Global shares and New York futures have skidded on concern over a resurgence of coronavirus cases and pessimism after Wall Street posted its worst week in nearly three months...

Chinese news reports say the billionaire founder of the world’s biggest appliance manufacturer, Midea Group, was held hostage by intruders in his home but was rescued by police...

Journalist Maria Ressa has been convicted of libel in a Philippine court decision called a blow to press freedom in an Asian bastion of democracy...

Asian shares are mostly lower on concern over a resurgence of coronavirus cases and pessimism after Wall Street posted its worst week in nearly three months...

An award-winning journalist critical of the Philippine president has been convicted of libel and sentenced to jail in a decision called a major blow to press freedom in an Asian bastion of democracy...

Journalist Maria Ressa, online news site convicted of libel in ruling considered a blow to press freedom in Philippines...

China is reporting its biggest one-day jump in cases in two months after closing the biggest wholesale food market in Beijing and locking down nearby residential communities...

China has reported its highest daily total of new coronavirus cases in two months and infections in South Korea also rose, showing how the disease can come back as curbs on business and travel are lif...

South Korea has convened an emergency security meeting and urged North Korea to uphold reconciliation agreements, hours after the North threatened to demolish a liaison office and take military action...

China has reported its highest one-day total for new coronavirus cases in two months and closed the capital's biggest wholesale food market...