Asia

China’s capital Beijing tightened COVID restrictions on Sunday as it battled an outbreak, while Shanghai let some of its 25 million residents venture out for light and air after reporting …

Pakistan has touched highs of 47 degrees Celsius (116.6 Fahrenheit) in parts of the country Pakistan issued a heat warning after the hottest March in 61 years while in parts …

Trade unions protest during a nationwide strike demanding the resignation of President Gotabaya Rakapaksa and his cabinet, blaming them for creating the country’s worst economic crisis in decades Many schools …

The 76-year-old led Myanmar for five years during a short period of tentative democracy before being forced from power in a coup in February 2021 by the military A court …

Rangers check motorcyclists at a security checkpoint set up near a university gate a day after a suicide attack on a van near the Confucius institute which is the cultural …

Indonesia’s new palm oil export ban will hurt other countries but is necessary to try to bring down the soaring domestic price of cooking oil driven up by Russia’s war …

Azeri service members carry a giant flag during a procession marking the anniversary of the end of the 2020 military conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh breakaway region, involving Azerbaijan’s troops against ethnic …

A Taliban fighter stands guard at the site of an explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan, April 19, 2022. REUTERS/Stringer NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. An explosion at a Shi’ite mosque in the …

Homeowners in small Chinese cities are battling a rare property market downdraft as buyers keep away, eroding the wealth of millions in a blow to already brittle consumer confidence in …

Demonstrators flash flashlights during a candlelight vigil after Sri Lankan police fired live ammunition to scatter protesters killing one person and injuring a dozen more, Sri Lanka Prime Minister Mahinda …