Based in Tokyo, tracking regional alliances, pan-Asian economic shifts, and Beijing's domestic policies.
Nvidia's latest earnings beat forecasts and revived confidence in the artificial intelligence boom, sending chip and technology stocks higher across Asia. Separately, new UK data show a small quarterly fall in the number of young people not in education, employment or training.
A new bill would give Beijing legal tools to pursue corrupt officials, fugitives and hidden assets abroad. Lawmakers began their first reading of the draft this week, though its full text remains unpublished.
Kuwait, a longtime American ally, has come under repeated Iranian attack since the war with the US and Israel began in February. Some residents now wonder aloud whether hosting US forces makes them safer or simply a target.
A Shenzhen court has jailed Hui Ka Yan for life over large-scale financial fraud, five years after his property giant's collapse sparked China's real-estate crisis. Evergrande and its main unit were also fined a combined $2.4 billion.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has placed Japanese judge Tomoko Akane and Senegalese lawyer Abdoulaye Seye under US sanctions, barring them from American soil and the US financial system over their work at the International Criminal Court.
Taiwan deliberately slowed mobile internet speeds across Taipei and other cities this week, the first time such a communications blackout has been built into its annual military exercises. The drill responds to growing concern that China could sever the undersea cables that connect the island to the world.
A shallow earthquake struck off Indonesia's Flores Island early Saturday, collapsing buildings and triggering a brief tsunami warning. Rescue teams are still trying to reach the hardest-hit area near the epicentre.
Russian President Vladimir Putin travelled to the Kuril Islands for the first time on Thursday, prompting Japan to lodge a formal protest over territory both countries claim.
Forecasters warned Beijing could receive more than a third of its average annual rainfall within 24 hours, as the remnants of the year's most powerful typhoon to hit China pushed floodwaters and landslide risk into the capital.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has ordered a freeze on new firearm licences after a 14-year-old boy killed his grandparents and six others before taking his own life. The bodies of the shooter and his grandparents were cremated this week as the government pledged tougher gun laws.
Smoke from wildfires across Sumatra and Borneo has forced school closures in Indonesia and triggered air quality alerts in neighbouring Malaysia. Authorities have deployed dozens of aircraft, including cloud-seeding planes, as an El Nino-driven dry season worsens.
Prime Minister Mark Carney's visit to Beijing in January 2026, the first by a Canadian leader in nearly a decade, marked a decisive turn in relations between Ottawa and Beijing. The two countries have since moved to lower trade barriers and unlock billions in new export orders.
Foreign ministers from across the globe have gathered in Manila for the 59th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting, with the Iran conflict, Myanmar's civil war, and South China Sea territorial disputes dominating the agenda.
Typhoon Bavi made landfall in China's Zhejiang province on Saturday night before weakening to a severe tropical storm, leaving a trail of injuries across Taiwan and triggering the evacuation of nearly two million people across eastern China.
Workers in Samsung's smartphone, television and home appliance division plan to stage a protest on 16 July over a bonus deal that could give semiconductor colleagues up to 100 times more than they receive.
Taiwan's defence ministry has reinstated ideological education for military academy graduates after a 25-year pause, citing growing military pressure and infiltration threats from China.