Asia Times contributor William Henry Overholt, an East Asia expert, banker, research manager and policy advisor, has died at 79, his family reported. His final post was at Harvard’s Kennedy School, where he was a senior research scholar. Bill Overholt wrote a prescient book,
HYDERABAD - India's Andhra Pradesh state is reviewing government files and will explore if it is possible to cancel a power supply contract linked to the Adani Group, whose billionaire founder has been indicted in the United States, a top official told Reuters.
FIUGGI, Italy - The Group of Seven democracies are seeking a common position on the arrest warrant for Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued last week by the International Criminal Court (ICC), Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said on Monday.
Greece has seen a 25 per cent uptick in the number of people fleeing war and poverty.
OSLO - Norway's PST security police force said on Monday it had found no grounds to further investigate Norwegian links to the supply of booby-trapped pagers to Hezbollah in Lebanon, which exploded in September killing dozens of people and wounding thousands.
Khan’s party accused the government of using violent tactics to block the protesters.
India’s attempt to host the Olympics has drawn polarised reactions.
There are only around 50 to 100 golden tigers worldwide, according to the Chiang Mai Night Safari.
Lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives have asked Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to rethink ties with Hong Kong's banking sector, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
Lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives have asked Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to rethink ties with Hong Kong's banking sector, saying the city has become a top location for money laundering and sanctions evasion.
Lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives have asked Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to rethink ties with Hong Kong's banking sector, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
The former PM has been in jail for more than a year but remains hugely popular.
ROME - Italy and Japan have signed in Rome a bilateral deal to strengthen cooperation in the defence sector, an Italian statement said on Monday.
ROME - Lebanon on Monday condemned attacks on the United Nations peacekeeping mission (UNIFIL) stationed in its south, including last week's rocket strike in which four Italian soldiers were lightly injured.
WASHINGTON/SEOUL - North Korea is expanding a key weapons manufacturing complex that assembles a type of short-range missile used by Russia in Ukraine, researchers at a U.S.-based think tank have concluded, based on satellite images.
MOGADISHU/ANTANANARIVO - At least 22 Somali citizens died when two migrant boats capsized off the coast of Madagascar over the weekend, Somalia's Information Minister Daud Aweis said.
The man, who was travelling from the UK to to Phuket, had transited at KLIA.
While the US looks to small unmanned systems to bolster its Pacific fleet, a high-ranking US naval officer has warned drones may not be enough to win a future conflict with China. Admiral Sam Paparo, commander of US Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM), said during a recent
TOKYO – Japan is reckoning with its first social media-influenced election of consequence, as a spectacular political comeback rattles traditional political and media establishments, while even being compared with Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election.
More than 103,000 summonses were settled during the three-day programmme, which started on Nov 22.
The Kuala Lumpur High Court has ordered the Home Ministry to return the 172 Swatch watches, worth US$14,545, within 14 days of Monday’s court ruling.
Lee Jae-yong is accused of gaining from a merger of Samsung affiliates at the expense of shareholders and investors.
ISLAMABAD - A march by hundreds of supporters to demand the release of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan reached the fringes of Pakistan's capital of Islamabad on Monday, his party and officials said, amid reports of violence elsewhere.
China has shown that it can take a strategic perspective, riding through transient ups and downs, said the senior minister at an event in Suzhou to mark the 30th anniversary of the China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP).
Seoul held a memorial event in Japan for its labourers forced to work at a controversial mine.
SEOUL - South Korea held a memorial event in Japan on Monday for its labourers forced to work at a controversial mine during World War Two, after boycotting one organised by Tokyo, highlighting lingering sensitivities in ties between the neighbours.
The percentage of accidents involving drivers aged 60 and above has been steadily increasing since 2020.
It was created in collaboration with Chinese tech giant Tencent for its hit mobile game Dungeon And Fighter: Origins.
Mr Ferdinand Marcos Jr also vowed to uphold the law.
KUALA LUMPUR - A Malaysian court ordered the government on Monday to return rainbow-coloured watches and accessories made by Swatch Group that were seized last year for designs celebrating LGBTQ rights, a prosecutor told Reuters.
SEOUL - South Korea's main opposition leader Lee Jae-myung was cleared on Monday of charges that he forced a witness to commit perjury, the Seoul Central District Court said, in the latest of a series of legal cases that could threaten his political future.
Pakistan’s authorities have arrested dozens of Khan's supporters.
The Malaysian High Court ordered the Home Ministry to return the watches.
Russia’s use of conventional-armed multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle (MIRV)-equipped intermediate ballistic missile (IRBM) in Ukraine signals a significant escalation, putting NATO on edge and raising fears of nuclear brinkmanship. The War Zone reported that