At least 16 people, including three women and two children, were killed in a fresh sectarian clash in Pakistan's northwest, officials said. Sunni and Shiite…
1Sri Lanka's police have arrested 198 Chinese men on suspicion of operating a cybercrime ring from the South Asian nation, a police spokesman said October…
Afghanistan's Taliban morality ministry pledged October 14 to implement a law banning news media from publishing images of all living things, with journalists told the…
Vietnam and China agreed to calm tensions in their South China Sea dispute, Vietnamese state media reported on October 13, days after Hanoi accused Beijing…
Singapore on October 14 moved to stop a US$1.7 billion deal that would have allowed German insurance giant Allianz to buy a majority stake in…
Singapore's economy grew more than expected in the third quarter as a rush for all things linked to artificial intelligence drove up demand for computer…
Semirara Mining and Power Corp., the Philippines’ largest coal producer, said it’s looking to spend 291.4 billion pesos ($5.07 billion) to expand its mines. The…
China deployed fighter jets and warships to encircle Taiwan on October 14 in drills Beijing said were aimed at sending a "stern warning" to "separatist"…
North Korea said October 13 it had ordered military units deployed near the border with South Korea to be prepared to shoot after claiming the…
China imposed sanctions on two prominent Taiwanese on October 14 over alleged "separatism", after it launched large-scale military drills around the self-ruled island. Businessman Robert…
Macau's next leader Sam Hou-fai said on October 13 his administration would support small local businesses after winning a one-man race for the city's top…
New Zealand consumer spending remained weak in the third quarter, adding to signs the economy may have been in recession. Retail purchases on credit and…
Australia’s conservative opposition coalition has pulled ahead of the Labor government for the first time since the May 2022 election, while ratings of Australian Prime…
The two major employer representative organisations in Fiji have sounded alarm bells over the government's proposed amendments to the country's emplyoment laws. The Fiji Commerce…
Fiji's RFNS Puamau is being decommissioned after it ran aground on a reef in Fulaga. Australia gifted the Guardian-class patrol boat to Fiji in May…
The number of school dropouts in the country decreased last year although it remained high, according to the National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas). Around 4.4…
The Environment and Forestry Ministry documented 3,163 wildfires across the country between January 1 and October 10, representing a 59.38% decrease from the corresponding period…
President Joko Widodo on October 11 inaugurated the new state palace in Nusantara, the country's future capital city in East Kalimantan. Public Works and Housing…
Indonesia on October 11 confirmed two of its UN peacekeepers were injured in Israeli fire in Lebanon, and called the attack a violation of international…
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the central government have agreed to expedite the implementation of ADB-related projects in an action plan launched on October…
Approximately 60% of all the roads in Papua New Guinea have been rehabilitated, according to Works and Highways Department acting secretary Gibson Holemba on October…
Several security personnel were attacked by armed men at the Mulitaka disaster area in Yambali village, Maip Mulitaka local level government (LLG), Lagaip district, Enga…
An initial hearing of a class action against mining giant Rio Tinto over the legacy of the Panguna copper mine on the autonomous island of…
Communal violence occurred between residents at the Gorobe Talai settlement in Badili, National Capital district, Port Moresby at around 9:32 AM on October 13. Two…
A large-scale study of social and environmental impacts from Rio Tinto's abandoned Panguna mine in Bougainville has found a plethora of actual and potential human…
