China sent a record 18 nuclear-capable bombers into Taiwan's air defence zone, Taipei said today, just days after Beijing banned more Taiwanese imports in the latest sign of deteriorating ties.

India's defence minister accused China today of trying to "unilaterally change the status quo" on their disputed Himalayan border last week when clashes left troops on both sides injured.."On 09 December 2022, PLA troops attempted to unilaterally change the status quo by encroaching on the

Covid cases are surging in the Chinese capital, officials said yesterday, as the country navigates a rapid turn away from its zero-tolerance coronavirus strategy.

At least three people were killed when gunmen attacked a hotel popular with Chinese business people in the Afghan capital yesterday, with witnesses reporting multiple blasts and several bursts of gunfire.

A senior US delegation in China discussed ways to improve ties and the issue of Taiwan with their local counterparts, Beijing said yesterday, as they laid the groundwork for a planned visit by Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

China said Monday it would retire an app used to track travel to areas with Covid-19 cases, a milestone in the country's rapid turn away from its zero-tolerance coronavirus strategy.

Taiwan’s premier yesterday accused China of violating international trade rules and “discriminating” against the island after it halted more Taiwanese imports.

Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai received a fresh jail sentence of five years and nine months yesterday after being found guilty of fraud in a contractual dispute.

A cyclonic storm killed at least four people in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu yesterday, the top state official said, as heavy rain and

A Vietnamese oil service vessel rescued 154 people from a sinking boat in the Andaman Sea and has transferred them to Myanmar’s navy, state media reported, a group that was confirmed by activists as minority Rohingya.

China yesterday announced the first delivery of its new domestically produced passenger jet, with the aircraft expected to make its commercial debut early next year.

Cyclone ‘Mandous’ is expected to make landfall on India’s southeastern coast around midnight, authorities said yesterday. Tamil Nadu state said it has

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party won by a crushing landslide in his home state, election results showed Thursday, in a strong performance ahead of a national vote due in 2024..In its best-ever performance in the western state of around 60 million people, the Hindu nationalist Bh

South Korea on Thursday passed laws to scrap its traditional method of counting ages and adopt the international standard - a shift which will make its citizens either 1 or 2 years younger on official documents.

The UN Refugee Agency has urged regional countries to immediately rescue and safely disembark around 200 Rohingyas who have been stranded on a boat off the coast of Thailand in the Andaman Sea.

An Afghan man convicted of murder was executed in public Wednesday, the Taliban said, the first confirmation of such a punishment since the hardline Islamists returned to power.

Pakistan’s smog-hit Lahore will close schools for two days a week to protect children’s health, with the city yesterday clocking in as the world’s most polluted according to a global air quality index.

China yesterday announced a nationwide loosening of Covid restrictions following protests against the hardline strategy that grew into calls for greater political freedoms.

The ruling Nepali Congress party has emerged as Nepal’s single largest party after winning 89 seats in the 275-member parliament in a general election last

A photography exhibition, co-organised by China Daily and Asia News Network, will open in Hong Kong on December 9, 2022.