Beijing’s top diplomat yesterday told his Japanese counterpart he sees “positive signals” from Tokyo’s new leadership, after the country swore in a prime minister long viewed as a China hawk.

Artificial rain experiment aims to reduce smog as respiratory illnesses rise

Autopsies reveal 39 demonstrators were killed by bullets aimed at the chest, head and neck; human rights body probing excessive police force

A Chinese delegation will head to Brussels in the coming weeks for talks on export curbs Beijing has imposed on rare earths, European Council President Antonio Costa said on Monday.

Said on his visit with North Korean Foreign Minister

Trump's aides have accused India of fuelling Russia's war in Ukraine by buying Moscow's oil

The deal was signed by Thai PM Anutin Charnvirakul and Cambodian PM Hun Manet

Trump is set to meet Xi in South Korea on the last day of his regional swing

Pakistan’s defence minister said yesterday he believes Afghanistan wants peace but that failure to reach an agreement during talks in Istanbul would mean “open war,” days after both sides agreed to a ceasefire following deadly border clashes.

Thailand’s Queen Mother Sirikit, who brought glamour and elegance to a postwar revival in the country’s monarchy and who, in later years, would occasionally wade into politics, has died aged 93, the Thai Royal Household Bureau said yesterday.

The talks in Istanbul, which began on Saturday and are expected to continue into Sunday

Beyond a twice-weekly route between Islamabad and Manchester, PIA plans to operate flights to London and Birmingham as well

Sirikit supported rural development, revitalised Thai silk industry

China will develop its high-tech sector on a massive scale in the next decade, top officials vowed yesterday, a day after meetings on the country’s future policy priorities concluded in Beijing.

India trialled cloud seeding over its smog-filled capital for the first time, spraying a chemical from an aeroplane to encourage rain and wash deadly particles out of the air.

46th Asean summit will be held from October 26 to 28

Bus collided with a motorbike, triggering the blaze and trapping sleeping passengers inside

Confirmed Thai authorities

North Korea said yesterday it had tested a “cutting-edge” new weapon system using hypersonic missiles aimed at bolstering its defences against Pyongyang’s foes.

Taiwan has culled dozens of pigs after detecting its first cases of African swine fever, with the agriculture ministry saying yesterday no other infections have been detected elsewhere on the island.