A French teenager has been fined by a Singapore court after pleading guilty to a public nuisance charge stemming from a social media stunt in which he licked a drinking straw and placed it back...

Tokyo’s push to help workers beat the summer heat has unexpectedly ignited a nationwide conversation about workplace fashion, gender expectations and body hair. As part of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s Cool Biz campaign, male employees...

Pakistan has reportedly asked the United States for a $10 billion currency support facility, hoping its recent diplomatic role in facilitating communication during the Iran conflict will pave the way for stronger economic cooperation with...

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrived in New Delhi on Wednesday for a three-day visit to attend the 16th India-Japan Annual Summit, marking her first official trip to India since taking office. While the summit...

TL;DR: Japan’s Osaka Prefectural Police has introduced AIko, an artificial intelligence-powered virtual police chief who appears only on YouTube. Created to educate the public about online fraud, AIko warns viewers about scams involving fake police...

South Korea’s benchmark Kospi index suffered one of its sharpest declines in recent years on Friday, plunging more than 8% as a widening artificial intelligence (AI)-driven sell-off swept through Asian markets. The steep drop briefly...

Thai Princess Bajrakitiyabha Narendira Debyavati, the eldest daughter of King Maha Vajiralongkorn and a prominent advocate for prison reform and women’s rights, has died at the age of 47 after spending more than three years...

South Korea’s former president, Yoon Suk Yeol, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after a court found him guilty of authorizing an unauthorized drone operation over North Korea that prosecutors argued was intended...

A family decision has unexpectedly become a political flashpoint in Japan. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is facing public scrutiny after reports emerged that her 19-year-old step-grandson enrolled in a Chinese university earlier this year, a...

Tensions in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) have spiralled into one of the region’s deadliest periods of unrest in recent years, with violent clashes between Pakistani security forces and protesters leaving at least 30 people dead and...