COLOMBO -- For decades, Sri Lanka's roads told a familiar story of sturdy imported Japanese sedans and Indian-built ...

TOKYO -- Shares in energy and defense companies shot up in Tokyo and other Asian markets Monday morning as Israel-Iran tensions escalate in a conflict that the U.S. has now entered after striking key ...

HONG KONG -- Alibaba Group will merge its food delivery platform Ele.me and online travel platform Fliggy into its China e-commerce business group, as it rolls back a grand restructuring plan and ...

TOKYO -- Asia's dependence on oil and gas from the Middle East makes it highly vulnerable to any closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a vital waterway for oil and gas shipments that is now in Iran's ...

In a resounding vote of confidence in China's biotechnology sector, leading global pharmaceutical companies are striking multibillion-dollar deals for innovative therapies developed by Chinese firms.

BENGALURU -- A jumbo interest rate cut by India's central bank is revving up the nation's stock market and raising hopes of a revival in initial public offerings (IPOs), which have dried up in 2025 ...

BRUSSELS -- U.S. President Donald Trump wants to hold a meeting with leaders from Japan, South Korea, Australia and New ...

TOKYO -- China's ambassador to the United Nations issued a fresh rebuke of U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities at an emergency Security Council meeting, as governments across Asia warily ...

TOKYO -- Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia are at risk of remaining stuck in a middle-income trap unless they rethink their ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- The U.S. military's strikes on Iran's nuclear sites were not a preamble to plans for regime change, U ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's Liberal Democratic Party is expected to post record-low results in ...

Jennifer Kavanagh is a senior fellow and director of military analysis at Defense Priorities, a foreign policy think tank based in Washington.