KUALA LUMPUR -- Tariffs are now being used to "pressure, isolate and contain" other countries, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim warned on Wednesday as he kicked off ASEAN's key foreign ministers ...

July 9 marks the 10th anniversary of the "709" crackdown against human rights lawyers and advocates in mainland China. Before Beijing imposed a national security law in June 2020, Hong Kong could ...

SHANGHAI -- China's consumer price index (CPI) rose marginally June, its first increase in five months, the National Bureau ...

HUNT, Texas (AP) -- More than 160 people are still believed to be missing in Texas days after flash floods killed over 100 people during the July Fourth weekend, the state's governor said Tuesday.

HONG KONG -- Apple supplier Lens Technology announced it has raised 4.77 billion Hong Kong dollars ($608 million) in a share listing in Hong Kong, as the Chinese company looks to expand overseas and ...

JAKARTA -- Shares of Indonesian infrastructure and logistics company Chandra Daya Investasi, a unit under major energy conglomerate Barito Pacific, rose 35% in its market debut Wednesday.

TOKYO -- Japan's stubbornly high inflation and U.S. trade tariffs are casting a pall over both this month's upper house election race and the central bank's efforts to normalize monetary policy.

COLOMBO/NEW DELHI -- India's quest for energy stakes in Sri Lanka has exposed a foreign policy litmus test for President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, a neophyte in geopolitics.

BANGKOK (AP) -- Thailand's Cabinet on Tuesday withdrew a controversial bill that aims to legalize casinos, moving after the ...

SINGAPORE/BANGKOK -- Falling inflation in several Southeast Asian nations has sparked concern among economists over weakening consumer demand as the region's economies grapple with the fallout from ...

That is just as well, because as a woman I am banned from physically touching the dohyo or any of the paraphernalia around it -- the water ladles, the salt that wrestlers toss in ritual purification, ...

TOKYO -- Japanese auto parts maker Autobacs Seven is helping to train foreign auto mechanics amid a worsening shortage in Japan as workers age out of the field and low wages keep young people away.