East Asia

BEIJING (Reuters) -China is on high alert at its international ports of entry to reduce the risk of COVID-19 cases...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Europe should not be sending wrong signals to separatist forces in Taiwan, the Chinese foreign ministry said...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Thursday he may take on the role of foreign minister until...

By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - A toy-like robot with scowling blue eyes and a North Korean flag across its...

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's defence ministry said on Tuesday it will boost training of its reserve forces next year, including...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Negotiations to revive Iran's 2015 nuclear agreement with world powers will fail unless U.S. President Joe Biden...

By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea said on Wednesday it would ramp up COVID-19 testing at schools after...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong will roll out booster doses of COVID-19 vaccines from next week, Health Secretary Sophia...

BEIJING (Reuters) -China's new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases spiked to a near three-month high and tighter curbs to contain the...

By Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Hong Kong court ruled on Wednesday that the former leader of pro-independence...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China will not give up on its zero-tolerance policy towards local COVID-19 cases any time soon, some...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Yukio Edano, the head of Japan's main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party, said on Tuesday he would step...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's President Xi Jinping on Monday called on all parties to take stronger action to jointly tackle...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong is dropping a provision for most consular staff to serve quarantine at home, opting...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's leisure and tourism businesses are feeling the bite of the country's zero tolerance for COVID-19 as...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping will address the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow on Monday in the form...

By Jeff Mason and Jan Strupczewski ROME (Reuters) - The United States and the European Union on Sunday ended a...

TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan's air force scrambled on Sunday to warn off eight Chinese aircraft including fighter jets that entered its...

By Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) - Thousands of people marched in Rome on Saturday during the summit of the leaders...

(This October 27 story corrects 14th paragraph to show that the think-tank is linked to China's military, not an arm...