Former housing minister Mohamed Muizzu, who has vowed to develop warmer ties with Beijing, will take office as the new president of the Maldives next month

Bank of Japan Governor Kazoo Ueda says there is "still a way to go" before the BOJ ends its stimulus policy, but noted that the cost of the move was not a factor for the central bank

Developers sped up the launch of new and higher-quality housing projects to to take advantage of a range of support measures by the government, which helped end a four-month slide in home prices

The Asian Development Bank said on Saturday it approved a $300 million loan to Changzhi in northern Shanxi province to help "catalyse a green" transformation of the coal-mining region

Official manufacturing survey for September suggests the country's economy is beginning to bottom out, analysts say

China wants to surpass the United States and recover what they believe is their rightful place in the world, the US Secretary of State said .. hours before he picked up a guitar and played an old blues song

In a filing to Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Evergrande said it had been told by authorities that Hui "has been subject to mandatory measures" due to suspicion of unspecified crimes

US State Department report says Beijing has used covert purchases of foreign news outlets, plus sponsorships and data harvesting to generate more pro-China coverage

President Tsai Ing-wen unveils first locally made submarine in Kaohsiung, which aims to boost the island's defence and deterrence against the Chinese navy

Leader Kim Jong Un makes nuclear weapons part of his country's constitution, says he will speed up production of nukes to deter what he said were 'US provocations'

The cable could connect American Samoa with Guam, plus Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tuvalu, Fiji, Nauru, Marshall Islands, Kiribati, Cook Islands, Wallis and Futuna and Micronesia

Trading in Evergrande shares and those of its property services and EV units was suspended on Thursday, while officials continue to investigate if staff at two divisions acted illegally