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While the horror of the Pahalgam attack was unambiguous, the words used to describe it have become a flashpoint between one of the world’s oldest broadcasters and Asia’s largest democracy.

Japanese stocks rose Thursday as the central bank kept its key interest rates steady as expected, in thin trade with most Asian markets shut for the May 1 holiday.

China has been developing closer ties with countries in central Asia over recent years. Trade between China and the central Asia region grew to US$89 billion (£69 billion) in 2023, an increase of 27% on the previous year. Chinese trade rose with every country there except Turkmenistan.

With Europe searching for trade routes that bypass Russia, eyes have turned to the region.

Temperatures south Asians dread each year arrive early as experts talk of ever shorter transition to summer-like heat

Shares are mixed in Asia after U.S. stocks rose again as companies reported stronger-than-expected profits

Asia's front-runner for the papacy, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of the Philippines is a charismatic moderate often dubbed the "Asian Francis".

France's beloved comic book heroes Asterix and Obelix are set for their latest incarnation in a Netflix mini-series being released Wednesday, hoping to win over new fans, notably in the United States and Asia.

In one video, a former marine describes how a sergeant hit him on his first night in Vietnam because he assumed he was Vietnamese

“We are consuming more AI than the rest of the world,” Microsoft Asia president Rodrigo Kede Lima notes. “The region is ahead on AI.”