BANGKOK, Thailand—Japan’s Nikkei stock index fell Friday as the yen strengthened, but the handful of other Asian markets open during Lunar New Year holidays gained after...
JERUSALEM—Scarlett Johansson has parted ways with the international charity Oxfam because of a dispute over her work for SodaStream, a company operating in a West Bank...
SURREY, B.C.—Four youngsters and their two caregivers in Surrey, B.C., are OK after being tied up and threatened during what RCMP are calling a targeted, home...
MANILA, Philippines—Britain is looking at increasing its involvement in Asia’s economy and security but will not take sides in territorial disputes in the South China Sea involving...
MANILA, Philippines—Nearly 200 inmates complaining of hunger and squalid conditions escaped from a Philippine provincial jail in an eastern province that was devastated by a monster storm in November,...
MANILA, Philippines—The Philippine government said Thursday it regrets new Hong Kong sanctions but cannot accept a demand that it apologize for the deaths of eight Hong Kong tourists in...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Swedish retailer Hennes & Mauritz AB said Thursday that higher sales helped it post a modest rise in fourth quarter profits, offsetting the impact of...
TOKYO—Shares were lower Thursday as weak economic data from China and Japan deepened jitters over ongoing reductions in U.S. monetary stimulus. The U.S. Federal Reserve’s decision...
MANILA, Philippines—Philippine troops have killed at least 40 Islamic fighters and captured a rebel stronghold with a bomb-making facility in a three-day offensive against insurgents opposed to a...
JAKARTA, Indonesia—Mark Baker, Malaysia and Singapore chief of bureau for The Associated Press, has been appointed to the new role of Southeast Asia photo editor, based in Jakarta,...