ReutersLinda Sun and her husband Christopher HuA top New York state government aide secretly helped the Chinese government access an official call about Covid-19 while enjoying a lavish lifestyle...

The president of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has pardoned 57 Bangladeshis who were sentenced to long prison terms for staging protests in the Gulf state against their own...

The collapse of a massive statue of a 17th Century ruler has sparked protests and a political controversy in the western Indian state of Maharashtra.Shivaji Shahaji Bhosale was a...

DAGWilliam Henry Pigou, a surgeon turned photographer, took this picture of an idol cart at a Mysore temple in 1856A new show in the Indian capital Delhi showcases a...

Hanumankind/InstagramHanumankind, a rapper based in India, has made big waves with his musicIn a short time, Indian rapper Hanumankind has rapidly risen as a standout in the country's burgeoning...

Getty ImagesSabina Shoal is located in the oil-rich Spratly Islands of the South China SeaA new flashpoint has emerged in the ongoing maritime dispute between China and the Philippines,...

Two journalists who led a pro-democracy newspaper in Hong Kong have been found guilty of sedition. Chung Pui-kuen and Patrick Lam, two editors at the now-defunct Stand News media...

It may be an innocent enough racquet sport, but Hong Kong's Education Bureau has unintentionally given badminton a whole new meaning. In teaching materials it released last week, a...

Getty ImagesUS President Joe Biden last met his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in November 2023Jake Sullivan has arrived on his first visit to China as US national security adviser....

Dolphins may be portrayed as friendly creatures in story books, but residents at a seaside town in Japan have been sternly advised to stay away from them.The warning in...

Getty ImagesBlack Myth: Wukong sold more than 4.5 million more copies within 24 hoursAn anthropomorphic monkey and a campaign against "feminist propaganda" set the video gaming community alight this...

Arun Chandra Bose/BBCWomen in Kerala protest against gender violence A landmark report into problems faced by women in the Malayalam-language film industry has revealed the deep rot in one...