Asia

Beijing: It was strangely muted when George Michael, as part of the British pop duo Wham! took the stage at the Workers Gymnasium in Beijing in April 1985,...

Shanghai: China has detained 11 people for dumping more than 2,900 tonnes of garbage into the Yangtze river in Jiangsu province, the official Xinhua news...

Beijing: China promised strong support on Monday for its newest friend in Africa, the former Taiwan ally Sao Tome and Principe, whose foreign minister made...

Shanghai: China's courts will widen the range of offences that constitute "environmental crimes" to make it easier to take legal action...

Beijing: A court in central China on Monday jailed a former deputy sports minister who once sat on China's Olympics committee for 10 and a half years...

Taipei: A group of Chinese warships led by the country's sole aircraft carrier entered the top half of the South China Sea on Monday after passing south...

Manila: A typhoon weakened as it cut across the Philippines on Monday after bringing down trees and power lines, and authorities warned of flash floods and...

Manila: A typhoon slammed into central Philippines late on Sunday, bringing strong winds and heavy rains and cutting off power, but there were no immediate...

Jakarta: Indonesian police killed two suspected militants in a house in West Java on Sunday, a police spokesman said, in the latest in a series of raids...

Seoul: South Korea's special prosecutor investigating a corruption scandal involving President Park Geun-hye said on Sunday it was considering whether...