Daily Asia briefing

A significant reduction of 35 per cent in combat-related fatalities was recorded across Pakistan during the month of March, coinciding with Operation Ghazab lil-Haq, according to monthly statistics released by a think ta...

PARIS, April 1 - French peacekeeping troops serving in Lebanon were subjected to 'absolutely unacceptable intimidation', said France's junior army minister on Wednesday.

While Iran’s selective approach to allowing access to the Strait of Hormuz could push more countries to the negotiating table, the bigger issue is having to engage on Tehran’s terms rather than on the basis of a purely c...

VILNIUS, April 1 - Drones detected in Estonia appear to have strayed from Ukraine while headed for Russia, the Baltic country's armed forces said late on Tuesday.

MOSCOW, April 1 - The Russian Defence Ministry said on Wednesday that its forces had taken full control of the Luhansk region in eastern Ukraine, suggesting they had wrested control of a small sliver of land which had re...

The mission, years in the making, will see four astronauts embark on a 10-day mission covering 2.25 million km.

Channel NewsAsia is tracking Diplomacy & Power developments tied to India's Wipro names Nagendra Bandaru as CEO of AI segment.

Channel NewsAsia is tracking Diplomacy & Power developments tied to SpaceX seen as make-or-break test for mega IPOs.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Wednesday that many countries were facing difficulties in maintaining the balance between demand and supply of essential commodities due to the global situation, but Pakistan was add...

The move highlights a growing effort to address overtourism as the number of foreign visitors rises.

Channel NewsAsia is tracking Diplomacy & Power developments tied to Pakistan says it is holding talks with Afghan government in China.

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) on Wednesday directed Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi to respond within 10 days to a petition seeking to prevent the mobilisation or activation of a “rele...

Malaysia saw more than 7,500 containers of suspected e-waste sent to the country from the US between January 2023 and February 2025.

Police suspect his murder is linked to a love triangle involving another man and woman.

It underscored both the urgency of inflation pressures and the outsized role of big business in the country’s economy.

The Pakistan Stock Exchange’s (PSX) benchmark KSE-100 index continued its bullish momentum on Wednesday, surging by over 7,400 points during intraday trade. The KSE-100 index climbed by 7,461.58 points, or 5.02 per cent,...

The resale price index fell by 0.1 per cent in the first quarter of 2026, marking the first quarterly drop since 2019.

Channel NewsAsia is tracking Diplomacy & Power developments tied to VinFast delaying break-even target to after 2027 due to growth push, sources say.

Channel NewsAsia is tracking Diplomacy & Power developments tied to South Korea to tighten public-sector driving curbs as energy alert raised.

Ezekiel Isaiah Tee Xu Jie preferred victims aged between nine and 15 and would check that they were boys before targeting them.

Devastating thunderstorms, whirlwinds, lightning and hail have slammed parts of Vietnam recently.

ISLAMABAD: Government officials said during a public hearing on Tuesday that liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies were under force majeure and not available for power generation. Force majeure is a clause included in con...

Channel NewsAsia is tracking Diplomacy & Power developments tied to Hasbro says investigating cybersecurity incident.

The artworks are among the most valuable art assets successfully recovered so far.

Officials from Pakistan, Afghanistan and China met on Wednesday in the Chinese city of Urumqi under the trilateral mechanism. Since Pakistan launched Operation Ghazab lil-Haq against terrorist hideouts in Afghanistan on...

Any cannabis shop seeking a licence renewal would have to upgrade into a medical facility.

Valued at nearly US$140,000, the artworks are being repatriated with US cooperation - with more still under recovery and possible public display planned, said Malaysia’s Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).

BEIJING, April 1 - Li Xiong, a former leader at a Cambodian financial conglomerate accused of laundering money for crime organisations, has been extradited from Cambodia to China, Cambodia said on Wednesday, adding that...

ISLAMABAD: A total of 109 Pakista­nis were among at least 2,722 persons from the Asia-Pacific region who died or disappeared around the world last year in an attempt to cross illegally into other countries, according to...