Li's visit is the first by a Chinese premier to Pakistan in 11 years, the country's Prime Minister's Office said. Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif received Li at the airport.

TAIPEI/TAINAN, Taiwan -- Taiwan's Ministry of Defense on Monday said it spotted a record number of incursions by Chinese military jets, helicopters, and drones, as Beijing launched a major exercise ...

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -- Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James Robinson won the 2024 Nobel economics prize "for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity", the Royal Swedish Academy ...

FUKUOKA, Japan -- A plan to turn the Japanese island of Kyushu into a semiconductor industry hub is picking up steam as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. builds a second plant there, though ...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) -- Singapore will block a bid by German insurer Allianz to buy a majority stake in Singapore's Income Insurance but remains open to a new deal if its concerns can be addressed, ...

(Reuters) -- China said on Monday it would punish and sanction Taiwanese businessman Robert Tsao and lawmaker Puma Shen for alleged criminal and pro-Taiwan independence activities.

Mukhtar Babayev is president-designate of the 29th Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, to be held in Baku, Azerbaijan, in November. He is also Azerbaijan's ...

SEOUL (AP) -- South Korea on Monday said it has detected signs that North Korea is preparing to destroy the northern parts of inter-Korean roads no longer in use, as the rivals are embroiled in ...

TAIPEI/TAINAN, Taiwan -- China on Monday launched another round of military exercises aimed at intimidating neighboring Taiwan -- maneuvers that experts say are aimed at normalizing blockade-like ...

HONG KONG -- The Hong Kong financial sector has embarked on an ambitious project to streamline transactions of traditional assets through the use of digital tokens.

TAIPEI (Reuters) -- China's military launched a new round of war games near Taiwan on Monday, saying it was a warning to the "separatist acts of Taiwan independence forces", drawing condemnation from ...

JAKARTA/OBI ISLAND, Indonesia -- In just a few years, the western part of the far-flung Obi island in Indonesia's North Maluku province has been transformed beyond all recognition.