US and Kurds discuss potential Iran military operation: sources
Iranian Kurdish militias have consulted with the United States in recent days about whether, and how, to attack Iran’s security forces in the western...
Muslim community in Japan shaken by suspected arson attacks: ‘everyone is scared’
Muslims in a small town in northern Japan have been rattled by several suspected arson attacks, following months of online agitation targeting the community...
Manufacturing talent boom? Why China’s smartest students are factory-bound
New Tsinghua University data this week reveals a nearly 20 per cent rise in graduates joining the manufacturing and energy sectors, signalling a major...
Jack Ma, Alibaba executives meet teachers to discuss how education should adapt in AI era
Chinese billionaire Jack Ma and the core leadership of Alibaba Group Holding and Ant Group spent over an hour with teachers in Hangzhou on...
Unification Church faces liquidation after Japanese court backs dissolution order
A Japanese high court on Wednesday upheld a dissolution order for the Unification Church as requested by the central government on the grounds that...
Hong Kong’s Ocean Park to open new conservation centre featuring whale skeleton
Hong Kong’s Ocean Park will transform its North Pole Encounter zone into a new marine mammal conservation centre, set to showcase the skeleton of...
Singapore court reduces oil tycoon OK Lim’s prison sentence to 13½ years on appeal
The founder of failed oil trading firm Hin Leong Trading, 84-year-old Lim Oon Kuin, had his jail term cut by four years after a...
Seoul shares award-winning AI sex crime detection tool for free across South Korea
Seoul will offer its patented artificial intelligence system, which automatically detects and reports sexually exploitative content online, free of charge to institutions across South...
‘Do we have to wait until someone gets hurt?’: Hongkongers stuck in Dubai face travel chaos
Some Hong Kong residents stranded in the Middle East amid the US-Israeli attack on Iran have voiced frustration over repeated flight cancellations, rising hotel...