Bloody conflict has splintered many families in Myanmar over the past four years. But for one set of siblings, a surprise ...

Since people usually carry their masks with them wherever they go, they tend to keep them on their faces even when they are outside. Commuters make their way through Shimbashi Station in Tokyo.

The Asian needle ant was first discovered in the U.S. in 1932 and found in at least three southeastern states. It is capable of spreading through temperate forests, such as those in Pennsylvania and ...

Kazakhstan is prohibiting people from wearing clothing in public that obscures the face and impedes facial recognition, becoming the latest Central Asian country to restrict veils worn by Muslim women ...

Asian and Pacific Islander adolescents who are overweight or obese are twice as likely as their white peers to have prediabetes, a new study shows.

If plastic pollution continues to worsen in the region, its people could face a wide range of health issues, medical experts ...

At a time when some are questioning the relevance of human rights and the rules-based order, Asia witnessed some extraordinary demonstrations of "people power" in 2024.

East Asia's youth are increasingly disappointed with traditional politics, leading to diverse patterns of political disengagement across the region. In Japan, young people are turning away from ...

Republicans are less likely than in 2024 to say there is discrimination against Black, Hispanic, Asian and White people.

While Trump didn't explicitly name China in his tariff announcement, he did issue an overall warning of higher tariffs on ...

Emerging Asian currencies look set to extend their underperformance versus global peers as the prospect of interest-rate cuts further erodes their appeal, according to fund managers and strategists.

People in wealthy Singapore have taken for granted comforts such as electricity and air-conditioning for decades, but a dwindling band of residents on a tiny island to its east saw the arrival of ...