It's all about central banks this week and rising energy prices will likely keep rate-setters as distant as Tokyo, Washington and London on their toes even if they welcome
July 24, 2026
Singaporean state investor Temasek is looking to increase its investments in defence as the war in Ukraine prompts European
July 24, 2026
China's central bank said on Friday it would conduct overnight reverse repo operations via the open market from July 29 to 31 and on August 3 to better meet short-term
July 24, 2026
Leaders of India's youth-led "cockroach" movement said the government has asked for time until Saturday afternoon to respond on their demand for the education minister's
July 24, 2026
Taiwan's central bank on Friday emphasised its good relations with the U.S.
July 24, 2026
When Indian television reporter Dev Kotak went to cover a massive youth protest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government
July 24, 2026
Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin, a former ally of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has resigned citing serious health issues, his office said on
July 24, 2026
Chinese coast guard ships have fired water cannons at two Philippine fisheries vessels in the South China Sea
July 24, 2026
Japan's core consumer prices rose 1.6% in June from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday.
July 24, 2026
Malaysia's ambassador to the United States was summoned by the U.S.
July 24, 2026
China on Friday warned of heavy rain and severe flood risks as the third tropical cyclone this month tracked closer to the country's southern coast, where it is expected
July 24, 2026
Chinese pastor Ezra Jin Mingri recounts how his fears turned to uncertainty and then joy after he was unexpectedly released from detention in China
July 24, 2026
Japan's manufacturing activity remained broadly firm in July with output rising at its fastest rate since February 2014, while uncertainty about the Middle East situation
July 24, 2026
Young protesters in India are camping on the streets of New Delhi
July 23, 2026
The death toll from a landslide in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing last week has risen to 11, with 50 people still missing and 10 injured, Chinese state media
July 23, 2026
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the Trump administration is ready to help end the war in Ukraine but acknowledges there's no quick path to a deal
July 23, 2026
The participation of Myanmar leaders in top meetings of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations is "still far off", the Philippines' foreign minister said on Thursday.
July 23, 2026
Authorities have recovered the bodies of 13 workers trapped inside a collapsed hydropower tunnel in India
July 23, 2026
South Korea is abandoning a "denuclearisation first" policy in favour of a "peace first" approach towards North Korea, Unification Minister Chung Dong-young
July 23, 2026
At least 82 people have died after heavy rains across northeastern India, Pakistan and Afghanistan this week, authorities said, as flooding caused widespread damage to farmland,
July 23, 2026
Vietnam's foreign ministry said on Thursday that it remained committed to bringing trade negotiations with the United States to a conclusion, urging Washington to wrap up
July 23, 2026
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July 23, 2026
Hyundai Motor reported a 21% fall in second-quarter operating profit on Thursday, missing analysts' estimates, as weaker vehicle sales,
July 23, 2026
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has received a collection of repatriated cultural artifacts from FBI Director Kash Patel during a meeting in Jakarta
July 23, 2026
Thai authorities are searching for those responsible for a deadly attack in the country's troubled deep south
July 23, 2026
South Korea's economy grew faster than expectations in the second quarter, driven by a semiconductor export boom that offset a decline in construction
July 23, 2026
President Trump is weighing an attack on Pickaxe Mountain after Israeli intelligence suggests Iran moved thousands of centrifuges into the mountain. Kristen Holmes reports on OutFront.
July 22, 2026
The foreign ministers of the Philippines and China met in Manila on Wednesday and both made "strong" protests over an encounter between the two countries' vessels
July 22, 2026
China's fourth-ranking leader, Wang Huning, called on Tibet to safeguard social stability, enforce a new ethnic unity law and bring Tibetan Buddhism into closer alignment
July 22, 2026
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has warned Asian leaders that Iran's demand to control the Strait of Hormuz threatens the global economy and freedom of navigation
July 22, 2026
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July 22, 2026
Shanghai authorities said on Wednesday it convened major automakers, dealer groups and internet platforms to reinforce compliance requirements as part of a campaign to
July 22, 2026
A long-awaited U.S.-India trade agreement could be signed within the next three to four months, a senior U.S. official said on Wednesday, indicating
July 22, 2026
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July 22, 2026
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has appointed long-time party loyalist and deputy agriculture minister Sudaryono as the new head of the agency overseeing his
July 22, 2026
Thailand has completed the first section of a permanent border fence along parts of its frontier with Cambodia,
July 22, 2026
Australia's foreign minister said on Wednesday that Asian countries face a choice in how they respond to instances of aggressive conduct in the South China Sea that were of
July 22, 2026
The Bank of Japan remains on alert to upside inflation risks that could lead to faster interest rate hikes than markets project, said three sources familiar
July 22, 2026
Canada is calling for a de-escalation and a permanent ceasefire in the Middle East, with the situation "quite grave", its foreign minister Anita Anand said on Wednesday on
July 22, 2026
Authorities say 13 workers are trapped inside a collapsed hydropower tunnel in India
July 22, 2026
Japan sizzled under sweltering, life-threatening heat on Wednesday, with temperatures expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in some cities in what the
July 22, 2026
Civil society groups have called on Malaysian billionaire tycoon Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary to revoke the appointment of Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem as executive
July 22, 2026
South Korea's Industry Minister Kim Jung-kwan headed to Washington on Wednesday for talks with senior U.S. officials on trade and investment cooperation, as Seoul braces for
July 22, 2026
Japanese exports rose 19.3% year-on-year in June, up for a 10th straight month, data from the Ministry of Finance showed on Wednesday.
July 22, 2026
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July 22, 2026
Southeast Asia’s top diplomats have opened three days of talks in the Philippine capital with an agenda topped by their most daunting security problems
July 21, 2026
Indian opposition leaders Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka, along with members of their Congress party, staged a protest outside Prime Minister Narendra Modi's house
July 21, 2026
The Asian Tour is joining a new strategic alliance with the PGA Tour and European tour
July 21, 2026
India said it had summoned a senior Russian diplomat on Tuesday and expressed "grave concerns" after a missile strike killed four Indians on a Black Sea cargo ship that
July 21, 2026
A U.N. report says Southeast Asia-based criminal groups are using increasingly integrated networks and technology to build a rapidly growing illicit economy with tentacles that reach far beyond Asia, costing victims more than $88 billion a year alone in frauds linked to online scams
July 21, 2026
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will summon China's ambassador in Manila, his office said on Tuesday, hours after Manila's envoy in Beijing was similarly
July 21, 2026
New Zealand and the Philippines have formed a comprehensive partnership, New Zealand foreign minister Winston Peters said on Tuesday.
July 21, 2026
Japan said on Tuesday it had protested to China against live-fire drills in its exclusive economic zone, drawing an angry
July 21, 2026
South Korea's economy likely grew at a much slower pace in the second quarter compared to the first three months of the year, as robust export growth was
July 21, 2026
North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held their third strategic dialogue in Moscow on Monday, North Korean state media KCNA
July 21, 2026
Major stock indexes fell on Monday with investors cautious about developments in the U.S.-Iran war and ahead of earnings
July 20, 2026
Plans for the new Global Combat Air Programme fighter jet to be in service by 2035 will not change even if a new country joins the British,
July 20, 2026
Hungary's government is investigating a major foreign investment by Chinese automaker BYD
July 20, 2026
India's infrastructure output grew 5% year-on-year in June, its fastest pace in five months, according to the first data released under a revised series with 2022-23 as
July 20, 2026
(An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that Maruti Suzuki is selling fewer cars. It sold 1.82 million units in India in the latest fiscal year, up from a pre-COVID high of 1.73 million.)
July 20, 2026
Police in India have used tear gas and batons to stop supporters of India’s youth-led Cockroach movement from marching to Parliament
July 20, 2026
The mayor of a small Japanese city became the first sitting mayor in the country to take maternity leave on Monday, a decision that has drawn some
July 20, 2026
India's youth-led "cockroach movement" said
July 20, 2026
At least 25 people died in floods and landslides caused by torrential rain across northern and northeastern India over the weekend, officials said on
July 20, 2026
Russia's President Vladimir Putin met North Korea's Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui an the Kremlin on Sunday, thanking her for help in what Moscow calls the special military
July 20, 2026
Southeast Asia’s top diplomats will express alarm over renewed hostilities in the Middle East when they gather in the Philippine capital for annual talks
July 20, 2026
Taiwan detected a sharp rise in Chinese coast guard and research vessel activity around the island in June, prompting Taipei to plan drills simulating Chinese
July 20, 2026
Police in India have denied permission for a march on parliament by supporters of the youth-led "Cockroach"
July 19, 2026
Rescuers in eastern Indonesia have found two more survivors from a passenger boat that sank earlier in the week
July 19, 2026
Taiwan must work together to protect its democracy and not become part of China, President Lai Ching-te said on Sunday, calling on members of
July 19, 2026
Rescue crews are using excavators on Sunday to search the rubble for survivors of a landslide in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing that killed at least eight people and left another 34 missing
July 19, 2026
Rescue crews are racing against the clock to find survivors after a landslide in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing killed at least eight people and left 34 missing
July 18, 2026
The United States has not renewed the national emergency declaration over Hong Kong, lifting some sanctions but keeping an executive order that revoked Hong Kong's special trading status
July 17, 2026
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