U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates welcomed a senior Chinese general to the Pentagon on Tuesday and told him that he would like to see an improvement in the military relationship between their two countries.

A non-profit Filipino non-government organization (NGO) in cooperation with Asia Pacific Economic Conference (APEC) will open a call center in the Philippines that will employ blind and visually impaired persons only.

The central banks of several Asian countries that are fearful of the impact a weak dollar will have on their exports, intervened in the markets on Thursday to buy the troubled U.S. currency.

City officials in Taichung is offering shopping vouchers to volunteer dog waster collectors. This is for a bid to clean up a growing problem caused by the large number of stray dogs on the island.

A providential coincidence of modern Chinese history may have aligned the strategic interests of two profoundly important but different groups of persecuted Chinese nationals who have suffered the same unhappy fate.

A 17-year-old boy in Taiwan was arrested by police after he severed the hands of his father in revenge for what he alleges have been years of physical abuse.

In recognition of the growing financial might of Asia, HSBC bank, the largest company in the U.K and one of the largest banks in the world, is moving the main office of its Chief Executive Michael Geoghegan from London to Hong Kong.

Researchers based in Taiwan's Kaohsiung Medial University have discovered that the roots of an ancient herbal medicine used to counteract the Spanish flu pandemic in 1918 could work effectively against today's swine flu virus.

Despite the economic recession being experienced worldwide, U.S. weapon sales jumped nearly 50 percent in 2008, from $25.4 billion the year before to last year's $37.8 billion.

In Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, a French national was arrested by authorities after an insane climb at Malaysia's iconic 88-story Petronas Twin Towers.