Asia

Chinese President Xi Jinping could wade deeper than before into Ukraine diplomacy as soon as next week, staging both his first trip to Russia and his first talks with Ukraine’s …

Afghanistan under the Taliban government is the “most repressive country in the world” for women’s rights, with authorities effectively trapping women and girls in their homes, the United Nations said …

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen will meet US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in California rather than in Taipei, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday, hours after Taipei warned a high-profile US …

A 6.0-magnitude earthquake jolted the southern Philippines on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said, with local authorities warning of aftershocks and possible damage. The shallow quake struck at about 2:00 …

A suicide bomber killed nine police officers and wounded 16 others on Monday in an attack on their truck in southwestern Pakistan, officials said. “The suicide bomber was riding a …

One person is dead and six missing, Japan’s coastguard said Monday, after a boat capsized and was spotted in waters off the Tokyo-controlled Senkaku islets, which are also claimed by …

Afghan universities reopened on Monday after a winter break, but only men returned to class with a “heartbreaking” ban by the Taliban authorities on women in higher education still in …

A 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit in the east of mountainous ex-Soviet Tajikistan on Thursday without producing victims or damage, officials said. The quake struck around 5:37 am local time (0037 GMT) …

At least 57 people are missing after a coal mine collapsed in northern China’s Inner Mongolia region on Wednesday, state media reported. The incident occurred in Alxa League in the …

China pledged to deepen cooperation with Russia on Wednesday as U.S. President Joe Biden prepared to meet leaders of NATO’s eastern flank – highlighting geopolitical tensions ahead of the first …