Iran's benchmark TEDPIX stock index has climbed 7.3% since early April. The rial has surged 17% to 880,000 against the dollar ...

BANGKOK/YANGON -- Heineken and other international players have gained the upper hand in Myanmar's beer market as drinkers in ...

DUBAI/TOKYO -- Saudi Arabia is reaching out to Japan as part of a high-profile, big-money effort to make sports a pillar of a more diverse economy. The oil-rich kingdom scored a big win when it was ...

SHIZUOKA, Japan -- The town office of Higashiizu, along a peninsula southwest of Tokyo well known for its hot springs, has come up with a novel approach to attracting tourists, unstaffed souvenir ...

BEIJING (Reuters) -- Twenty-one humanoid robots joined thousands of runners at the Yizhuang half-marathon in Beijing on Saturday, the first time these machines have raced alongside humans over a 21-km ...

TOKYO -- Japan is considering expanding American rice exports as part of trade negotiations with the U.S., in a bid to ...

(Reuters) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin declared a unilateral Easter ceasefire in Ukraine, ordering his forces to end hostilities at 6 p.m. Moscow time on Saturday until the end of Sunday.

(Reuters) -- Elon Musk said on Saturday he was planning to visit India later in the year, a day after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he had discussed technology with the billionaire ...

ISLAMABAD -- For nearly 20 years, a restaurant called Monal was a go-to fixture for well-heeled diners in Pakistan's capital.

The U.S. Dollar Index, which measures the greenback's strength against the yen, euro and other major currencies, sank under 100 here Thursday, crossing a major threshold. The index has fallen roughly ...

HOBART, Australia -- It is no faster than walking, and it is one of the most physically taxing forms of travel. But the ...

"Child, this is [the] apocalypse," said a voice note, received within the first hours of Myanmar's devastating recent ...