asia to new records on Wednesday.
June 03, 2026
The Solomon Islands' new leader says the country will review its secretive security treaty with China
June 03, 2026
Dozens of people adopted abroad fastened ceramic nametags recently on a cobblestone wall at a park on a former U.S. military base in Paju, South Korea
June 03, 2026
Fatima Yousufi and Mona Amini escaped the Taliban and found refuge in Australia with dreams of playing international soccer
June 02, 2026
Rescuers search for new ways into cave in Laos where two men feared trapped
June 01, 2026
Cambodia has filed for compulsory conciliation under a U.N. maritime law agreement to resolve a sea border dispute with Thailand
June 02, 2026
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June 02, 2026
A bear has injured four people in a Japanese residential area in the latest case of attacks by the animals in the region
June 02, 2026
The Taiwan military's top weapons development institute showed off on Tuesday three robot patrol dogs that could one day be used on Taiwan's islands in the disputed South
June 02, 2026
Japan is considering rolling out a two-year cut to its tax on food sales from April next year, the Mainichi newspaper reported, a move
June 02, 2026
Cambodia said on Tuesday it has informed the United Nations and Thailand that it has launched a compulsory conciliation process under international law aimed at resolving a
June 02, 2026
South Korea's consumer inflation quickened in May to a more than two-year high, exceeding market expectations on high oil prices triggered by the Middle East
June 02, 2026
Eight crested ibises have been released into the wild in a north-central Japanese town, decades after going extinct in the country
June 01, 2026
India is likely to discuss Washington's Section 301 investigation and potential tariff measures with U.S. trade officials, as the two
June 01, 2026
Five people have died and two others were injured on Monday after an explosion and fire on a South Korean production line for rocket propellant
June 01, 2026
Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD snapped its longest streak of declining sales in May, despite weakening domestic demand and intensifying competition continuing to weigh
June 01, 2026
Rescue workers in Laos are searching for an alternative way into a flooded cave where two people have been trapped for nearly two weeks
June 01, 2026
The Chinese navy was spotted conducting aircraft carrier drills in the Pacific Ocean east of the Philippines last week, Japan's defence ministry said in a bulletin on Monday.
June 01, 2026
Dubai looks back to normal. Beneath the surface it’s a different story
June 01, 2026
A Philippine senator has been arrested after a court ordered his arrest on a nonbailable charge of plunder
June 01, 2026
Japan is on the verge of repeating the policy mishap that led to decades of economic stagnation as Iran war-induced inflation risks forcing the central bank
June 01, 2026
Taiwan opposition leader Cheng Li-wun said on Monday that she would be "very willing" to meet U.S. President Donald Trump when she visits the U.S. this month.
June 01, 2026
The unexplained detonation of explosives stored by one of Myanmar's rebel armies has killed dozens, the militia that controls the village and witnesses said on Monday, as the search
June 01, 2026
EXCLUSIVE: A days-long rescue mission in Laos came to an extraordinary end as four villagers crawled out of a flooded cave where they had been trapped for over a week. CNN was the only team on the ground to witness the rescue effort, as the survivors were sent off in ambulances to receive medical care.
May 31, 2026
One survivor was safely guided out of a remote cave in Laos after villagers became trapped there over a week ago. Specialist cave divers on a multinational team are racing to free them.
May 29, 2026
Laos cave rescue ends unexpectedly after villagers free themselves
May 30, 2026
A visual guide to the Laos cave rescue
May 30, 2026
The Philippines remains under "severe threat" from China, its defence minister said on Saturday, despite a recent thaw in U.S.-China tensions after
May 30, 2026
Rescue workers in Laos have safely evacuated four villagers trapped in a flooded cave for 10 days
May 30, 2026
Guadalajara ramps up security and promises safe World Cup after cartel violence scare
UFC fighters say they're honored to compete in front of President Trump on card at the White House
MI Court of Appeals overturns convictions for man tied to alleged plot to kidnap Gov. Whitmer
Southern Baptists vote to advance a formal ban on churches with women pastors
Visa plugs its payment network into ChatGPT, letting AI agents shop and pay for users
Count slows in Peru as presidency likely hinges on contested votes
Motorcycle taxi drivers in Congo rally for Ebola awareness as attacks hinder response
CNN reflects on Ted Turner's legacy
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