Asia & Pacific

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Arden has cancelled her wedding as the nation imposes new restrictions to slow the community spread of the Omicron variant, she told reporters on Sunday. ...

The U.S. State Department issued a notice on Jan. 21 to sanction three Chinese entities for engaging in missile ...

Long time Democratic power broker Tony Podesta has earned $1 million over the past half year lobbying the ...

KUALA LUMPUR—Malaysia's former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad is in a stable condition after undergoing treatment at the National ...

TOKYO—Consumer inflation in Tokyo will likely post slightly slower year-on-year growth in January, a Reuters poll showed, after ...

TOKYO—An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 jolted southwestern Japan early on Saturday morning, injuring 13 people, the ...

An earthquake of magnitude 6 struck the Talaud Islands in Indonesia on Saturday, the GFZ German Research Center ...

Twitter on Friday suspended over 300 accounts linked to Philippines presidential election candidate Ferdinand Marcos Jr's support network, ...

Vietnamese Buddhist monk, Thich Nhat Hanh, who popularized mindfulness in the West, has died at the age of ...

PARIS—Total Energies and Chevron, two of the world's largest energy companies, said Friday they were exiting Burma (also ...

GENEVA—The Court of Arbitration for Sport has been criticized for picking judges to work at the Tokyo Olympics ...

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida made clear in virtual talks with U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday that ...

The U.S. State Department on Jan. 21 condemned the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for sentencing 11 Falun Gong ...

TOKYO—An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 jolted southern Japan early on Saturday morning, broadcaster NHK reported. ...

TOKYO—Japan's core consumer prices rose 0.5 percent in December from a year earlier, increasing for a second month ...

Thailand is set to resume its quarantine exemption scheme for fully vaccinated foreign visitors in February, its coronavirus ...

The Japanese government on Wednesday expanded quasi-emergency measures to 13 more prefectures, including Tokyo, in a bid to ...

SEOUL, South Korea—Accusing the United States of hostility and threats, North Korea on Thursday said it will consider ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand—The first flights carrying fresh water and other aid to Tonga finally arrived Thursday after the ...

BANGKOK—As the massive undersea Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha’apai volcano erupted on Saturday, Tongans from around the world gazed ...

China and Russia have blocked efforts by Washington to impose U.N. sanctions on five North Koreans, diplomats said ...

President Joe Biden and White House officials are seeking to clarify statements the president made on Jan. 19 ...

A Beijing court has sentenced a Falun Gong practitioner to eight years in prison as the 2022 Winter ...

TOKYO—Japan's exports and imports in December hit record highs in terms of their value in yen, data showed ...

Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways (ANA) said on Jan. 19 that they would restore flights to the ...

NEW DELHI—In its first-ever major military export, India is set to supply supersonic cruise missiles valued at over ...

An official with China’s Olympics organizing committee has cautioned foreign athletes against speaking out during next month's Winter ...