Daily Asia briefing

Even as the status of the Strait of Hormuz remained unclear and U.S. and Iranian officials issued dueling threats to resume attacks if the cease-fire fell apart, both countries had reason to hope it held together.

As Asia grappled with the impact of the Iran war, a major pharmaceutical milestone quietly made the headlines. On March 20, the patent for semaglutide, the active ingredient in Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic and Wegovy drugs, ex...

Hours after Israel hammered Beirut with multiple air strikes following the US-Iran ceasefire, residents searched for sur

Atleti take ⁠firm ⁠grip on the quarterfinal with 2-0 first-leg victory as Cubarsi sent off for Barcelona at ​Camp Nou.

The two-week ceasefire the United States agreed to with Iran on Tuesday not only sets a deadline to seal a deal with Tehran, but leaves just days before the expiration of the 60-day legal limit for waging war without con...

An oil rig worker from West Bengal recounts his life in Kuwait as U.S.-Israel-Iran war draws in, with fear, uncertainty and no clear way home

Former US attorney general Pam Bondi does not plan to appear for a planned interview with a House of Representatives committee on the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files following her firing by US President Donald Trump...

ATHENS, April 8 - Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday it would be unacceptable for ships to have to pay a fee to cross the Strait of Hormuz as Iran has suggested, and such a move would set a danger...

Channel NewsAsia is tracking Diplomacy & Power developments tied to Fury wants British heavyweight clash with Joshua after comeback fight.

Trump says U.S. will work closely with Iran, ⁠which, he claims, has undergone "regime change," and will be talking ‌about tariff and sanctions relief; he says there would be ‌no enrichment of uranium ​and said many of th...

Channel NewsAsia is tracking Diplomacy & Power developments tied to Red-hot PSG beat Liverpool 2-0 in quarter-final first leg.

Control of the Strait of Hormuz has emerged as the central fault line in US-Iran negotiations, with US President Donald Trump appearing to recast an earlier off-the-cuff idea into a more formal proposal that seeks to bri...

It's not clear under what legal authority Trump can tack on this tariff, and analysts called it an 'empty threat'.

Times of India World is tracking Economy & Trade developments tied to ‘She wanted to die...’: Canadian woman says 93-year-old mother nearly euthanised over one remark.

Times of India World is tracking Economy & Trade developments tied to Christmas gift horror: Former delivery driver pleads guilty to killing 7-year-old Athena Strand in Texas.

Times of India World is tracking Economy & Trade developments tied to Michigan man Daniyal Khan charged with kidnapping 12-year-old girl; child found using Amber Alert.

Times of India World is tracking Economy & Trade developments tied to 'Ketamine Queen' Jasveen Sangha gets 15 years in prison, sold drugs to Matthew Perry before his overdose death.

Times of India World is tracking Economy & Trade developments tied to 1,100 Afghans stranded in Qatar for over a year, US asking countries in Africa, Asia to take them.

Channel NewsAsia is tracking Diplomacy & Power developments tied to Atletico Madrid storm Camp Nou with 2-0 Champions League win over 10-man Barcelona.

YouTuber IShowSpeed is venturing into the anime world with a new series produced by Matt Owens, the showrunner of the live-action One Piece. This significant career milestone sees Speed's high-energy persona translated i...

The world counts down to Trump’s threats of destruction.

Under "Noelia's Law," the proposed changes would give family members the legal right to veto or at least delay the euthanasia process.

The Lavan refinery on the small Gulf island processes crude extracted from a nearby oilfield, which supplies Iran's highest quality oil for export, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).

Some wells can be turned on in days or weeks, but bringing the Gulf’s energy system back to something akin to normal will take months.

ISLAMABAD: Barrister Salman Safdar on Thursday met PTI founder Imran Khan at Adiala jail, a day after the Islamabad High Court (IHC) directed authorities to arrange the meeting. However, the lawyer departed from the prem...

Channel NewsAsia is tracking Diplomacy & Power developments tied to Applied Digital beats quarterly revenue estimates on surging AI infrastructure demand.

A man has admitted stabbing four children to death at a kindergarten in Uganda, saying he believed killing them as human sacrifices would make him wealthy, prosecutors said on Wednesday. The defendant, Christopher Okello...

Representatives from China, Afghanistan and Pakistan held a week of informal meetings in Xinjiang, said the Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman.

A federal judge on Wednesday handed down a sentence of 15 years in prison to a woman who pleaded guilty to selling Friends star Matthew Perry the ketamine that killed him in 2023. US District Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett...

Jasveen Sangha, 42, was one of five people charged over the death of the beloved Canadian-American actor.

Over 100 people have been killed and hundreds wounded by Israeli strikes in Lebanon, according to the Lebanese health ministry.

Memorial was co-winner of 2022 Peace Prize for its work in documenting human rights abuses in Russia.

A Long Island architect who led a secret life as a serial killer pleaded guilty on Wednesday to murdering seven women and admitted he killed an eighth in a string of long-unsolved crimes known as the Gilgo Beach killings...

For Islamabad, mediation is not a display of geopolitical muscle but an act of strategic self-preservation.

PRESS RELEASE: The Professional Regulation Commission announces that 1,954 out of 2,781 passed the March 2026 Physicians Licensure Examination

PRESS RELEASE: The Professional Regulation Commission announces that 1,954 out of 2,781 passed the April 2026 Physicians Licensure Examination