Asia

SEOUL: South Korea's export growth slowed in August but imports accelerated, widening the trade deficit to a record amount and adding downside pressure on the won, already hovering at over...

GENEVA: The United Nations released a bombshell report into serious human rights abuses in China's Xinjiang region late on Wednesday (Aug 31), saying torture allegations were credible and citing possible crimes...

Located in the peaceful village of Kelating, architect Chan Soo Kian had originally planned to build a vacation home for his family.

While G20 meetings are supposed to be about global economic issues, there is no doubt that the war in Ukraine and China’s increasing military activity around Taiwan will be a...

BERLIN: Germany will expand its military presence in the Indo-Pacific by sending more warships and joining drills with allies as it keeps an eye on the "enormous" build-up of China's...

JACOBABAD, Pakistan: Not long ago, Sara Khan, principal at a school for disadvantaged girls in Jacobabad in southern Pakistan, looked on in alarm as some students passed out from the...

LAHORE, Pakistan: Vegetable and fruit prices have soared in markets across Pakistan as devastating rains ruin crops and disrupt supplies, an early sign of how the worst floods in decades...

Misery mounts for millions in Pakistan's 'monsoon on steroids'

BALI: Group of 20 climate talks in Bali ended without a joint communique Wednesday (Aug 31) despite host Indonesia warning the world's leading economies they must act together to combat...

KUALA LUMPUR: Thousands of people gathered at Dataran Merdeka in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday (Aug 31) to celebrate Malaysia's 65th National Day. After two years of marking the occasion under...