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International tourists and business travelers began arriving in Australia with few restrictions yesterday, bringing together families in tearful reunions after separations of two years or longer forced
Australia's largest electricity generator, AGL Energy, has rejected an 8 billion Australian dollar ($5.8 billion) takeover bid from tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes and Canadian investment firm
Countries must avoid tensions and cooperate to support a recovery from the pandemic as it lingers in many parts of the world, Indonesian President Joko Widodo told
Japan racked up a 2.2 trillion yen ($19 billion) trade deficit last month, an eight-year high, as the cost of energy imports soared, the government said yesterday.
South Korea will distribute free coronavirus rapid test kits at schools and senior care facilities starting next week as it weathers an unprecedented wave of infections
North Korea celebrated the 80th birthday of late leader Kim Jong Il with a concert, fireworks and a rare outdoor ceremony near its border with China,
The last surviving freshwater Irrawaddy dolphin on a stretch of the Mekong River in northeastern Cambodia has died, apparently after getting tangled in a fishing net,
Royalist activists in Thailand say they will present a petition with 1.2 million signatures to the government tomorrow calling for it to shut down the country’s
An Indonesian court yesterday sentenced an Islamic boarding school principal to life in prison for raping at least 13 students over five years and impregnating some
Singapore's biennial air show opened yesterday on a smaller scale than before the pandemic, even as the aviation sector gears up for a recovery two
New Zealand’s prime minister yesterday said protesters who oppose coronavirus mandates were using “intimidation and harassment,” as authorities appeared to take a harsher stance toward the convoy of
An enraged mob stoned to death a middle-aged man for allegedly desecrating the Quran in a remote village in eastern Pakistan, police said yesterday. The custodian of
The United States remains focused long-term on the Indo-Pacific region despite concerns over Russian aggression toward the Ukraine, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said yesterday.
An award-winning film director in Myanmar has been arrested almost a year after he was put on a wanted list for encouraging government employees to join
The Philippines lifted a nearly two-year ban on foreign travelers yesterday in a lifesaving boost for its tourism and related industries as an omicron-fueled surge eases. Foreign
Secretary of State Antony Blinken and key allies are “voting with their feet” by flying to Australia to focus on challenges in the Indo-Pacific region, Australia’s foreign
The foreign ministers of Australia and Lithuania agreed yesterday to step up cooperation on strategic challenges, in particular pressures from China. Lithuania’s Foreign Minister
North Korea plans to increase its government spending on pandemic measures by one-third this year to carry out leader Kim Jong Un’s calls for a more
Campaigning in the Philippines’ presidential election started yesterday with a cast of candidates led by a late dictator’s son and the pro-democracy current vice president, with all vowing
Many Asian countries are facing a spike in COVID-19 infections after the widely-celebrated Lunar New Year holidays, as health officials grapple with the highly-transmissible omicron variant
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