Asia

Tokyo: Japan on Tuesday launched its first military communications satellite to boost the broadband capacity of its Self Defence Forces as they reinforce an...

Manila: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte delivered a speech without his usual swearing on Monday, telling dozens of Miss Universe contestants they...

Jakarta: Indonesian police on Monday questioned a hardline cleric over a hate speech complaint by a civil group following a lecture in which he said new...

Beijing: China has agreed to cooperate with the Philippines on 30 projects worth $3.7 billion focusing on poverty reduction, the two countries said after a...

Seoul: South Korea's culture ministry apologised on Monday for a blacklist of artists which excluded them from government support, admitting there was a...

Beijing: China expects a smoggy Lunar New Year in Beijing and its northern industrial heartland just two weeks after it was blanketed in toxic smog which...

Seoul: US white-shelled eggs landed on South Korean supermarket shelves beside local brown-shelled eggs on Monday as the country scrambled to boost imports...

Taipei: Thousands of military personnel, teachers, police and civil servants protested a plan to reform Taiwan's pension system outside of the...

Sydney: Australian police said on Sunday a baby boy has become the fifth person to die after a 26-year-old man drove a car into a crowd of pedestrians on a...

Tokyo: Japan is moving to adopt a law allowing its octogenarian Emperor Akihito to abdicate but many touchy topics, such as his title and duties, remain to...