Afghanistan quake death toll passes 1,100 as rescuers search for survivors
Published: 4:22pm, 2 Sep 2025Updated: 4:35pm, 2 Sep 2025 Rescue teams scoured Afghanistan’s mountainous east for survivors on Tuesday, as the death toll from...
‘Lost the battle’: EU told to accept defeat against China’s solar power sector
A group of French and German economists has urged Europe to identify which industries to support in the face of Chinese competition and boldly...
China scholars urge ‘truthful’ World War II accounts amid Western ‘historical nihilism’
In the run-up to Wednesday’s grand military parade in Beijing to commemorate the end of World War II, China has stepped up calls to...
SCO summit 2025: showcase of how far bloc has come in nearly a quarter century
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) was founded in 2001 as a Eurasian security bloc by China, Russia and the four Central Asian nations of...
Will Thailand’s next PM be decided by the reformist opposition?
Thailand’s protracted political crisis has taken another messy turn as the conservative establishment, seeking to break a parliamentary deadlock after the ousting of yet...
North Korea’s Kim Jong-un signals nuclear clout to US before China visit
The inspection by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un of several weapons and missile facilities ahead of a trip to China is to signal Pyongyang’s...
Hong Kong police arrest 86 in sweeping 15-day crackdown on triad activities
Hong Kong police have arrested 86 people, including triad members, in a sweeping 15-day crackdown on organised crime, ranging from theft and drug trafficking...
Sinking fund: Philippines lost up to US$2 billion in 2 years to flood corruption
The Philippines loses up to 70 per cent of government funds for flood-control projects to corruption, with losses as much as US$2 billion crimping...
Bail for 2 Hong Kong doctors accused of leaking data to implicate surgeon
Two public hospital doctors have been granted bail after being arrested in Hong Kong on suspicion of leaking a patient’s data to accuse a...