When Erkin Tuniyaz, chairman of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), visited the largest mosque in Urumqi before the Eid al-Fitr holy day marking the end of Ramadan, he used the opportunity to promote Beijing’s policy of assimilation of non-Chines…

U.S. President Joe Biden has arrived in Japan on the second leg of his first trip to Asia as president.Biden will have a busy two days. On Monday, he is set to meet with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Emperor Naruhito, as well as promote a U.S.-led, …

Pope Francis on Sunday expressed his spiritual closeness to Catholics in China, voicing hope that the church there operates in “freedom and tranquility,” but making no mention of a 90-year-old cardinal who was recently arrested in Hong Kong.Addressing…

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN– Brunei’s Sultan, Haji Hassanal Bolkiah, gave an order to abolish the country’s Ministry of Energy, local media reported yesterday.According to an official announcement on Radio Television Brunei, the country’s national public broad…

MANILA– An earthquake, with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1, jolted Batangas province on the main Philippine island of Luzon today, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said.The institute said, the quake, which occurred at 5:50 a.m. lo…

BANGKOK– Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister, Jurin Laksanavisit, called for enhanced efforts from Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies, to respond to future crises and achieve better and more inclusive economic growth …