COLOMBO, SRI LANKA — Sri Lanka’s prime minister said Tuesday the constitution will be changed to clip presidential powers and empower Parliament as protesters continued to...
SEOUL — The U.S. envoy for North Korea arrived in Seoul on Monday for talks with his South Korean counterparts on ways to address Pyongyang’s increased...
BEIJING — Shanghai authorities on Monday reported the first COVID-19 deaths of the latest outbreak in China’s most populous and wealthiest city. All three who died...
The death toll from Pakistani military air strikes in eastern Afghanistan’s two provinces of Khost and Kunar rose to at least 47, officials said on Sunday....
Hong Kong reported a total of 747 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Sunday as the number of infections continues to fall from tens of thousands last...
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — Ri Chun Hi, North Korea’s most famous state TV anchor, has announced major events for decades, including nuclear and missile tests and...
JAKARTA, INDONESIA — Indonesia’s Parliament approved a far-reaching law on Tuesday that sets punishments for sexual violence after being spurred into action by a recent case...
South Korea’s president-elect Yoon Suk-yeol met with former President Park Geun-hye on Tuesday for the first time since he led a corruption probe that resulted in...
MANILA, PHILIPPINES — Heavy rains caused by a summer tropical depression killed at least 25 people in the central and southern Philippines, mostly due to landslides,...
Japan has cancelled the purchase of about 40 million Astrazeneca Plc COVID-19 vaccine doses it agreed to buy last year, a health ministry official said in...
NEW DELHI — India began offering booster doses of COVID-19 vaccine to all adults on Sunday but limited free shots at government centers to front-line workers...