CNN – Asia/Pacific

By Sophia Saifi and Azaz Syed CNN Pakistan’s Foreign Minister will travel to India next month, the most senior-level visit in seven years in what is an opportunity for two nuclear-armed neighbors with a long history of fractious relations to break the ice. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s (SCO) foreign ministers

By Simone McCarthy and Nectar Gan, CNN A young Chinese woman who was arrested after attending a peaceful protest against Covid-19 restrictions in Beijing last year has been released alongside several of her friends after four months in police custody, according to a source familiar with their situation. Cao Zhixin, a 26-year-old publishing house editor,

By Helen Regan, CNN Deadly heat waves fueled by climate change are threatening India’s development and risk reversing its progress on poverty alleviation, health and economic growth, a new study has found. Heat waves have already critically impacted the country, leading to power outages, increased dust and air pollution, and accelerated glacial melt in the

By Taylor Ward and Helen Regan, CNN Temperature records are being shattered in countries across Asia as a brutal April heat wave continues to grip large portions of the continent, with little relief in sight. In Southeast Asia, some countries posted their highest ever recorded temperatures this week, while searing heat in the Indian subcontinent

By Nectar Gan, Wayne Chang and CNN’s Beijing bureau The deadliest fire to hit the Chinese capital in two decades killed 29 people in a hospital Tuesday, but most people didn’t hear about it until several hours later, and even then the details were slim as authorities kept a tight lid on details. As flames

By Simone McCarthy and Sophie Jeong, CNN China is making “significant progress” building the country’s fifth research facility in Antarctica after a several years-long lull in construction, according to a report by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). New support facilities and groundwork for a larger structure have appeared at the site following

By Zahid Mahmood, CNN Mohammad Zafri says his memory is patchy after surviving relentless beatings by the Taliban. But one event that’s hard to forget is being summoned last spring to the militant group’s headquarters to collect documents he had left behind, having been an employee of the previous, internationally-backed administration. Not wanting to cause

CNN By Emiko Jozuka, Krystina Shveda, Junko Ogura, Marc Stewart and Daniel Campisi, CNN It is still morning when Kinzaburo Shiga, 77, returns to Onahama port after catching a trawler full of fish off Japan’s eastern coast. But the third-generation fisherman won’t head straight to market. First, he’ll test his catch for radiation. It’s a

By Emiko Jozuka, Krystina Shveda, Junko Ogura, Marc Stewart and Daniel Campisi, CNN It is still morning when Kinzaburo Shiga, 77, returns to Onahama port after catching a trawler full of fish off Japan’s eastern coast. But the third-generation fisherman won’t head straight to market. First, he’ll test his catch for radiation. It’s a ritual

By Nectar Gan and CNN’s Beijing bureau A Chinese acrobat has fallen to her death during an aerial silks performance, sparking horror and outcry on social media over the lack of safety measures. The woman, surnamed Sun, fell to the stage while performing a mid-air routine on Saturday with her husband in a village near

By Yoonjung Seo, CNN North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un has ordered officials to prepare to launch the country’s first military reconnaissance satellite, North Korean state media KCNA reported on Wednesday. During his visit to the National Aerospace Development Administration on Tuesday, Kim Jong Un said the country’s military reconnaissance satellite production has been completed

By Wayne Chang, Xiaofei Xu and Nectar Gan, CNN At least 21 people have died in a fire that tore through a hospital in China’s capital Beijing, state media CCTV reported on Tuesday. Amateur video shows people hanging from the façade of the building while attempting to escape the blaze which started around 1 p.m.

By Manveena Suri and Tara Subramaniam, CNN At least 13 people have died from heatstroke in India’s western Maharashtra state after attending a state award ceremony on Sunday at which a senior government official was present, police officials have confirmed. In Navi Mumbai, the city where the ceremony was held, between 50 to 60 people

Story by Reuters Noor Jehan, an elephant in Pakistan’s Karachi Zoo, is critically ill after the 17-year-old fell in a pond on Thursday in a small enclosure. Right after the fall Four Paws, a global animal welfare organization, recommended lifting Noor Jehan with a crane, ropes and belts. She has since been lying visibly weak