HANOI - Police in Vietnam have arrested a senior official involved in talks with international organisations on labour reforms, state media said on Thursday, adding that the action was linked to disclosure of classified information.
When the Ukrainians have taken apart Russian weapons, they have found them stuffed with Western electronics, mainly American. This applies to Russia’s highly successful Lancet Kamikaze drone, also known as a loitering munition. In the Lancet-3, a key component for its alleged
BUDAPEST - Chinese President Xi Jinping is due to meet Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Thursday, with the war in Ukraine and infrastructure projects high on the agenda, as he makes his third stop on his first European tour in five years.
More households are turning to instant noodles, according to a UN study.
The Japanese government will continue to promote whaling, said a spokesperson.
ANANTNAG, India - Prime Minister Narendra Modi is criss-crossing India in a marathon election campaign but, for the first time since 1996, his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is not contesting in Kashmir, where a 35-year uprising against Indian rule has killed tens of thousands of
Selangor ruler Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah has expressed his full support for the football club's decision.
Footage shows masked assailants wielding machetes and sledgehammers in a jewellery shop.
In an interview with CNA, Mr Rudd spoke about the AUKUS trilateral security partnership, a shift in China's ideological perspective, and navigating the delicate balance of ties in the Indo-Pacific region.
Incumbent Joko Widodo and former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono have warmed to the idea. But the tense relationship between them and Ms Megawati Soekarnoputri could stand in the way.
Many supporters of Pakistan's jailed former PM have yet to get over their physical and emotional wounds.
The country has the world’s lowest birth rate.
Ippei Mizuhara agrees to plead guilty to stealing from Japanese baseball star in the US.
China’s military described the sailing as “public hype“.
Fiji's former long-serving prime minister Frank Bainimarama was on Thursday sentenced to a year in prison for perverting the course of justice, the country's director of public prosecutions said.
What was initially a by-election serving as a proxy to test the support for the unity government and Selangor state government has evolved into a classic identity politics poll, says political analyst James Chai.
Heightened tensions over the status of Taiwan have made the South China Sea even more strategically important, says a Northeastern University professor.
South Korea is riding an export bonanza courtesy of the US. But its citizens are not reaping the benefits, says Daniel Moss for Bloomberg Opinion.
It would be politically difficult for PM Anwar Ibrahim and the king to support such an idea, say analysts. They add that relations with Singapore and China could also sour if such a casino targets their citizens who face restrictions in gambling domestically.
Russia on May 9 marks the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.
MOSCOW - Russia on Thursday marks the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two as relations with the West spiral deeper into crisis over the advance of Russian troops against Ukraine's Western-backed forces.
Huawei Technologies is at the center of yet another skirmish in the Sino-American tech war. The United States revoked some export licenses that permitted the shipment of high-end American chips to Huawei, and Beijing complains that Washington thus breached a commitment not to
KABUL - Three Taliban security personnel were killed when a motorcycle carrying an explosive device blew up near a military vehicle in northern Afghanistan being used in opium poppy eradication operations, an interior ministry spokesman said on Wednesday.
As Asia Times has noted in updated versions of a Stephen Bryen article that appears on our home page, France denied Russian non-governmental reports of a French Foreign Legion deployment to Ukraine – and the Associated Press put out a “fake news alert.” We remain unpersuaded
The politicians accuse each other of taking money from the top industrialists.
As of end-April, nearly 180,000 applications under the city’s various talent entry schemes had been approved since their launch in late 2022.
Some observers believe that a bigger Cabinet may be part of President-elect Prabowo Subianto’s attempt to facilitate his incoming government’s ability to fulfil its election promises.
The city's court has overturned a previous ruling to ban the song which was used by democracy protesters.
Orangutans are critically endangered.
Israel entered Rafah, a city that marks Gaza’s southern border crossing with Egypt, on May 7, 2024, launching a military offensive that the US and others have cautioned Israel not to pursue. President Joe Biden warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on May 6 against
Concerns include uncertainty over what people with disabilities can do, unsuitable facilities for their needs, and hesitancy among other employees in welcoming them.
The US and China are locked in an escalating spy satellite race, with both sides tapping their respective commercial space sectors to gain a rapid launch edge. The US Space Force (USSF) and National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) plan to build several targeting satellites to