The U.S. government moved closer to banning the video social media app TikTok after the House of Representatives attached the measure to an emergency spending bill on April 17, 2024. The House voted on each of the four components of the bill, and the one affecting TikTok passed
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is favored to win a third term in office in the country’s massive general election, ongoing in stages since April 19. While there are many questions about what another Modi term could mean for the country, residents in the Muslim-majority
Chinese automaker Build Your Dreams (BYD) is giving Tesla a run for it money. But is there room for more players in the domestic market?
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 marked the start of what should be termed – in view of the unprecedented scale and sophistication of the cyber operations that accompanied Russia’s military actions – the world’s first cyber war. It gave the world insight
Sweltering heat in India is keeping some voters away. Changing the system is a risk worth taking, says David Fickling for Bloomberg Opinion.
CNA’s Tung Ngo looks at Vietnamese tycoon Truong My Lan’s billion-dollar fraud case and the wider implications of the Communist Party’s “blazing furnace” graft crackdown.
It was to feature events like a bondage fashion show. But then the authorities cracked down.
Battle near the Thai border has parents worried the teenagers will get caught in the crossfire.
Uyghur activists welcome the measure, but note shortcomings.
‘It's shocking how many professors kowtow to the Chinese Communist Party and sing its praises,’ said one protester.
Bangkok is ready to resolve issues to 'restore peace quickly,' Thai foreign minister says.
Airstrikes and artillery killed nearly 400 civilians in the first quarter of 2024, RFA data shows.
Flag-raising and patriotic essays are in, frank debates about recent Chinese history are out.
A DNA test was carried out because Gen-chan did not display typical male hippo behaviour.
The deployment of the Mid-Range Capability system in recent live-fire drills is the first in the Asia-Pacific.
Children as young as 12 are working long hours as part of Kim Jong Un's development plan.
Its getting harder for Bagong Bayan fishermen to reach their catch and Manila to ignore Chinese provocations.
The Pacific nation’s foreign minister says he hopes the White House can put the record straight.
An escalating battle between junta troops and ethnic rebels means the residents of Pa Law Ta Moe can’t go home.
A navy service member who was swimming in a pool that one helicopter crashed into also suffered a minor injury.
A navy service member who was swimming in a pool that one helicopter crashed into also suffered a minor injury.
Deputy Sr. Gen. Soe Win has not been reported in public since April 3.
Tehran upped the ante and scored a strategic success with its attack. Israel also achieved its outcomes. The Middle East game has become more dangerous. A massive strategic shift in the Middle East is occurring following Iran’s decision to launch direct attacks against Israel.
As Chinese leader Xi Jinping works to increase the yuan’s role in global trade and finance, he’s encountering an unexpected speed bump: mainland companies. New data from the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) suggest corporate chieftains are dragging their feet on converting
Gen-chan at Osaka's Tennoji Zoo was thought for seven years to be a male.
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who was detained in mid-March, said he had repeatedly ask for insulin.
Indian nurse Nimisha Priya will be executed unless the victim's family accepts "blood money" to pardon her.
Climate and demography are becoming two of the most interconnected issues in the 21st century. And citizens across the world are more concerned about climate issues than ever. At the same time, the world population continues to grow rapidly, home to eight billion people in
Only 30 per cent of young Japanese now feel that climbing the corporate ladder is important, according to a recent survey by the Japan Research Institute.
Professor Fan Yuntao returned to China in February last year and subsequently became unreachable, according to Japanese media reports.
China may be moving closer to the holy grail of submarine stealth technology – a propulsion system with no mechanical moving parts. Such technology would eliminate all detectable vibrations, allowing for unprecedented underwater stealth capabilities. The South China Morning
The confirmation comes after the two celebrities were recently spotted holding hands while walking in Japan.
MANILA – This week, the Philippines and United States kicked off their largest-ever and most consequential joint Balikatan (shoulder-to-shoulder) war games featuring as many as 16,000 troops including 11,000 American servicemen. Crucially, the two allies will conduct some of
The two helicopters collided into each other around half an hour after taking off from their Lumut airbase, as part of rehearsals for the 90th Navy Day parade.
The two helicopters collided into each other around half an hour after taking off from their Lumut airbase, as part of rehearsals for the 90th Navy Day parade.
One of the aircraft clipped the other's rotor before the two crashed to the ground, footage shows.
4 protesters who were arrested are released, but say they were beaten.
