Afghanistan, once described as the 'geographical pivot of history', is once again living up to that reputation as signs of ...

The interim government, led by Muhammad Yunus, has decided to lease key trade terminals to foreign companies, raising questions about sovereignty, transparency and timing as Bangladesh prepares for ...

Activists say the unprecedented round-up could be the beginning of a wider crackdown on China's underground churches.

The Gaza War has shattered Arab illusions about China as a normative power and recast it as a transactional actor.

In a post on X, Rubio said, "The United States condemns the Chinese Communist Party's recent detention of dozens of leaders of the unregistered Zion Church in China, including prominent pastor Mingri ...

Why are Pakistan and Afghanistan fighting again? What are the implications for India, and the region at large? We explain, in ...

The church’s pastor, Ezra Jin Mingri, turned Zion Church into one of China’s largest unofficial congregations, even as ...

Indignation is high in the Muslim-majority country, with conservative party Umno warning against ‘normalising alcohol’.

Hello. I’m David Kerr, professor of cancer medicine from University of Oxford. Today, I’d like to talk a little about our paper that we’ve just published, which is a commentary in The Lancet Oncology.

China is the world’s most dominant power in automating its manufacturing — installing nearly 10 times as many robots in its factories as the United States, according to new data. Last year, more than ...

IN THE CORN belt of midwestern America, the soyabean harvest is under way. By this point last year China had ordered close to 40% of America’s overseas sales. This year, however, China has not booked ...

Nvidia said it will invest US$5 billion in Intel and broaden cooperation in semiconductor design and development. The deal does not include chip fabrication but is viewed as a key step that aligns ...