Asia

France's Macron says detention of 'shadow' tanker signals new plan to pressure Russia

Papua New Guinea approves defence treaty with Australia

Southeast Asian economies struggle to keep up with region’s surging population

South Korea President Lee orders crackdown on anti-Chinese, anti-foreigner rallies

Freeport Indonesia says search for five trapped Grasberg workers still ongoing

Ukraine's Zelenskiy to meet European leaders in Copenhagen on Thursday

Typhoon Bualoi death toll rises to 36 in Vietnam

Poverty rate falls in Southeast Asia, report shows ahead of October bloc summit

Defeat of Ukraine would embolden China towards Taiwan, Taiwanese officer says in Poland

Laos' president to visit North Korea for celebration of ruling party

'Maybe there's hope': Indonesian rescuers race against time to save students trapped under collapsed school

Solar-powered farming is digging Pakistan into a water catastrophe

Philippines ends quake rescue efforts, priority now on helping the 20,000 displaced

Russian, North Korean defence ministers meet

Germany arrests three men suspected of targeting Jewish institutions for Hamas

Tens of thousands in urgent need of shelter after Afghan quake, aid group says

Indonesia's Maluku province hit by 6.1 magnitude earthquake, country's geophysics agency says

Russia's NATO flyovers recall Turkey's deadly but risky decision 10 years ago

Madagascar protesters demand president's resignation in fifth day of rallies

Erdogan says Turkey will not allow Syria's fragmentation

French military board tanker that is suspected of ties to Russian oil trade, media reports say

Indonesian military begins producing multivitamins distributed through meals programme

EU's Kallas: EU working as fast as possible on Ukraine reparation loan

Kyrgyz leader seeks death penalty for worst crimes against children and women

Italy and Greece call on Israel not to hurt Gaza flotilla activists

India says highly unlikely that UN peace forces will be deployed in Ukraine, Gaza

Factbox-Myanmar's food crisis and growing hunger in Rakhine state

Taiwan says China trying to create legal basis for attack with UN resolution interpretation

More than 9,000 children in Indonesia got food poisoning from school meals in 2025

Analysis-Netanyahu gambles Trump Gaza plan may win back support abroad but risks lurk at home

Deadly 6.9 quake jolts Philippines, leaving dozens dead and hundreds injured: Video

Internet and cell phone services resume in Afghanistan​

Indonesia earthquake slows efforts to rescue those trapped by school collapse

Russia says external power needed for Ukraine nuclear plant cooled by emergency generators

Vietnam estimates property damage from Typhoon Bualoi at $303 million

Factbox-How does the Cebu quake compare in seismically vulnerable Philippines?

Russia's Medvedev mocks Trump over lack of submarines near Russia

China holds National Day ceremony in waters off atoll claimed by Philippines

China’s ‘goddess of wealth’ convicted in world’s largest bitcoin bust worth $6.7B