Daily Asia briefing

The blockade on ships “entering or departing Iranian ports and coastal areas” will begin on Monday, U.S. Central Command said. But U.S. forces will not impede vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz, a step back from Pre...

Iran sees American demands as reaching far beyond what the United States achieved in war. Tehran is gambling that it can withstand further bombardment more than Washington is willing to sustain economic chaos, experts sa...

Nguyen Van Loc was persecuted for performing Hanoi’s old romantic music during (and after) the Vietnam War. He can’t stop. He won’t stop.

While President Trump’s war aims have changed by the moment, Iran has stuck to firm demands. The question is whether it will compromise in peace negotiations.

Legal action follows war of words with Sentebale chair after Duke of Sussex’s resignation as patronThe Duke of Sussex is being sued by Sentebale in the latest twist in the bitter fallout over the African charity he co-fo...

New study describes what may be the first case of a unified community of chimps, in Uganda, turning on itselfOn a June day in 2015, primatologist Aaron Sandel was quietly observing a small cluster of the Ngogo chimpanzee...

Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who has inspired populist movements globally, could not overcome the growing dissatisfaction of his own citizens.

Mr. Magyar’s success in the Hungarian election is fueled in large part by widespread public anger at corruption and concern about sluggish economic growth.

Mauritian foreign minister pledges to ‘spare no effort’ to regain control of islands, as US fails to give approval of deal A senior official in Mauritius’ government has vowed that the Chagos Islands will be “decolonised...

Few expect the vote to resolve the political instability that has plagued the country for years. Three presidents have come and gone since 2021.

As president Patrice Talon steps down after a decade, the west African country’s finance minister is favourite to winThis Sunday, just four months after a failed coup, Benin heads to the polls for a presidential election...

With Prime Minister Viktor Orban, a standard-bearer for global populism, in political peril, the vote on Sunday could have far-reaching implications.

Officials confirm misfire as Amnesty gives death toll after speaking to survivors of strike on market in Yobe stateA Nigerian air force strike targeting jihadist rebels hit a market in north-east Nigeria, killing more th...

The tragedy took place at the Citadelle Laferrière, a historic fortress in northern Haiti and one of the country’s defining symbols.

The men, sent to the southern African country in July, have been denied in-person counsel for nine months Four men deported by the US to Eswatini and denied in-person legal counsel for nine months while detained in a max...