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Sri Lanka braces for oil spill from sunken cargo ship

Flaming containers filled with chemicals tumbled into the sea from the ship's deck

HK police threaten to arrest people gathering to commemorate Tiananmen crackdown

Critics say the heightened vigilance from authorities is a marked departure from Hong Kong's cherished freedoms of speech and assembly

COVID-19 far more widespread in Indonesia than official data show —...

Seroprevalence studies in other countries — including India — have also revealed more widespread infections

Budapest names street at planned Chinese university after jailed Chinese Catholic...

The renamed streets will converge at an area where China's Fudan University is planning to open a campus

Chemical cargo ship sinks off Sri Lanka, fouling rich fishing waters

The government on Wednesday suspended fishing along an 80-km stretch of the island's coastline, affecting 5,600 fishing boats

Boycott and bombings mar Myanmar’s new school year

Security forces stood guard at some schools and brought pupils under armed escort from their homes

Vatican introduces revisions to Canon Law, updates sanctions on clergy sex...

The revision aims to “reduce the number of cases in which the imposition of a penalty was left to the discretion of authorities”

Hong Kong activists to defy ban on vigil marking anniversary of...

This marks the second year that Hong Kong police have banned the vigil, citing coronavirus restrictions

Malaysia imposes lockdown as new wave of COVID-19 infections hits

Archbishop Simon Poh of Kuching called on people to refrain from traveling for the “Gawai Dayak” celebrations

Thailand welcomes back stolen artefacts

The sandstone lintels were once parts of the structure of two religious sanctuaries in Thailand's northeast

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