(Reuters) - China said on Tuesday that U.S. officials were behind violent chaos in Hong Kong and warned against interference, following a series of protests in the city, including bloody clashes…

(BBC) - Boris Johnson has been elected new Conservative leader in a ballot of party members and will become the next UK prime minister. He beat Jeremy Hunt comfortably, winning 92,153 votes to his…

(Aljazeera) - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling bloc won a solid majority in Japan's upper house election on Sunday, but fell short of the two-thirds "super majority" needed to bring amendment to…

(CNA) - Tens of thousands marched in sweltering heat in Chinese-ruled Hong Kong on Sunday (Jul 21) as anti-government protests show no signs of let-up, with anger over an extradition Bill morphing…

(CNA) - Cambodia will send back 1,600 tonnes of plastic waste found in shipping containers to the US and Canada, an official said Wednesday (Jul 17), as Southeast Asian countries revolt against an…

(NST) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has declared he will never be tried by an international court for mass killings in his war on drugs, and vowed no let up in a crackdown that he said he…

(SCMP) - Fraudulent practices and transparency issues underscore markets’ long-standing fears about a country that lacks commitment to the rule of law. US Securities and Exchange Commission leads…

(SCMP) - Actions at Vanguard Bank in disputed Spratly Islands ‘raises collision risk’. Think tank cites data showing China has harassed those countries’ ships for at least six weeks. The risk…

(Bloomberg) - One by one, developing countries are refusing to import trash. Here are the ways the world is trying to deal with its waste. The stench of curdled milk wafted from a shipping…

(NST) - Coup leader General Prayuth Chan o-cha today declared Thailand military rule comes to an end as the new civilian cabinet is expected to be sworn in tomorrow. More than four months after…

(BBC) - China's economy grew at its slowest pace since the early 1990s in the second quarter, official figures showed. In the three months to June, the economy grew 6.2% from a year earlier.…

(BBC) - The launch of India's second lunar mission has been halted less than an hour before the scheduled blast-off, due to a technical problem. The countdown stopped 56 minutes before the…

(CNA) - CNA’s Pichayada Promchertchoo travelled to one of Thailand's most infamous nighttime hotspots on the southern border with Malaysia, where illegal sex trade thrives freely amid the threat…

(CNA) - China on Friday (Jul 12) said it would impose sanctions on US companies involved in a potential arms sale worth US$2.2 billion to self-ruled Taiwan - a move that has infuriated Beijing.…

(BBC) - With Sir Kim Darroch heading for the exit, the US portion of the leaked cable controversy draws to a close. While the British government will continue to deal with political fallout for…

(ST) - Indonesia plans to start building its longest sea bridge next year to connect two islands near Singapore and boost growth and trade with the neighbouring hub. The 7km bridge connecting…

The world’s debt to China grew tenfold between 2000 and 2017, from US$500 billion to US$5 trillion, with 80 per cent of emerging nations receiving Chinese funds. Kiel Institute estimates that 50 per…

(SCMP) - As the anti-extradition movement has shown, protests play out in the digital arena too, raising questions about whether the law should treat them the same as in the physical world. How we…

Iran says it will begin enriching uranium beyond the 3.67 percent limit set in its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. (ALJAZEERA) - Iran has always insisted it pursued a peaceful nuclear…

(CNA) - Whole teams in Deutsche Bank's Asian operations were told their positions were gone on Monday (Jul 8), as the lender began axing 18,000 jobs globally in one of the biggest overhauls to an…

(AFP) - Caught in the crossfire of the US-China trade war, Chinese students are looking for alternative study destinations – threatening to turn off an important source of revenue for American…

(Jakarta Globe) - Switzerland-based pollution mapping service AirVisual revealed that Jakarta had the world's third-worst air quality on Wednesday, when it was categorized as "very unhealthy,"…

(FMT) - More than two dozen countries formally called on today for a United Nations (UN) investigation into thousands of killings in the Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs,…

The back door deals within the coalition that helped the premier transition from military chief to civilian leader have erupted into internal squabbling. Prayuth has apologised to the public for a…

(FMT) - China raised the security level for its vessels heading through the Strait of Malacca, according to a notice this week posted on the website of the Chinese transport ministry. The…

(Bloomberg) - British special forces seized a supertanker off Gibraltar carrying Iranian oil to Syria in violation of European and US sanctions against the war-torn country. Iran responded by…

(Bloomberg) - U.S. President Donald Trump, who seems obsessed with undoing his predecessor’s legacy, is in danger of repeating Barack Obama’s fundamental mistake on Iran: Making the confrontation…

(CNA) - China bluntly told Britain on Wednesday (Jul 3) to "refrain from further interference" and London summoned Beijing's ambassador for a dressing down in a rapidly-escalating diplomatic feud…