The Latest Breaking News from Asia

Governments issue health warnings as schools shut and crops fail, with fears that worse is to come as heatwave tightens grip

Viewing figures for the BBC One series are rising, along with bookings at travel companies that serve east Asia

Leading players have not been at their usual club levels since going to the Asian Cup or Africa Cup of Nations

STANDARD Chartered showed off the benefit of its focus on Asian markets today with a jump in trading income as clients took a more “risk on” approach to investing.

As millions across Southeast Asia suffer a blistering heatwave that is melting railway tracks, a Thai village resorted to an unusual method to seek rain: parading a Japanese cartoon cat.

Asian stock market volatility due to rate cut delays and yen appreciation affecting investor sentiment. Stay informed for global market impact.

Large swathes of Asia continue to swelter though a dramatic heatwave that has topped temperature records all the way from India to the Philippines. Bangladesh has faced the hottest April on record, with temperatures forcing millions of children to stay home from school and making working in the scorching heat…

Bangladesh's weather bureau said Wednesday that last month was the hottest April on record, with the South Asian nation and much of the region still enduring a suffocating heatwave.

Asian stocks sank in holiday-thinned trade Wednesday, tracking a sharp sell-off on Wall Street after fresh US data dealt another blow to hopes the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates this year.