North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for waging what he called another arduous march to fight severe economic difficulties, for the first time comparing them to a 1990s famine that killed hundre...

Shares are opening slightly higher on Wall Street, following gains in Europe and Asia overnight...

Global shares are mostly higher as progress on coronavirus vaccinations countered worries over flaring outbreaks in many countries...

Asian shares are mixed after Wall Street took a breather, with major indexes edging lower...

Many in Myanmar have found a safer, more substantive way to protest the country’s military coup...

A Malaysian court is hearing an appeal by ex-Prime Minister Najib Razak to overturn his conviction and 12-year jail sentence linked to the massive looting of the 1MDB state investment fund that brough...

Rescuers are being hampered by damaged bridges and roads and a lack of heavy equipment after torrential rains caused multiple disasters on remote eastern Indonesian islands...

The Philippine government has extended a lockdown by another week after an alarming spike in coronavirus infections continued to surge and started to overwhelm many hospitals in the capital and outlyi...

Rescuers were being hampered by damaged bridges and roads and a lack of heavy equipment after torrential rains caused multiple disasters on remote eastern Indonesian islands...

Indonesian authorities say a collision between a cargo ship and a fishing boat has left 17 people missing off Indonesia’s main island of Java...