Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will step up efforts to bolster the country's national security under her second ...

Nepal aims to restrict inexperienced climbers as overcrowding, traffic jams and preventable deaths raise safety alarms on the ...

For the U.S., this reinforces a broader trend: Chinese pressure is accelerating, not halting, the formation of balancing coalitions. A stronger Japan becomes the anchor of that process in East Asia.

At the Fullerton Hotel in Singapore, just before the rush of the Singapore Airshow 2026, AeroTime sat down with Subhas Menon for what would be his final interview as Director General of the ...

East Meets West is Hawaii's premier tech conference retreat, hosted by Blue Startups since 2014. Each year, EMW connects entrepreneurs, investors, and global thought leaders on the island of Oahu to ...

Evaluation Guru is a short video series by ADB’s Independent Evaluation Department sharing insights through the evaluator’s perspective. In this episode, Nassreena Baddiri explains IED's topical paper ...

In its Asia and the Pacific SDG Progress Report 2026, ESCAP said the region is on track to fall short on 103 of 117 measurable targets under the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

US President Donald Trump has publicly warned Prime Minister Keir Starmer not to proceed with a proposed long-term lease over Diego Garcia, intensifying politic ...

Oil prices pushed higher Thursday on worries that nuclear talks between United States and Iran might not avert a new conflict that could threaten supplies.

Australia’s top five billionaires saw their wealth rising 14% to $94 billion this year despite global uncertainty triggered by U.S. tariffs and geopolitical tensions.

The APEC Climate Center’s (APCC) has issued an “El Nino” watch, which means the drought-bearing weather could emerge in the upcoming seasons.

APPROVED building permits declined 5.9% year on year in December, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said in a report, citing slowing economic growth and cautious developer sentiment. According ...