[ZURICH] Switzerland voted to reject a 50 per cent inheritance tax on super-rich residents after wealthy entrepreneurs ...

The president called the nationwide flooding the largest and most challenging natural disaster in the island’s history, as ...

Two back-to-back storms - Cyclone Senyar and Ditwah - left hundreds dead and thousands out of homes in Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka and also affected India.

The weaker export performance caused Indonesia’s trade surplus to narrow sharply to US$2.4 billion in October, down from US$4 ...

Thailand's central bank is planning measures to ease the upward pressure on the baht, including having banks tighten their ...

Recovery and aid efforts are underway in parts of Southeast Asia and South Asia where the full number of dead and missing are ...

ADB has approved a loan of CNY755.64 million ($106.05 million equivalent) to support the development of green, smart, and resilient inland river ports and cleaner-energy shipping in Anhui Province of ...

Heavy rainfall triggered by tropical storms such as Cyclone Ditwah, Typhoon Koto, and Cyclone Senyar has unleashed widespread ...

More than 1,000 people have been killed and hundreds remain missing across four Asian countries after days of catastrophic ...

Deaths and injuries from landmines and unexploded ordnance hit a four-year high in 2024, driven by conflicts in Syria and Myanmar as well as European countries moving to withdraw from the treaty ...

Dr Zeba Sathar says 6m "unwanted pregnancies" reported in country every year; Dr S. Akbar Zaidi notes Pakistan’s economy in a ...

MORE than 1,000 people have perished in South-East Asia’s devastating floods as the death toll continues to climb. Sri Lanka ...