The Latest Breaking News from Asia

Vietnam’s Ha Giang loop is considered one of the most scenic (and challenging) motorbike trails in southeast Asia – Laura French takes on the four-day journey through this remarkable region

While dramas about male same-sex romance (known as “boys’ love”, or BL) have been popular in Asia since 2010, “girls’ love” (GL) dramas are only now seeing a meteoric rise in popularity – and they are coming out of Thailand.

Star designer warns London risks falling behind the emerging cities of Asia

Asian markets mostly rose Monday as investors assessed the global economic outlook while Donald Trump pushes ahead with his trade war.

Nita Ambani says her three children are choosing the roles they take at Reliance Industries instead of being told by their parents.

Famine Early Warning Systems Network (Fews Net), a web-based platform for predicting famine, went offline on 30 January 2025. The system had provided up-to-date data to predict and track food insecurity in nearly 30 countries in Africa, central America and Asia for 40 years. It was funded by the US…

Pakistan's batting great Babar Azam became the joint fastest to score 6000 ODI runs and the fastest in Asia during his knock against New Zealand in the tri-series final at the National Stadium in Karachi on Friday.

The father and son duo will take on another action-packed road trip, this time travelling through parts of Asia.

Ukraine is headed for a messy, quick-fix ceasefire – which is unlikely to deliver long term peace in eastern Europe. A likely outcome from what the Trump and Putin teams are proposing could be ten years of guerrilla warfare across a large chunk of Europe and the borders of Asia.

Japan, South Korea and Australia are lobbying the mercurial US president for exemptions on tariffs.

The remarks, reflecting similar sentiments from another top monetary policymaker, came a day before the release of closely watched inflation data and reinforced expectations that borrowing costs would likely remain elevated for some time.