The islands of maritime Southeast Asia can range from the very large (for instance, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Luzon) to tiny pinpoints on the map (Indonesia is said to comprise 17,000 islands). Because ...

Large swaths of land in Southeast Asia are littered with unexploded bombs dropped by American forces during the Vietnam War. By Sui-Lee Wee and Anton L. Delgado The Vietnam War ended half a ...

Central Asia is balancing economic ties with Russia, avoiding sanctions fallout, and leveraging Western initiatives while ...

In contrast, Asia's imports of U.S. LNG are expected to drop to 1.81 million tons in January, down from 2.2 million in December and the lowest since February 2024, according to Kpler. Asia's total ...

Some officials in India have proposed building a large dam in a tributary of the Brahmaputra to store water and counter any reduction in flow that the Tibet dam might cause. But Dr. Rudra of the ...

Still, HSBC's exit from its Western dealmaking businesses underscores how its strategic pivot to Asia is gathering momentum, and the challenge the bank faces to reconcile the planned cuts with its ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chinese tech startup DeepSeek said it was hit by a cyber attack on Monday that disrupted users’ ability to register on the site. The company, whose artificial intelligence ...

Sri Lanka lifted its five-year ban on vehicle imports, starting with buses, trucks, and utility vehicles, as signs of economic recovery emerge. The phased removal aims to generate tax revenue ...

That left the MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan 0.6% higher. Trump’s comments on wanting lower interest rates moved U.S. markets, with the S&P 500 hitting a record high and ...

The complexities of the energy sector are not easy to resolve. The IMF set a structural benchmark to end gas supply to Captive Power Plants (CPPs) with the objective of forcing them to transition to ...

England beat India by 26 runs in Rajkot in the third T20 international to keep the five-match cricket series alive. Follow all our updates, plus post-match reaction and interviews, as England’s ...

“There’s nowhere else on earth with so many untold stories,” says Planet Earth: Asia host and renowned naturalist David Attenborough, introducing his landmark six-part documentary about ...