Associated Press

Beijing is resisting cuts to Sri Lanka's debts for fear other borrowers will want similar relief.

The pilot was taken after landing a small plane with five passengers, intent on evacuating 15 workers building a health center that had earlier been threatened by separatist rebels.

The government's bid to revive a $6 billion bailout led it to hike taxes on natural gas for domestic and industrial consumers from 16 percent to 112 percent.

The raid came weeks after the British broadcaster released a controversial documentary about Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

A Foreign Ministry spokesperson mentioned the flights in response to U.S. publicization of China's alleged surveillance balloon program.

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen received assurances of Chinese economic and political support during a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

It made headlines when Baimadajie Angwang was accused of feeding information about Tibetan refugees to Beijing. But the charges were quietly dropped.

KMT Vice Chair Andrew Hsia is on a nine-day trip to China, sparking criticism from the ruling DPP.

Government doctors, university teachers, and other workers from ports and the power and petroleum sectors are calling on the government to lower income taxes.

The ruling marks the first time a South Korean court has found the government responsible for mass killings of Vietnamese civilians during the war.

On his first overseas trip, New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins emphasized continuity with the Ardern government's foreign policy.

A refurbished Russian aircraft carrier, INS Vikramaditya, will join the indigenously manufactured INS Vikrant soon to boost India’s power projection in the Indian Ocean.