Asia

Taiwanese health officials have urged the public to avoid bulk buying Panadol and sending them overseas, as pharmacy shelves across the island are being cleared of the medicine. “We would like to remind everyone that they should buy drugs…

Pakistani security forces have stormed a counterterrorism center in a remote northwestern district to free several security officials taken hostage two days ago by armed group, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). The fate of hostages inside…

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim is suing Perikatan Nasional (PN) chairman Muhyiddin Yassin over the latter’s allegation that Datuk Seri Anwar was paid RM15 million (US$3.38 million) while he was the economic adviser to Selangor. The…

India's foreign minister has said that the country has scaled up troop deployment along a disputed border with China to an unprecedented level. S Jaishankar added that India wouldn't let China "unilaterally change" the status…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has made an unannounced visit to the frontline city of Bakhmut, where Ukrainian and Russian forces have fought a fierce, months-long battle. He met troops and handed out awards to…

Business is suddenly booming for China’s lemon farmers as citizens turn to natural remedies to fight a mounting wave of Covid-19 infections. “The market is very much on fire,” said one farmer called Wen. Wen grows lemons on about 53ha in…

Japan on Tuesday designated 11 key fields including semiconductors, batteries and rare earths as critical materials that need to be secured stably even in times of emergency. The issue of supply chain resiliency for strategic resources…

Seventeen civic groups in the Philippines agreed Monday to form a network to eradicate statelessness of people in the country, including war-displaced Filipino-Japanese descendants, by 2024. The Civil Society Network on Statelessness aims…

N Korea has released satellite imagery of South Korea’s Seoul and Incheon cities presumed to have been shot during a test. North Korea has conducted an “important, final phase” test in the development of a military reconnaissance…

Japan's Foreign Ministry on Monday shared with lawmakers a rights group's report claiming that Tokyo is unwittingly hosting a so-called Chinese overseas police station, believed to monitor and threaten Chinese citizens abroad. Tokyo was…