Another 13 companies in China, Hong Kong and the UAE have been hit with US sanctions for helping to sell "hundreds of millions of dollars" of Iranian oil and oil products to buyers in East Asia

Cyber attack on Vanuatu has greatly disrupted government services in the Pacific Island nation over the past two weeks

Kerry wants a plan by April to reform multilateral development banks to unleash "hundreds of billions" of dollars to help vulnerable countries combat and adapt to climate change.

Central bank approves the opening of nine 'Vostro accounts' with local and Russian banks to facilitate trade in rupees, a top Commerce official said

Taiwan’s parliament is likely to review technology transfers to mainland China because of fears that leaked advancements could undermine the island’s critical tech sector

Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index tumbled 2.7%, with its tech stocks slipping more than 5%. Mainland Chinese shares also declined, with blue chips falling 1.2%.

China appears have made a key step forward in resolving a longstanding bilateral dispute, but sources say a broader review of work done by China-based auditors is still going on.

The news comes after China's biggest company reported a second straight quarterly sales drop, hit by the economic slowdown and China's regulatory crackdown.

FBI director Christopher Wray told lawmakers in Washington on Tuesday the Chinese government could harness the video-sharing app to influence users or control their devices.

China confirmed this week that a Long March rocket broke up on Saturday and left debris in an orbit close to SpaceX satellites used by Elon Musk's Starlink internet company

Foxconn and its Indonesian parter Indrika Energy is looking to make EV batteries with a Thai firm, possibly the state-run energy giant PTT.

New home prices slumped 1.6% year-on-year, according to NBS data, falling for the sixth consecutive month. That is the biggest annual drop since August 2015