Two activists who helped lead mass demonstrations that toppled Sri Lanka’s president were arrested Wednesday, police said, as parliament extended tough emergency laws imposed to restore...
Beijing is welcoming back direct inbound passenger flights from overseas for the first time in more than two years as China eases parts of what is...
MANILA, PHILIPPINES – A strong earthquake set off landslides and damaged buildings in the northern Philippines in Wednesday, killing at least four people and injuring dozens....
At least 10 more people have died in India’s western state of Gujarat after having drunk spurious liquor, taking the toll in the incident to 38,...
China’s central metropolis of Wuhan temporarily shut some businesses and public transport in a district with almost a million people on Wednesday, as the city where...
AHMEDABAD, INDIA – At least 28 people have died and 60 others became ill from drinking altered liquor in western India, officials said Tuesday. Senior government...
China’s southern megacity of Shenzhen vowed to “mobilize all resources” to curb a slowly spreading COVID-19 outbreak, ordering strict implementation of testing and temperature checks, and...
Myanmar’s execution of four prisoners, including a former member of Aung San Suu Kyi’s party, is “highly reprehensible,” said the chair of a regional bloc leading...
Japan detected its first case of the monkeypox virus, in Tokyo, the capital’s governor said on Monday. The infected person is a man in his 30s...
Droupadi Murmu was sworn in as India’s president on Monday, making her the first person from one of the country’s marginalized tribal communities to serve as...
Local authorities in Japan’s Yamaguchi city said Monday they are turning to tranquilizer guns to confront marauding monkeys that have injured 42 people in recent weeks....