Even a 6.8 magnitude earthquake wasn’t enough for authorities to allow residents to exit their apartment buildings.

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However, the visiting Bangladeshi PM could not clinch a deal on the sharing of the more important Teesta River.

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The drought and heat in southwest China are wilting crops and causing power shortages amid China’s hottest and driest summer on record.

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The visit from Japan’s national security chief come two weeks after China called off a foreign ministers’ meeting, citing Tokyo’s criticism of military drills near Taiwan.

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While serving as prime minister, Scott Morrison also secretly appointed himself to five ministerial roles – without telling even the existing ministers.

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Exercises near Taiwan were scheduled to end on August 7, but China’s military has announced new drills for the next week.

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The 23-ton Wentian laboratory is designed for science and biology experiments.

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The House speaker is reportedly planning a trip to Taiwan in August. China had promised to take “strong measures” in response.

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A delegation from the European Parliament is in Taiwan, with reports of a visit by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi coming in August.

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Indian and Chinese troops have been locked in a tense standoff along their disputed border in Ladakh since 2020.

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The guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold sailed past the Paracel Islands and continued thereafter with operations in the South China Sea.

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Vice President Lai attended Abe’s funeral service in Tokyo in his personal capacity.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian’s comments underscore the increasingly fractious relationship between Beijing and Washington.

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Ukraine and Russia’s rejection of Western criticism were major themes of Lavrov’s public comments.

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China is sweltering under the worst heatwave in decades while rainfall hit records in June.

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“… We are talking about nuclear propulsion, not nuclear weapons,” Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said Tuesday.

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A horrific assault caught on security camera footage sparked widespread outrage over misogyny and violence against women in China.

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U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet is in China, the first such trip since 2005, to investigate abuses against Muslim minorities.

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The new outposts reinforce the presence of Filipino troops in the hotly contested Spratly archipelago.

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The shooter, who killed one and injured five at a Taiwanese church, was reportedly part of a pro-unification group.

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Cardinal Joseph Zen, singer-actress Denise Ho, lawyer Margaret Ng, and scholar Hui Po-keung were detained by Hong Kong’s National Security Police on May 11.

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Chief Executive Carrie Lam thanked the government in Beijing for “improving Hong Kong’s electoral system” a day after John Lee was almost unanimously chosen as her successor.

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Japanese Prime Minister Kishida’s visit to the U.K. resulted in a new security deal, adding to Japan’s growing collection.

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The reprieve came a day after the execution of another Malaysian man in a high-profile death row case.

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A report issued Wednesday by China’s Civil Aviation Administration said no abnormalities had been found that could explain the deadly crash.

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Preliminary results for in the race between two former independence fighters, and bitter rivals, may not be known until Wednesday.

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Six Chinese Air Force Y-20 transport planes landed in the Serbian capital this weekend, carrying “regular military supplies.”

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