Before the China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition gets underway, one of the world's leading aerobatic display teams, the Red Arrows, took to the skies on Thursday afternoon for their first ever display in Zhuhai City in south China's...
BEIJING - China will unveil its new generation J-20 stealth fighter jet at an air show next week, the air force said on Friday, the first public showing of a warplane China hopes will narrow the military gap with...
A mayor on Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's wanted list for alleged drugs links was killed along with nine of his guards in a shootout on Friday, police said, as a new phase of a bloody narcotics crackdown zeroed-in on...
Hong Kong's legislature looks set to remain in limbo for weeks, if not months, until a court reaches a decision on a judicial review filed by the government to stop two pro-independence lawmakers from taking their oath of office. The...
A Taiwanese man has been detained for hoarding 300 tonnes of carrots in what authorities say was a bid to manipulate prices. Investigators in the southern city of Kaohsiung have been probing fruit and vegetable prices, which have remained high...
TOKYO - Rail and hospitality group Odakyu Electric Railway is joining forces with the operator of Muji stores to open a hotel next year in China featuring trappings from the Japanese household goods brand. The first Muji Hotel will open...
A pregnant foreign woman in Myanmar's largest city Yangon has been diagnosed with Zika, the first case of the mosquito-borne virus in the southeast Asian country, state-owned Myanmar TV (MRTV) said on Thursday. Zika has spread to some 60 countries...
TOKYO - Protocol-conscious Japan dodged a potential diplomatic minefield Thursday when a meeting between profanity-prone Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and the country's revered Emperor Akihito was cancelled following a death in the imperial family. Akihito's 100-year-old uncle Prince Mikasa died...
PORTOROZ, Slovenia - In the crosshairs of anti-whaling nations, Japan defended its annual Southern Ocean whale hunt, insisting it was gathering scientific data even as detractors accused it Thursday of harvesting meat under false pretences. Japan denied claims at the...
BEIJING - China's ruling Communist Party declared its General Secretary Xi Jinping the "core" of its leadership on Thursday, the official Xinhua news agency reported, elevating his already powerful status. A communique issued by top party leaders after a four-day...
