East Asia Pacific

He could get a life sentence; lawyer asks for no more than 10 years

Deaths have risen in current wave of delta infections

He says great potential awaits bilateral relations

Yidiresi Aishan was taken into custody after flying to Casablanca

There is a perception in Asia that China is making countries chose between it and the United States

Some analysts say a meeting underscores Beijing's warming ties with the Islamist insurgent group and the Taliban's growing clout

In a statement on Tuesday, the FCCC criticised what it said was growing hostility to foreign media, some of which it said was fanned by official bodies

Myanmar junta is aiming to eliminate press freedom, media rights group says as it releases new figures of journalists detained for their coverage

The two sides both applauded after their countries national anthems were played at the Saitama Super Arena and fist bumped each other before the game and shook hands after

Tokyo is already under a state of emergency that some local commentators have criticized as ineffective

The report came weeks after another on the construction of about 120 missile silos in Yumen, a desert area about 380 kilometers (240 miles) to the southeast

Coronavirus infections spike in Fiji, but other parts of the Pacific have so far been spared the worst of the pandemic

Tropical Storm Nepartak has caused no damage so far

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is visiting Southeast Asia

Weightlifter Polina Guryeva won a silver medal for the Central Asian nation at the Tokyo Games on Tuesday, and then predicted she would go down in the country's history