Japan’s central bank has raised the benchmark interest rate to 1.25% from 1.0%, a 31-year-high

Fiji has declared an HIV emergency as 1 in 60 people in the South Pacific island nation is estimated to be infected

The Olympic Council of Asia is attempting to quell complaints about lodging for athletes and officials at the Asian Games

Indonesia is welcoming its first aircraft carrier, the former Italian Navy vessel ITS Giuseppe Garibaldi, marking a major step in President Prabowo Subianto’s military modernization drive

Prosecutors say an SUV driver was under the influence of drugs when she swerved into the wrong lane, blew a red light and slammed into a Los Angeles city bus, killing two riders

Voting has begun in Russia’s parliamentary election with the main Kremlin party poised to retain its overwhelming grip on the lower house

Malaysia's king allows former leader Najib Razak to serve the rest of his graft sentence under house arrest

Japan's central bank raises benchmark interest rate to 1.25%

Virginia’s attorney general says the Department of Homeland Security may have violated several state election laws following a whistleblower report