A Philippine fisheries bureau plane was threatened by flares fired from a Chinese island base while conducting a routine patrol in the South China Sea, Philippine officials said Saturday, the latest territorial spat between Beijing and Manila over on

A ’’right to disconnect’’ rule has come into effect in Australia, offering relief to people who feel forced to take calls or read messages from employers after they finish their day’s work.

China is increasingly suspected of involving ’’white hat’’ hackers--who typically identify cybersecurity weaknesses--in cyberattacks.

Israel has said it carried out a wave of pre-emptive strikes across southern Lebanon to thwart a large-scale rocket and drone attack by Hezbollah.

The Maldives is facing a severe economic crisis that endangers its social fabric and political stability. Under President Mohamed Muizzu, the nation’s financial troubles have escalated, characterized by soaring debt, shrinking reserves, and an incr

Taiwan wants to continue its free way of life and rejects being ruled by China’s Communist Party, Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said on Friday, visiting a frontline island between the two sides to mark a key battle with Chinese forces.

The world’s second-largest economy is in significant trouble. Bloomberg reported on August 14 that “China’s economy is plodding along in the absence of a consumption spark.” This concern was confirmed the following day when China’s National

Bangladeshi cricket star and ousted lawmaker Shakib Al Hasan has landed in big trouble as a murder case has been filed against him in Dhaka, according to local media reports.

Two girls were killed while five children and a man were injured when unknown men opened fire at a school van in Attock District’s Dheri Kot area on Thursday, police and rescue officials said.

Western officials and analysts are suspicious about the involvement of a Chinese container ship in damaging the Balticconnector Gas Pipeline, a vital Baltic Sea gas pipeline linking Estonia and Finland, reported Voice of America (VOA).

Youth unemployment in China ticked up to 17.1 % in July, official figures showed, the highest level this year as the world’s second-largest economy faces mounting headwinds.

One man died and six people were missing, including British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch and his daughter, after a luxury yacht was struck by an unexpectedly violent storm and sank off Sicily early on Monday.

US lawmaker and Chairman of the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (SCCCP) in a letter to US Secretary of Commerce, Gina Raimondo, has called for an investigation into Chinese wi-fi routers available in the US.

Thirty-six flights were cancelled and 201 were delayed at a Japanese airport on the weekend after a pair of scissors went missing in a store near the boarding gates.

NATO is bolstering its presence in the Western Pacific by sending warships to more places, a move that risks stoking tensions with China, which is worried about the alliance’s growing influence in the region.

A Sri Lankan national was among the passengers aboard a luxury yacht that sank off the coast of Sicily early Monday morning, according to reports.

The Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Dr Gita Gopinath, has said that she is hopeful of India becoming the third-largest economy by 2027.

Five people, including two policemen, were injured in a Friday morning blast in Peshawar, according to a police official.

French film legend Alain Delon has died at the age of 88. The actor was a star of the golden era of French cinema, known for his tough-guy persona on screen in hits including The Samurai and Borsalino.

The Philippine government has lodged a diplomatic protest with China following a dangerous encounter in which Chinese jets flew perilously close to a Philippine air force patrol plane and fired flares in its path over the disputed Scarborough Shoal i

A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck off the east coast of Russia’s Kamchatka region at a depth of 51 km (32 miles), the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said on Saturday.

Indonesia has celebrated Independence Day in its future new capital city Nusantara for the first time - with scaled-back festivities as construction continues.

Ukraine has destroyed a strategically important bridge over the river Seym, as it continues its incursion into Russia’s Kursk region.

China’s recent reversal on its private education policy reveals significant flaws in its “Common Prosperity” agenda. Last week, the government overturned a July 2021 ruling that banned private schools and tuition centers, which had led to the c

India will open its first lithium mines in the Katghora region of Korba district, Chhattisgarh, following the Geological Survey of India’s (GSI) confirmation of substantial lithium deposits, ToI reportd.

Authorities in the Philippines are investigating claims that a Manila-based foreign journalist could be a Chinese agent, an allegation that analysts say reflects an ongoing campaign targeting the Southeast Asian country through covert operations.

Hong Kong’s top court on Monday unanimously dismissed the bid to overturn the convictions of media mogul Jimmy Lai and six other pro-democracy campaigners for an unauthorised assembly in 2019.

India and Maldives have renewed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to provide capacity-building training to 1,000 Maldivian civil servants between 2024 and 2029, as announced during External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s visit to Male from Augus

Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will not seek re-election as leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which he says needs a ’’new start’’.

Superstar Shah Rukh Khan has added a new feather in his cap. On Saturday, SRK became the first Indian to receive the prestigious Pardo alla Carriera award at the Locarno Film Festival.