Daily Asia briefing

The Army Rocket Force Command conducted the successful training launch of the indigenously developed Fateh-II missile system, the military’s media wing said on Tuesday. In a statement, Inter-Services Public Relations (IS...

WARSAW, April 28 - Belarus has released Polish-Belarusian journalist Andrzej Poczobut, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Tuesday, as the two countries conducted a prisoner exchange at their border.

It also garnered the silver award for Best Use of Audio for the Age of Anxiety podcast series at the WAN-IFRA Digital Media Awards Asia 2026.

Five people were sentenced to life in Bahrain on Tuesday for plotting “terrorist and hostile acts” with Iran, which bombarded the tiny Gulf state during the Middle East war. Two Afghans and three Bahrainis were convicted...

April 28 - Saudi Arabia will host an exceptional meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council in Jeddah on Tuesday, the first in-person meeting of Gulf leaders since their states became a front in the Iran war two months ago.

Security forces destroyed multiple Afghan Taliban posts in Balochistan’s Chaman sector on Tuesday, said security sources. The sources said that the operation was carried out in response to “unprovoked aggression” by Afgh...

Channel NewsAsia is tracking Diplomacy & Power developments tied to Brazil's Militao to miss World Cup after hamstring surgery.

Channel NewsAsia is tracking Diplomacy & Power developments tied to Simeone shrugs off talk of Champions League burden ahead of Arsenal semi.

Channel NewsAsia is tracking Diplomacy & Power developments tied to Sesko backs Carrick to get Man United job.

Channel NewsAsia is tracking Diplomacy & Power developments tied to Five wounded in two shootings in Athens, 89-year-old gunman at large.

Channel NewsAsia is tracking Diplomacy & Power developments tied to Sinner sweeps past Norrie in to reach Madrid quarter-finals.

A minister said the funds would boost domestic tourism and curb capital outflows from overseas tourism.

Channel NewsAsia is tracking Diplomacy & Power developments tied to Dollar picks up, yen steady as central banks in focus after BOJ holds.

A sea of tents to host more than 1,000 people has built up at the foot of Everest.

Channel NewsAsia is tracking Diplomacy & Power developments tied to Russian central bank wants mandatory yuan reserves for lenders.

The EU approved a fresh round of sanctions on Russia in April, tightening restrictions on oil trade.

Channel NewsAsia is tracking Diplomacy & Power developments tied to AI fears drive US stock investors to rethink long-term growth bets, says Goldman .

The Politburo, a top decision-making body of the ruling Communist Party, was cited as saying by state news agency Xinhua that the economy got off to a better-than-expected start this year.

Channel NewsAsia is tracking Diplomacy & Power developments tied to Commonwealth becomes first fusion energy firm trying to connect to major US grid.

The study will build on an ongoing nationwide non-invasive geophysical survey that EMA said it commissioned in 2024 to identify areas in Singapore with the potential presence of geothermal energy.

Channel NewsAsia is tracking Diplomacy & Power developments tied to Chinese battery maker CATL signs first major sodium-ion deal for energy storage.

KARACHI: Sindh Governor Syed Muhammad Nehal Hashmi on Monday met with family members of 11 Pakistani crew members kidnapped by pirates who hijacked an oil tanker near Somalia last week. He assured the families that the f...

Channel NewsAsia is tracking Diplomacy & Power developments tied to Oil prices rise as no end to Iran war stand-off seems in sight.

Many countries have imposed temperature controls at government workplaces since the war began.

Experts have repeatedly sounded the alarm on the proposed zoo's massive animal intake.

A Taiwanese official said there was strong demand for inter-island patient transfers in places like Ishigaki.

The former first lady has been detained in jail since August.

SEOUL, April 28 - South Korea's former First Lady Kim Keon Hee was sentenced on Tuesday to four years in prison for stock manipulation and bribery, after an appeals court increased her earlier sentence.

JAKARTA, April 28 - The death toll from a train collision near the Indonesian capital Jakarta has risen to 14 with another 84 injured, the train operator said on Tuesday, as rescuers completed work to extract survivors s...

Habitat loss remains the core challenge.

April 28 - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday confronts a case with broad implications for human rights litigation in American courts, a long-running lawsuit brought by members of the Falun Gong spiritual movement who hav...

The statue was planned to be installed in a Korean cultural garden on city-owned land.

CCTV footage circulating on social media showed children at the Little Aresha daycare centre in Yogyakarta, most under two, lying on the floor wearing only diapers with their hands and feet bound with rags.

UNICEF said Afghanistan’s authorities should safeguard skills training and allow women to participate in the labour market.