Leading off… The US Helsinki Commission is calling on the United States and European Union to follow up on reports that the Georgian government repeatedly employed a harmful chemical agent to disperse ...

Extreme heat, floods and water shortages are already costing Asia’s power utilities $6.3 billion annually, a figure projected ...

To be sure, some observers caution that investors need to lower their expectations for bond gains next year, following the ...

If you are to ask a random Kenyan about the country’s vision, they are likely to say it is “to be like Singapore” or “to be ...

Myanmar's opium trade is dominated by various armed groups, including ethnic militias, insurgent organisations, military ...

World Bank Group President Ajay Banga and ADB President Masato Kanda have announced the first two Pacific projects to be ...

Looking at the weather map on his computer and seeing three simultaneous tropical storms forming across Asia in late November, climatologist Fredolin Tangang’s first thoughts drifted to the 2004 ...

Not long after late 1991, when the Soviet Union collapsed and Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan became independent, illegal ...

To many in the West he has become a symbol of authoritarianism, aggression and geopolitical risk. The media, policymakers, ...

Vis Nayar, CIO of Eastspring Investments, says Asian markets have outperformed in 2025 and will remain resilient in 2026.

A new report by the World Bank finds that if ECA countries had maintained their pre-crisis productivity pace, today’s GDP ...

Isolated since 2021, the Islamist group is now rebuilding ties with many countries, despite a fierce dispute with former ...