Asia

China says NATO’s conduct has pushed the current tension between Russia and Ukraine to a “breaking point.” During a daily news briefing in Beijing on Wednesday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian called on the United States to take China’s concerns seriously and avoid undermining its interests in handling the …

China has reiterated its opposition to the use of illegal and unilateral sanctions against Russia in the wake of a Western move to block a certain number of Russian banks from the SWIFT interbank system amid the conflict in Ukraine. Speaking at a regular daily news briefing in Beijing on …

North Korea has hailed as “great significant” a test of for developing a reconnaissance satellite, state media reported Monday, a day after Seoul said it had detected a ballistic missile launch. The test, which took place on Sunday, “is of great significance in developing the reconnaissance satellite,” the state-run Korean …

The Japan’s military says North Korea has fired an apparent ballistic missile in its first test since launching a raft of projectiles in January. Japan’s coast guard reported the launch on Sunday while South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff also reported that the North had fired at least one “unidentified projectile” …

China’s President Xi Jinping has underlined the significance of Beijing’s cooperation with Pyongyang in a message to North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un, the North’s state KCNA news agency reported. Xi further emphasized that China is ready to “develop the China-DPRK relations of friendship and cooperation” under a “new situation,” KCNA …

Demonstrators have rallied in Jaipur city over the hijab ban in the southern state of Karnataka, as the backlash over restrictions on the Muslim head covering in schools intensifies across India. Protesters on Saturday came out on the streets of Jaipur in Rajasthan state with posters and chanted slogans, condemning …

The Taliban government in Afghanistan has condemned as “theft” and a sign of “moral decay” a recent decision by the United States to use billions of dollars of frozen Afghan assets to compensate the claimants of the September 11, 2001 attacks. The White House announced on Friday that the administration of US President Joe Biden …

Police in Pakistan’s second-largest city, Lahore, said Thursday a powerful bomb attached to a motorcycle was detonated in a busy marketplace, killing at least two people and injuring at least 20 others. Police officials say the bomb went off in the eastern city’s Anarkali bazaar, known for selling Indian goods. …

Chinese forces followed and warned away a U.S. warship that entered waters near the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea, the country’s military said on Thursday, but the U.S. Navy denied the ship had been warned off. The Southern Theatre Command of the People’s Liberation Army said the USS …

The massive ash cloud covering the island nation prevented surveillance flights from New Zealand from assessing the damage. The tsunami threat around the Pacific from a huge undersea volcanic eruption receded on Sunday, but a massive ash cloud covering the tiny island nation of Tonga prevented surveillance flights from New …

North Korea fired at least two ballistic missiles on Friday, its third test in less than two weeks, just hours after criticising a U.S. push for new sanctions over the previous launches as a “provocation” and warning of a strong reaction. Two weeks of missile launches by North Korea, retaliatory …

Over 2,000 Russia-led troops began withdrawing from Kazakhstan after being deployed when peaceful protests over an energy price hike turned into unprecedented violence claiming dozens of lives. The decision to dispatch peacekeepers was a first for the Moscow-led Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO), often touted by Russia as a NATO …

Turkmenistan’s leader has ordered experts to find a way to finally extinguish a massive five-decade-old fire in a giant natural gas crater in the Central Asian country, dubbed the “Gateway to Hell.” Citing environmental and economic concerns, President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov appeared on state television Saturday telling officials to put out …

Japan decided on Friday to declare quasi-emergency measures in three regions in order to stem a COVID-19 surge that some officials have linked to US military bases in the country. According to reports, it would mark the first such measures since September, when Japan lifted emergency controls that had prevailed …

North Korea says it has successfully test-fired a hypersonic missile, in the first such launch of the year, as the country pursues new military capabilities. The official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Thursday that the projectile, which was fired from the east coast of North Korea and landed in …

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi has urged the US to impose restrictions on the troops stationed in Japan amid a spread of COVID-19 cases among the US military personnel. According to Press TV, the request to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday came as virus cases surged on …

Taiwan’s air force has conducted a drill simulating a war situation to show the self-ruled island’s combat readiness amid heightened tensions with Beijing. The exercises were carried out at a base in the southern city of Chiayi on Wednesday, where Taiwanese jets took off into the sky as part of …

At least 12 people died and 13 were injured in a stampede at a religious shrine in India during Saturday’s early hours as pilgrims gathered to offer new-year prayers, officials said. The disaster happened at the Mata Vaishno Devi in Indian-administered Kashmir, one of the most revered Hindu shrines in …

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has capped off his 10th year in power with a speech that underscored the need to improve the country’s economy and its people’s standard of living, according to state media. He made the remarks following a key ruling-party meeting in the capital Pyongyang on Friday amid …

The Ministry of Industry in South Korea said that exports rose by 25.8 percent in 2021 compared to the previous year . The ministry stated that exports recorded their highest level ever, against the backdrop of strong demand for chips and petroleum products amid the global economic recovery . The volume of …