ISTANBUL/WASHINGTON/TOKYO -- Iran's closure of the Strait of Hormuz in its conflict with the U.S. and Israel gives Tehran a lever to pressure the West by driving up energy prices, but risks isolating ...

Iran has also struck energy facilities in Qatar and Saudi Arabia, and attacked several ships in the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf through which a fifth of all oil traded ...

SEOUL/MANILA -- South Korean President Lee Jae Myung arrived on Tuesday for a state visit in the Philippines, where he and ...

TOKYO -- The yen is weakening on the growing conflict in the Middle East, as concerns that higher crude oil prices will widen Japan's trade deficit undermine the case for the Japanese currency as a ...

SINGAPORE -- Singapore-based Sea on Tuesday reported a net profit for 2025 of $1.5 billion, up 3.6-fold on the year, marking its third consecutive annual profit, even as it faced economic uncertainty ...

(Reuters) -- Wall Street's main indexes fell more than 2% on Tuesday, with the S&P 500 hitting its lowest in over two months, ...

TOKYO -- Japan's Nidec on Tuesday announced that its long-standing accounting fraud might require a total of 250 billion yen ...

TOKYO -- Iran's ambassador to Japan is urging Tokyo to "decisively confront" the U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran, as the ...

The trial of two men accused of spying for the Hong Kong government under Britain's National Security Act starts at the Old Bailey in London this week.

TOKYO -- Japanese semiconductor venture Rapidus, which aspires to mass-produce cutting-edge chips, has been tapped by camera maker Canon to manufacture prototypes of image-processing semiconductors, ...

Ex-rapper and former TV host have teamed up ahead of March 5 election ...

TOKYO -- Asian governments have sought to reassure their citizens and markets that they have sufficient stocks of oil and gas to cope with a weekslong conflict in the Middle East and any disruption to ...