IMF chief urges China to make brave choices: focus on market forces and reforms that lift consumption, cut export reliance, ease trade tensions, and let property 'zombies' fall

Australia has banned social media for children under 16. It got off to a mixed start, and it's not the first country to impose such limits

US senator expects Chinese genomics firm to see 'big' growth through its close ties to the CCP and China's military, despite fears of misuse of its huge DNA database

Thai fighter jets bombed a Cambodian casino near the border used as a base for drones and heavy weapons to attack Thailand, plus another site, Bangkok says

Expanding forests in eastern China and restored grasslands in other areas have led to a movement of moisture that scientists are now seeking to comprehend

Cyclones caused damage estimated at $20 billion in Asia in recent weeks. A new study warns that these costs will soar unless nations slash use of fossil fuels, and spend big on adaption in coastal cities.

Villagers and environmental groups say deforestation and extractive industries made impacts of a tropical storm far worse on Sumatra Island.

Warmer oceans are one reason Asia is experiencing more intense storms, but some of the latest cyclones were rare, as they formed close to the equator.

Directors of renovation firm arrested; 'repeated complaints about mesh fire risk'; less than a third of the dead identified; 19 Filipina domestics among 200 still missing

Death toll from fire tragedy in Hong Kong rises to 65 but nearly 300 are still missing after firefighters contained the blaze on Thursday. Police accuse renovation firm of 'gross neglience'

More than 2,400 mines - many illegal and unregulated - are releasing deadly chemicals such as cyanide and mercury into rivers across much of mainland Southeast Asia

Lee's security adviser said the countries discussed nuclear-powered submarines on the "premise" the vessels would be built in South Korea