The prosecution of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange was "politically motivated" and had a "chilling" effect on the whole media landscape, the parliamentary arm of pan-European…
The United Nations Wednesday said it had released $5 million to help flood victims in Nigeria, where the rainy season has killed more than 300…
The EU said Thursday it was referring Hungary to the European Court of Justice over laws passed by Budapest to curb foreign influence in the…
More than 700,000 people are now displaced from their homes in Haiti, more than half of whom are children, the United Nations said October 2,…
NATO's new chief Mark Rutte visited Kyiv on Thursday, a major show of support for Ukraine in his maiden trip in the role. Kyiv relies…
Tunisian authorities have arrested 12 people including a smuggler involved in organising a recent crossing that killed 15 migrants after their boat capsized, the coastguard…
The European Commission on October 2 said it was proposing to postpone by a year a ban on imports of products driving deforestation, following strong…
Bangladesh's interim government has recalled five envoys, including the ambassador to neighbouring India, in a major diplomatic reshuffle, a foreign ministry official said on October…
Bhutan has signed a deal with India's Reliance Group to build 1,270 megawatts' worth of renewable electricity projects in the Himalayan nation as it seeks…
An Indian factory producing iPhone components was resuming work on October 3 after a fire that halted production -- the third blaze to disrupt Apple's…
Nepal is looking to send more workers to Japan, especially those who will qualify for skilled visas, Nepal's labor minister told Nikkei in an interview…
Vietnam's foreign ministry condemned on October 2 China's "brutal behaviour" during a violent attack on Vietnamese fishers in the disputed South China Sea. The 10…
A Singaporean former minister was sentenced October 3 to 12 months in prison for obstruction of justice and accepting illegal gifts in the city-state's first…
A rumbling volcano south of the Philippine capital erupted in a cocktail of ash and steam on October 2, prompting public health warnings but causing…
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos on October 2 signed into law a measure that imposes a 12 percent value-added tax on foreign-based firms providing digital services…
Forty-seven tigers, three lions and a panther have died in zoos in south Vietnam due to the H5N1 bird flu virus, state media said October…
Philippine budget carrier Cebu Pacific signed an agreement on October 2 to buy up to 152 Airbus planes worth $24 billion in a deal it…
Typhoon Krathon blasted into Taiwan on October 3, bringing mudslides, flooding and destructive winds to the shuttered island where at least two people have died…
Flights resumed at a regional Japanese airport October 3 after an unexploded World War II US bomb blew up less than a minute after a…
Hong Kong's richest households now earn 80 times as much as the poorest, a figure that more than doubled in five years as the city…
An Australian man has been charged with distributing the encrypted messaging app known as "Ghost", allegedly used by criminals across the globe to arrange drug…
The establishment of a Pacific Response Group (PRG) is one of the main outcomes of the ninth South Pacific Defence Ministers Meeting (SPDMM) which wrapped…
Indigenous landowners in one of Fiji's provinces on the main island of Viti Levu are protesting Sitiveni Rabuka government's proposal to construct a hydro dam.…
Observers questioned the efficacy of President-elect Prabowo Subianto's plan to build three million affordable homes for the working class annually and reduce the national housing…
Firebrand cleric Rizieq Shihab has sued President Joko Widodo for Rp5.246 trillion for allegedly telling "a series of lies" over the past decade. The lawsuit…
