In a remote village in Tajikistan's soaring mountains, Muslikhiddin Makhmudzoda relies on a mobile phone to light his modest ...

A social worker and teacher imprisoned for his activism, he later wrote about the toll of incarceration and worked to help ...

Thailand's central bank is expected to cut rates twice, totalling 50 basis points this year starting in the second quarter ...

HONG KONG - China's top anti-graft watchdog said on Friday that it had filed more than 4,000 disciplinary cases against ...

The case, involving an inquiry into a marine’s death, had stoked political tensions long before President Yoon Suk Yeol’s ...

Gold discounts in India rose this week as consumers refrained from buying as local prices hit a month's high, whereas the ...

South Korea's acting President Choi Sang-mok said on Friday the government will make an all-out effort to stabilise the ...

A S REBELS STORMED across Syria late last year, eventually toppling the country’s dictator, Bashar al-Assad, some were accompanied by fighters from a foreign militant organisation—one with ambitions ...

The 2024 inflows and a rocketing gold price pushed total assets under management to a record high US$271bn, while holdings ...

The magnitude of the selloff served as a reminder that rising borrowing costs will have consequences for highly indebted ...

Favorable exchange rates for travelers using U.S. dollars in many countries, including hotspot Japan, have boosted demand.

China's central bank said on Friday it has suspended treasury bond purchases, triggering a jump in yields and spurring ...