Malaysia on Thursday moved to bring some of the world’s biggest social media and messaging platforms under its licensing regime, closing a year-long gap in which several tech giants had operated witho...
We have selected seven stories from this week’s news across Hong Kong, mainland China, the wider Asia region and beyond that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you would l...
We have selected seven stories from the SCMP’s coverage of Asia over the past week that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you would like to see more of our reporting, ple...
The Communist Party and Taiwan’s Kuomintang (KMT) appear to be in the final stages of talks to revive an inter-party forum suspended nine years ago. The three-day forum, designed to facilitate party-t...
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Shortly before the US military launched an attack on Venezuela and captured President Nicolás Maduro , an account on Polymarket made some very suspiciously timed investments. The prediction mar...
A family of four is stranded in Puerto Rico after their Frontier flight back to Colorado was canceled due to Nicolas Maduro's capture by the US. MIGUEL J. RODRIGUEZ CARRILLO/Getty Images Nilgen Velazc...
Search and rescue operations continue for the aircraft and pilot. Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP A Taiwanese F-16 fighter jet and its pilot went missing off the island's northeast coast on Tuesday. Taiwan's Ai...
US forces captured Venezuela's leader overnight, and President Donald Trump said he was seeking access to the country's oilfields. AFP The US military has experience with oil infrastructure, but guard...
Nearly 30% of Japan's population is 65 or older, and many still work. Francesco Riccardo Iacomino/Getty Images Japan has adapted to an aging workforce with government support and job programs. Nearly ...
The search for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane has been restarted again. Supian Ahmad/NurPhoto via Getty Images Malaysia has resumed the search for MH370, the plane that disappeared mysteriously i...
Smoke rises from Port of La Guaira after the US strike on Venezuela. Jesus Vargas/Getty Images Trump addressed the US strike and raid on Venezuela during a press conference in Florida. He said the US ...
Danish police at Copenhagen Airport on September 22. STEVEN KNAP/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images Several European airports have been temporarily shut down due to nearby drone sightings. Analysts a...
China unveiled the DF-26 at a military parade in 2015. Xinhua/Xu Suhui New Pentagon maps show the estimated ranges of China's vast missile arsenal. Missiles can reach Taiwan, the Philippines, Japan, G...
Melting Arctic ice around Greenland opens new shipping routes and intensifies US competition with Russia and China, Trump has said. imageBROKER/Olaf Krüger/Getty Images Trump's renewed talks to annex ...
A senior Ukrainian officer said NATO would suffer heavy losses in a war against Russia. Owen Humphreys/PA Images via Getty Images A Ukrainian officer warned that NATO would face heavier losses than Ky...
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The scene at MDC on Saturday evening as Maduro was transported to the prison Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images Nicolás Maduro and his wife have reportedly been transferred to a federal prison in Br...
Ukraine is using ground robots to evacuate the wounded, and some have cages or armor to protect the soldiers. 1st Separate Medical Battalion A ground robot evacuating a wounded Ukrainian soldier was a...
USS Bulkeley, one of the destroyers involved in the seizure, sails in the Atlantic Ocean. US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jonathan Nye Two US Navy destroyers helped American f...