TOKYO: Japan's manufacturing activity slipped into contraction in July, weighed down by uncertainties over U.S. tariffs, a private-sector survey showed on Thursday.

Rising from the muddy fields on the Mekong riverbank in Laos, a lotus tops a casino in a sprawling city which analysts decry ...

Fatwa institutions must operate collectively and ensure that any fatwa or religious edict issued is based on information ...

THE nation registered record birth rate growth in the first five months of the year, a statistics agency official said.

THE nation's citizens continue to hold the world's most powerful passport, with visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 193 destinations out of 227 globally, according to the latest Henley Passport ...

AN anti-terrorism court has sentenced eight senior members of former prime minister Imran Khan's party to 10 years in prison over riots that targeted military sites following Khan's 2023 arrest.

As large swathes of Manila suffered through days of torrential rains and massive flooding, Jade Rick Verdillo and Jamaica ...

A junta drone targeting anti-coup fighters crashed over the border in Thailand, prompting an official rebuke over hazardous spillover from the civil war.

A South Korean court has reopened a decades-old case after the country's #MeToo movement inspired a woman to challenge her ...

India will resume issuing tourist visas to Chinese citizens from today, its embassy in China said, the first time in five years as both countries move to repair their rocky relationship.

PRIME Minister Shigeru Ishiba denied discussing his resignation with party elders, as media speculation about his future ...

Donald Trump has announced a "massive" trade deal with Japan, as a deadline looms for other major US trade partners to strike agreements before the end of July.