Tag: Asia

TOKYO (news agencies) — Japan’s governing party is holding its leadership election on Friday that will determine the nation’s new ...

BANGKOK (news agencies) — Thailand’s landmark marriage equality bill was officially written into law Tuesday, allowing same-sex couples to legally ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (news agencies) — Singapore’s first ministerial corruption trial in nearly half a century began Tuesday, with former ...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (news agencies) — A roadside blast caused by an improvised explosive device, targeting a convoy of foreign diplomats, ...

Western governments eagerly approved and even pushed for the adoption of South Korean children for decades, despite evidence that adoption ...

NEW YORK (news agencies) — Wall Street is rising toward records Thursday as a delayed jubilation sweeps markets worldwide following ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan (news agencies) — Chinese warplanes tailed a U.S. military aircraft through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Tuesday, China’s ...

SRINAGAR, India (news agencies) — In Indian-controlled Kashmir, many people boycotted elections for decades in protest against Indian rule. But ...

BEIJING (news agencies) — Two people died in China’s eastern Jiangsu province as Typhoon Bebinca brought torrential rains and powerful ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (news agencies) — The Taliban have suspended polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan, the U.N. said Monday. ...