Central Myanmar was rocked on Friday by a 7.7-magnitude quake, killing over 100 people and injuring more than 700 more. Follow for live news updates.

A Soviet-era Central Asian pop music anthology shines a light on the region's ethnic diversity and music that transcends ...

With a new generation of Thais challenging biases and redefining beauty norms, fair skin's once-unquestioned dominance ...

Ghaziabad: Ansh had just stopped crying, his teary eyes fixed on the wedding procession below. From his third-floor balcony, cradled in his father’s arms, the two-and-a-half-year-old watched the ...

Female entrepreneurs in South Asia have been described as “silent contributors”, as their input to the economy and society is ...

The JUNO Awards are Canada’s biggest night in music. This weekend, the ceremony will feature a new category for the South Asian Music Recording of the Year. The World’s Bianca Hillier reports on what ...

South Korea is struggling to contain wildfires ravaging the country’s southeast after more than two dozen blazes broke out over the weekend, killing four people and forcing thousands to evacuate.

But there’s a neighbouring destination that’s one-upping it in terms of growth: Vietnam now ranks as the third-most-visited country in South-east Asia, with 17.5 million international arrivals in 2024 ...

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir expressed concerns over efforts to downplay the significance of the 1971 Liberation War, warning that such attempts threaten Bangladesh's ...

For many consumers in Southeast Asia, the answer is yes. More are relying on AI to make smarter purchases, from personalised recommendations to summarised product reviews. AI‑powered tools are ...

When Nubank was founded in 2013, Brazilian banking was an oligopoly: six lenders controlled nearly 80% of the industry’s ...