Asia

BEIJING: China's commerce minister Wang Wentao said talks held on Monday (Feb 6) with Australian counterpart Don Farrell were a...

Major leading sectors driving the economy last year included manufacturing, trade, agriculture and mining, while sectors that saw the highest...

ASEAN’S QUIET RISE Southeast Asian nations have a growing prominence in the Indo-Pacific region, with ASEAN foreign leaders expressing a...

HONG KONG: Tens of thousands of travellers commuted between mainland China and its special administrative region of Hong Kong on...

TAIPEI: A senior leader of the Kuomintang (KMT), Taiwan's main opposition party, will visit China this week and meet its...

BEIJING: A US decision to shoot down a Chinese balloon that Beijing claimed had veered off course has "seriously impacted...

BOWING TO PRESSURE Years of financial mismanagement and political instability have damaged Pakistan's economy, worsened by a global energy crisis...

JAKARTA: Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have agreed that inclusive national dialogue is key to...

Their stated aim was to win a majority in the city's partially elected legislature, which would allow them to veto...

TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Saturday (Feb 4) fired an aide who said he would not want to live next...