Australian lawmakers moved a step closer to banning under 16s from social media platforms November 27, threatening companies that fail to comply with multimillion-dollar fines.…
Taiwan's president Lai Ching-te will visit three Pacific allies at the end of this month. Presidential spokeswoman Karen Kuo confirmed Lai will visit the Marshall…
Fijian immigration authorities are investigating a case of eight migrant workers from Bangladesh absconding earlier this month. Local engineering company CR Engineering is seeking public…
Australia’s biggest pension fund hired three senior investment managers to expand its international equities team in London. AustralianSuper tapped AXA Investment Managers’s Steve Kelly to…
Chinese Defence Minister Dong Jun has been placed under investigation for corruption, a report said November 27, which would make him the latest official to…
The former head of a top Chinese bank was handed a suspended death sentence for corruption on November 26, state media reported, the latest development…
Beijing on November 26 slammed the United States for "bullying" after US officials sidelined over two dozen more China-based companies citing concerns over forced labour.…
A senior Japanese public prosecutor on November 27 bowed in apology to Iwao Hakamada, the world's longest-serving death row prisoner whose conviction was quashed this…
The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor on November 27 asked judges to grant an arrest warrant for Myanmar's junta chief Min Aung Hlaing over alleged…
A Malaysian court allowed corruption charges in one of several cases linked to the scandal-wracked 1MDB sovereign wealth fund against jailed ex-prime minister Najib Razak…
Police in Laos have detained the manager and seven staff of a backpacker hostel in Vang Vieng following the deaths of six tourists from suspected…
Vietnamese electric vehicle manufacturer VinFast reported a net loss of $550 million for the third quarter, less than the same period last year as the…
Vietnamese prosecutors have told property tycoon Truong My Lan she must repay an estimated $11 billion if she wants to avoid execution by lethal injection.…
Pakistan’s opposition party of former prime minister Imran Khan ended its protest in the capital Islamabad on November 27 as the government arrested hundreds of…
Bangladeshi supporters of an arrested Hindu leader clashed with security forces on November 26 after the outspoken monk was denied bail on sedition charges, with…
The death toll from violent protests in India sparked by a survey into whether a centuries-old mosque was built on a Hindu temple has risen…
More than 300 Afghan journalists have suffered rights breaches since the Taliban surged back to power in 2021, a United Nations report said November 26,…
Sri Lanka has opened an investigation into the local investments of India's Adani Group in the wake of US bribery charges against its tycoon founder,…
Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Kazakhstan on November 27 for a two-day trip aimed at shoring up ties with his Central Asian ally as…
Thousands of Lebanese displaced by the war between Israel and Hezbollah began the journey back home as a ceasefire took hold on November 27, with…
Moscow on November 26 vowed to retaliate after announcing Ukraine had struck Russian military installations with US-supplied weapons, after President Vladimir Putin had warned Kyiv…
G7 foreign ministers said November 26 they "will comply with our respective obligations" regarding the arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued by…
Russia said on November 26 it was expelling a British diplomat who it accused of espionage and summoned London's ambassador to the foreign ministry in…
Switzerland and the European Union were to hold talks November 27 on efforts to thrash out a deal by the end of the year to…
Somalia's government on November 26 said it will not recognise the re-election of the southern Jubaland region's leader, highlighting a growing rift with its semi-autonomous…
