West Asia is home to nearly 6 per cent of the world's population but has access to less than 1 per cent of the world’s renewable freshwater resources ...

Since October 7, 2023, when Hamas militants ran amuck in southern Israel, to the ceasefire that was inked this January 15, 45 ...

At the helm of the hyper, even if declining power, Donald Trump’s words and actions do have a meaning and can have far-reaching impact not only on the Americans themselves but also on the so-called ...

SINGAPORE/MUMBAI -- Cash is rapidly disappearing in consumer transactions across Asia, replaced by QR codes and other smartphone-based technologies. Physical money is forecast to make up just 14% of ...

Taliban officials have a plan to turn one of the country’s most remote corners into a global trade hub by linking the Afghan heartland with China.

I propose a trilateral alliance between China, Russia and Pakistan in the three-dimensional areas of environment, partnership and order. I believe such an alliance would lead to consolidation of peace ...

For Western markets that are increasingly wary of Beijing's ambitions, trade has become a powerful bargaining chip - ...

In hotspots like Kyoto you sometimes have to queue for the queues, but escaping the country’s overtourism problem couldn’t be simpler ...

North Korean soldiers are capable, incredibly disciplined, and willing to die before they're captured. But they're also new ...

In one of history's most classical examples of the shortsightedness of the profit motive: America's political and corporate leaders beginning from the 1980s embarked on an accelerated ...

South Asia was once the eastern part of the Ancient Greek world, a pivotal yet little explored part of the Greek empire and ...

President Donald Trump announced broad tariffs Saturday on major US trading partners Canada, Mexico and China, claiming ...