Daily Asia briefing

The former chairwoman of Taiwan’s main opposition party, the Kuomintang (KMT), has called for cross-strait dialogue to break the state of “cold peace”, rebuild trust and avoid conflict. “The key to cross-strait relations...

The strike set several refinery units ablaze, its operator said. There was no sign of a deal to end the war after President Trump threatened to destroy Iran’s infrastructure.

United States-based scholars sign open letter raising concerns about conduct, rhetoric during US-Israeli war on Iran.

Bandar Abbas connects Iran’s inland regions to the Gulf and oversees key maritime routes near islands such as Qeshm and Hormuz.

The shortage comes amid a price hike for plastic goods, driven by surging oil prices due to the Middle East conflict.

Iranian officials said one of the longest bridges linking Tehran to the city of Karaj was destroyed overnight, while Iranian missiles and drones hit Israel, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait's largest oil...

The Sindh and Punjab governments announced relief measures on Friday, a day after the Centre announced an unprecedented increase of 43 per cent and 55pc in the prices of petrol and high-speed diesel (HSD), respectively,...

The US government has unveiled an AI export initiative designed to cement American technological leadership while countering China’s growing influence in the sector. Washington is inviting US companies to form “preset” c...

Channel NewsAsia is tracking Diplomacy & Power developments tied to Chelsea drop Fernandez for two games for comments on his future.

PHNOM PENH, April 3 - Cambodia's parliament on Friday passed the first law dedicated to targeting scam centres accused of bilking international victims out of billions of dollars, as pressure mounts on governments to tac...

Channel NewsAsia is tracking Diplomacy & Power developments tied to China moves to regulate digital humans, bans addictive services for children.

Channel NewsAsia is tracking Diplomacy & Power developments tied to Human remains found on Thai ship attacked in Hormuz strait: Firm.

Mr Ma Xingru was placed under investigation for “severe violations” of unspecified laws and party discipline.

Ma Xingrui, a member of China’s Politburo and the former Communist Party boss of Xinjiang, is being investigated by the anti-corruption watchdog, state news agency Xinhua reported on Friday. He is the third member of the...

Discover how bhajan clubbing is transforming devotional music in India.

Analysis of samples from the asteroid Ryugu has revealed all five nucleobases essential to DNA and RNA, strengthening evidence that life’s chemical building blocks are widespread in space. While not proof of extraterrest...

India imports 88% of its crude. Why then is it not seeing massive price hikes for fuel and LPG?

The Iran war is rattling Asian chipmakers as damage to Qatar’s gas facilities chokes off supplies of helium, an essential ingredient in manufacturing products ranging from smartphones to medical scanners. Analysts warn t...

Iran's Hormuz blockade affecting 20-25% of global crude exposes the 'five straits' crisis: volatile chokepoints (Hormuz, Bab al-Mandab, Malacca, Suez, Turkish) shipping 60M barrels/day affected by Houthi threats, piracy,...

Channel NewsAsia is tracking Diplomacy & Power developments tied to Bangladesh cuts office hours, turns off wedding lights to save energy.

Releasing political prisoners in Cuba has long been a US core demand as oil blockade continues.

The blockade in the Strait of Hormuz is affecting not only oil, but the global helium supply.

This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Hong Kong is expected to be hit by thunderstorms and showers on Saturday, with th...

Images released by state media showed a visibly delighted Ju Ae watching cats with her father and petting one perched on a tower.

Xiaomi has raised prices on several smartphone models, joining a broader wave of increases across China’s handset makers as surging memory chip costs ripple through the global consumer electronics supply chain. The compa...

An analysis of the image by NDTV Datafy suggests fires at four warehouses scattered across the waterfront infrastructure and support buildings at the base.

The decision takes effect on Apr 8.

The move reflects Beijing’s efforts to maintain control in the face of advances in AI.

Japan’s demographic crisis is playing out even behind bars. The number of elderly inmates has quadrupled over the past 20 years. Around a fifth of people over 65 live below the poverty line, struggling to make ends meet....

Foreigners can expect a 300 baht (S$11.80) fee when flying into Thailand.

Local media reported Mr Kim as saying households rearing pets are increasing in the nation.

Jimuel Pacquiao returns to the ring, four months after the eldest son of boxing icon Manny Pacquiao welcomed his first child

In this video report, Rappler scrutinizes the health infrastructure contracts cornered by EGB Construction, a firm owned by the brother of DOH Undersecretary Glenn Mathew Baggao

Israel's attacks on hospitals, medical centres and healthcare workers are fuelling displacement and a health crisis.

Two Iranian players who sought asylum in Australia before changing their minds tell their story to Al Jazeera.

Shunichi Fujiki, the person cited in the post, did not say that the UN is willing to rescue Duterte, nor is he the official spokesperson of the international organization, contrary to what the post implies