Japan's Tokyo was voted the best city at this year's Travel + Leisure Luxury Awards Asia Pacific, followed by Thailand's Bangkok and Singapore.

Each year from June to September, a series of heavy rains known as monsoons sweep through the Indian subcontinent, providing relief from heat, irrigating the country’s farms and replenishing its rivers.

Three Indian cities have been named among Asia’s 15 best cities of 2025 by Travel + Leisure, a travel magazine based in New York City. Nearly 1.8 lakh readers participated in th

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met his Japanese and Philippine counterparts in a meeting Thursday on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ annual ministerial meetings in Malaysia. The U.S., Japan and the Philippines have been building a trilateral bloc to broaden security and economic cooperation.

The roots of precarious peace in South Asia can be traced back to the bloody and violent division of India in 1947, as a result of the Muslim struggle based on the two-nation theory. Both states have yet to overcome the trauma of partition.

Huawei Technologies Co. is trying to export small quantities of AI chips to the Middle East and Southeast Asia, an effort to establish a foothold in markets dominated by Nvidia Corp. despite ongoing manufacturing challenges.

Vatsala, believed to be Asia's oldest known elephant, has passed away. Affectionately known as "Dadi" (Grandma in Hindi), she passed away peacefully in India's Madhya Pradesh state on Jul. 8 , The New Indian Express and NDTV reported. Vatsala slipped into a drain and suffered injuries prior to her death.

And after all that data searching, it named Seoul, South Korea, the coziest city in all of Asia and the No. 19 coziest city overall.

While U.S. and European companies have reduced their average dividend payouts over the past decade, Asian corporates have maintained consistent payout ratios, reflecting the region’s improving balance sheets,

YUEN FOONG KHONG is Li Ka Shing Professor of Political Science and Co-Director of the Centre on Asia and Globalization at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore.