Humans were moving between Siberia and northern China far earlier than thought, according to a new study that offers a ...

Asia depends on oil and gas from the Middle East, sourcing 60% of its crude from the region, making it highly vulnerable if ...

Ancient humans arrived in East Asia hundreds of thousands of years earlier than thought - Findings suggest human ancestors ...

G OVERNMENTS IN South-East Asia once feared the rise of Islamist terrorism, and acted forcefully and successfully to suppress it. These days a different transformation has been taking hold in the ...

Last October, Hong Kong’s highest-ranking financial minister trooped to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia’s capital city and the home of the Tadawul, its stock exchange. Surrounded by Saudi officials, Paul Chan ...

The ongoing conflict in the Middle East risks widening fallout as involvement of proxy forces further escalates the situation.

Asia is home to some of the world’s most diverse political systems—from liberal democracies to authoritarian regimes and hybrid states. As global democracy faces renewed pressure, this edition of East ...

Asian energy buyers are scrambling to find alternatives as the Iran war creates unprecedented supply disruption, but the region has limited longer-term options to reduce its heavy reliance on Middle ...

Human ancestor species Homo erectus arrived in East Asia hundreds of thousands of years earlier than previously thought, a new fossil discovery in China shows. Homo erectus, a distant ancestor of ...