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Asia

6 Oct
Afghanistan's Taliban leaders met with U.K. officials for the first time on Tuesday since taking power. The Taliban met with Sir Simon Gass, the British prime minister’s high representative for Afghan...
5 Oct
The Union Minister for Foreign Affairs U Wunna Maung Lwin participated in the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, 24th ASEAN Political-Security Community Council Meeting and 30th ASEAN Coordinating Council...
1 Oct
Former boxing legend Manny Pacquiao on Friday registered his presidential candidacy for Philippines elections next May.  The eight-division world champion and Philippine senator announced his retirement...
30 Sep
Authorities rushed to repair dams and a floodgate damaged by the overflow of a reservoir in northeastern Thailand, which also caused flooding affecting more than 4,000 nearby households and farm areas. Lam...
30 Sep
The newly-elected leader of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party Fumio Kishida said maintained his "determination" to reform the ruling party as he prepares to become the next prime minister. Kishida...
29 Sep
Chinese factories and households are facing rolling power cuts on Tuesday to meet official energy efficiency and pollution targets and to reduce strain on utilities that are being squeezed by high coal prices....
29 Sep
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said the coronavirus state of emergency would end on Thursday so the economy could be reactivated as infections slow. The government would create more temporary COVID-19...
28 Sep
Officials in Thailand warned that monsoon rains may extend flooding that has already badly affected 27 provinces, almost a third of the country's total. Tropical storm Tianmu over the weekend had swept...
28 Sep
North Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile into the sea early on Tuesday. Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said “an unidentified projectile” fired from an inland location flew toward North...
28 Sep
The U.S. and Singapore have renewed a bilateral training agreement, known as the Singapore-United States Third-Country Training Program (TCTP) Memorandum of Understanding. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken...

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