Domestic financial groups are seeking new growth engines in overseas markets to overcome the limitations of sluggish domestic demand driven by low growth and low birth rates. Expanding their networks ...
Why the Philippines is central to America’s strategy in Asia
The U.S. military is ramping up its presence in the former colony with increasingly sophisticated drills, missile deployments and new infrastructure.
Bangladesh’s Alamgir tipped to become new president
Bangladesh's parliament is set to elect the country's new president on Thursday, with the ruling party's Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir expected to take the largely ceremonial position. He was a key ...
Pakistan restricts 750-km airspace: Is a Fatah-3 supersonic missile test coming?
The unusually large exclusion zone spans parts of Punjab, Sindh and coastal Balochistan, and comes amid growing attention on Pakistan’s recently unveiled supersonic cruise missile ...
Can Japan Become Indonesia’s Principal Partner in Asia?
Jakarta is seeking partnerships that can strengthen its security and economy while respecting its non-aligned foreign policy.
Two students dead in Philippines school shooting including gunman, officials say
By Karen Lema and Mikhail Flores MANILA, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Two students were killed in a shooting at a high school in the southern Philippines on Tuesday, one of them the gunman, and the situation ...
Teenager livestreamed Philippines school shooting
A teenager in the Philippines livestreamed himself shooting a schoolmate before taking his own life. The school shooting, the country's second in as many months, unfolded on Tuesd ...
Japan reports record exports and imports for July as energy costs climb
Japan’s imports and exports set records in July, though soaring energy costs and a weak yen helped extend a trade deficit for a third straight month.
Bangladesh to hold presidential election today; first contested poll in 35 years
The lawmakers in Bangladesh are all set to vote for a new President of the country for the first time in 35 years.
India removes safety barricades, bollards outside Pakistan High Commission in Delhi
The structures, including queue liners near the visa section of the Pakistani mission, were located outside the compound's designated perimeter in a lane.