Daily Asia briefing

President Trump said talks were underway. A top Iranian official denied that, while other Iranians said messages were being traded through intermediaries.

The United States will face a “critical shortage” of China expertise within a decade that threatens to leave policymakers struggling to manage Washington’s most consequential strategic relationship, a report said on Mond...

Netanyahu reiterated that the ongoing strikes were "crushing the missile programme and the nuclear programme" of Iran and also "inflicting heavy damage on Hezbollah

Civilian targets have been struck by all three warring parties.

Israel's far-right finance minister says Litani River must be 'the new Israeli border', as attacks on Lebanon ramp up.

Pakistan, the only nuclear-armed Muslim state, faces mounting pressure as its Saudi defense pact and Iran ties clash amid the intensifying regional war.

A federal judge on Monday blocked US President Donald Trump’s administration from enforcing a new policy that would subject thousands of refugees to arrest and detention if after a year in the United States they had yet...

Meloni vowed to press on after losing a vote on constitutional reform many turned into a referendum on her government.

SYDNEY, March 24 - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will meet Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Canberra on Tuesday as both sides seek to clinch a long-delayed free trade deal following nego...

Less than 48 hours before the US-Israeli strike on Iran began, Prime Minister Benjamin ⁠Netanyahu spoke by phone to US President Donald Trump about the reasons for launching the kind of complex, far-off war the American...

Channel NewsAsia is tracking Diplomacy & Power developments tied to Freeport-McMoRan confident in copper demand despite Iran conflict, CEO says.

Pakistan, along with Turkiye and Egypt, is engaged in “active back-channel diplomacy” to “bridge the gap between” the US and Iran, an official in the administration confirmed to Dawn on Monday. The official said that thr...

Channel NewsAsia is tracking Diplomacy & Power developments tied to US crude oil futures rise over $1 in early Asia trade.

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Times of India World is tracking Economy & Trade developments tied to Who was Antoine Forest? Pilot killed in Air Canada crash at New York’s LaGuardia Airport.

Times of India World is tracking Economy & Trade developments tied to Is LaGuardia airport open? Hundreds of flights disrupted after fatal runway collision in New York.

Times of India World is tracking Economy & Trade developments tied to Did ICE arrest a 'US citizen' from San Francisco airport after Trump deployed them to fill TSA crisis?.

Times of India World is tracking Economy & Trade developments tied to Stranger Things becomes real! Scientists create ‘living walls’ that grow and heal themselves.

As China undergoes a sweeping economic transition, its regions are also in the process of embracing change. The powerhouses of yesteryear must adapt or risk falling behind, as traditional industries become less reliable...

Energy prices fall and stock markets rebound after the US president says "very good and productive" talks have been held.

Energy prices fall and stock markets rebound after the US president says "very good and productive" talks have been held.

A Jewish man in Australia filmed the moment he confronted a group of men who allegedly performed a Nazi salute, and yelled “heil Hitler” and “gas the Jews” at him and others in Melbourne.

Rerouting and diversification cannot help when a significant chunk of oil and gas have been taken off the market.

The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) on Monday predicted rainfall and thunderstorms across the country from March 24 to March 30 with “occasional gaps”. In a press release, the Met Office said, “A western disturb...

Once associated mainly with tactical tool watches and G-Shocks, black watches have evolved into a design language of their own.

Singapore does not need to rush to conclusions about assisted dying, but it needs to have the courage to begin the conversation, says Sree Narayana Mission’s Board of Trustees chairman Dileep Nair.

Just a few days ago we eliminated two more (Iranian) nuclear scientists, and this is not the end, he said.

Senior Iranian officials deny that Iran held talks with the US

In the aftermath of the collision of Air Canada flight AC8646 with a fire truck in New York, US transportation chief Sean Duffy emphasized that seat belts helped save lives

The mysterious story of the dance troupe advertised all over New York City.

Iranian tech workers and professors who are connected to the Iranian regime arrested for spying and working as a foreign agent for Iran

Land reclamation could make Antelope Reef China’s largest outpost in the South China Sea, think tank says.

The EU used a procedural motion to block a U.S. resolution at the United Nations that sought to define gender as referring to biological men and women, leaving it without a vote.

Workers had been replacing a sewer system when they discovered a wooden beam protruding from the pavement.

Alex Eala has yet to beat a Czech Republic player since she turned professional in 2020 as her Miami Open run ends at the hands of world No. 14 Karolina Muchova in the round of 16

Non-local students could pay up to HK$350,000 (US$44,680) per year to study in Hong Kong’s semi-private schools after the institutions were allowed to admit them by offering additional places, with scholarships to cover...