Hong Kong's leader outlined plans Wednesday to diversify the city's economy and accelerate growth, including fast-tracking an ...

Nestle shares slipped on Wednesday after the Swiss food giant announced the earlier-than-expected departure of its chairman, ...

The speaker of the Philippine House of Representatives tendered his resignation Wednesday after his name surfaced in a mounting corruption scandal, less than two weeks after the country's Senate presi ...

Peru has evacuated around 1,600 tourists from a train station that serves the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu after a local ...

Maoist rebels in India are suspending their armed struggle and are ready for talks, they said in a statement, though ...

Israel's army said Wednesday it had opened a temporary new route to allow people to flee Gaza City, a day after launching a ...

Authorities have shared their most detailed account yet of the investigation set off by the killing of American conservative ...

Sri Lanka will ban four species of predatory ornamental fish including Piranhas that have escaped into rivers and lakes, ...

Scientists estimated Wednesday that rising temperatures from human-caused climate change were responsible for roughly 16,500 deaths in European cities this summer, using modelling to project the toll ...

The latest edition of the "FC" series of football video games set for release on Friday will seek to keep fans onside with ...

Celebrated director Park Chan-wook's star-studded murder comedy will open Asia's biggest film festival Wednesday, which ...

India's ban on online gambling has shuttered a billion-dollar industry serving hundreds of millions of people and torpedoed ...