JAFFNA, Sri Lanka -- There was a sense of the new in Sri Lanka's parliament on Nov. 21 that went far beyond it being the day of the inaugural sitting after a general election the previous week. Of the ...

Don McLain Gill is a Philippines-based geopolitical analyst, author and lecturer at the Department of International Studies, De La Salle University.

SEOUL -- Korean Air Lines, South Korea's top carrier, said Thursday that it would merge with No. 2 player Asiana Airlines by the end of the year, following years of negotiations with regulators. The ...

TSUKUBA, Japan -- Japanese researchers have succeeded in growing black truffles continuously at a site in Gifu prefecture, it ...

TOKYO -- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) plans to launch a takeover bid for WealthNavi, Japan's largest robo-adviser platform, Nikkei has learned. The megabank, which in February took a stake of ...

HONG KONG -- Hong Kong International Airport started fully implementing a system that allows it to simultaneously operate three runways on Thursday, with plans to expand terminals and other related ...

BEIRUT (Reuters) -- The Israeli military said its air force struck a facility used by Hezbollah to store mid-range rockets in ...

BEIJING (AP) -- China has suspended a high-ranking military official while he is being investigated, its Defense Ministry ...

Donald Trump's return to the White House in January is already giving Asian governments and industry leaders the jitters. No ...

Sales of rights to state-owned land are a main income source for regional governments. Total sales for January-October came to 2.7 trillion yuan ($372 billion), down 23% on the year for the third ...

TOKYO -- Japan's SBI Shinsei Bank will raise interest rates for depositors 28 and younger to 0.3% per year, roughly three ...

BANGKOK -- Britain's parliament has joined a growing number of countries in explicitly backing Taiwan's right to take part in ...