China's birthrate fell to a record low last year, deepening a demographic crisis that could drag on the world's second-largest economy for decades.
The Chinese population shrank for the fourth year in a row in 2025, even as Beijing struggles to (...)
Japan and the Philippines signed two defence pacts on Thursday, including a deal allowing their forces to exchange supplies and services, with both countries seeking to strengthen security cooperation in response to rising regional tensions and to (...)
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney hailed a new "strategic partnership" with China during a meeting with leader Xi Jinping Friday, as the US ally took steps to reset ties with Beijing in the face of historic friction with Donald Trump.
Canada and (...)
A federal judge in San Diego sentenced on Monday a former US Navy sailor to more than 16 years in prison for spying, prosecutors said.
Jinchao Wei, 25, was convicted selling technical and operating manuals for ships and operating systems to an (...)
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung arrived in China on Sunday as Beijing looks to deepen ties with the nearby country after heightened tensions between China and Japan over Taiwan, a self-ruled island it claims as its sovereign territory.
China's (...)
Cuba has said 32 of its citizens were killed during the US military operation to abduct and arrest Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife in Caracas.
Havana announced two days of mourning on January 5 and 6 in honor of those (...)
Japan has protested after Chinese fighter jets locked radars on Japanese aircraft as tensions between the two nations worsened.
Locking radar onto an aircraft is considered a threat because it can signal a potential attack. Japan said there were two (...)
Hongkongers headed to the polls Sunday in a Legislative Council (LegCo) election seen as a test of public sentiment after a devastating residential fire that has left nearly 160 people dead and fueled widespread anger over building safety and (...)
Japan and Australia called for calm Sunday after Chinese military aircraft locked radar on Japanese fighter jets near Okinawa, escalating tensions already heightened by recent remarks from Japan's prime minister on Taiwan.
Defense Minister Shinjiro (...)
أعلنت شركة زايا، المتخصصة في تطوير المشاريع السكنية والتجارية والتابعة لشركة ركاز، عن إطلاق مشروع أبفيدا متعدد الاستخدامات في قلب الخبر، وذلك على هامش مشاركتها في سيتي سكيب السعودية، أبرز منصة إقليمية تستعرض مسار التحول العمراني في المملكة، في خطوة (...)
It was the most momentous event in UK history since World War Two. As a new virus took hold, millions of us were told to stay at home and billions of pounds were spent propping up the country's economy.
The Covid inquiry will publish its second set (...)
The Dutch government has suspended its intervention at Nexperia, a Chinese-owned chipmaker based in the Netherlands, following talks with China.
The Netherlands took action in September over "serious governance shortcomings" and concerns over the (...)
For India, few friendships have been as strategically valuable — and as politically costly — as its long embrace of Bangladesh's former leader Sheikh Hasina.
During 15 years in power she delivered what Delhi prizes most in its periphery: stability, (...)
The releases of at least two popular Japanese films have been postponed in China as the countries are locked in a dispute over Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's remarks about Taiwan.
The delayed releases include Cells at Work! and Crayon Shin-chan the (...)
The UN Security Council has voted in favor of a US-drafted resolution that endorses US President Donald Trump's 20-point plan for Gaza.
Included in the plan is the establishment of an International Stabilization Force (ISF), to which, the US says, (...)
China has warned its citizens against traveling to Japan as it escalates a backlash over comments by the country's prime minister about the island of Taiwan.
The dictum is Beijing's most substantive retaliation yet to Sanae Takaichi's remarks. Even (...)
Japanese stocks related to tourism and retail fell on Monday after China warned its citizens not to travel to the country as Tokyo and Beijing remain locked in a row over Taiwan.
Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, who has been a vocal critic of (...)
The 27 leaders of the European Union are gearing up for a high-voltage summit in Brussels with a packed agenda devoted to Ukraine, climate targets and China, all of which could lead to fraught negotiations and delicate compromises in the room.
The (...)
RIYADH — Minister of Municipalities and Housing Majed Al-Hogail is set to begin an Asian tour on Thursday to China and South Korea, aimed at boosting international partnerships in the fields of housing, urban technologies, and smart cities. This is (...)
UK prosecutors have dropped charges against two men, including a former parliamentary researcher, who had been accused of spying for China.
Christopher Cash, 30, and Christopher Berry, 33, had previously denied the charges under the Official Secrets (...)
US space agency Nasa has blocked Chinese citizens with valid US visas from its facilities – a move that effectively bars them from working at one of the most respected space research centres.
Chinese nationals, who could only work at Nasa as (...)
One of the UK's top planning lawyers has said it would be "unlawful" for the government to grant planning permission for a Chinese "mega embassy" near the Tower of London.
The opinion, from Lord Banner KC, was submitted to the government on Monday, (...)
WASHINGTON — Governor of the Public Investment Fund said Saudi Arabia's economic transformation "could be greater" than what China achieved in the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s, as the sovereign investor leans on a "really good filtration process" to (...)
European leaders will visit the United States on Monday or Tuesday to discuss ways to end the war in Ukraine, Donald Trump has said.
The US president added that he would also speak to Russian President Vladimir Putin "soon", as well as signalling (...)
The nightmare began with a phone call that would cost Anjali (not her real name) 58.5m rupees ($663,390).
The caller claimed to be from a courier company, alleging that Mumbai customs had seized a drug parcel she was sending to Beijing.
Anjali, a (...)
