Beijing urges the Gulf Cooperation Council to conclude talks on a free-trade agreement, which first started over 20 years ago

Revenues of China's top military firms fell 10% last year after the PLA and its Rocket Force were targets of a corruption crackdown ordered by President Xi, new report says

Southern Thailand and Malaysia are the latest regions hit hard by flooding; losses in Thailand are estimated at up to $150 million a day

Traders report a 'scramble' for yttrium, used in chips and jet engines; prices have soared 4,400% this year and China has sent no yttrium to the US since April.

The number of low-value packages sent to the bloc doubled last year to 4.6 billion, mostly from China, and European retailers want the flood stopped quickly.

Google has done a deal with Australia's defence department for a data centre on its remote Indian Ocean frontier as part of a subsea cable link between Australia and Asia

China is seeking to woo foreign visitors, to revive its tourism sector and boost foreign engagement at a time when it is struggling with high US tariffs

Trump signed a flurry of deals on his visit to the ASEAN summit on Sunday, but there is concern already that the trade agreement with China will only cover a handful of key concerns

Trade officials from the US and China will meet in Kuala Lumpur this weekend to try to reach a trade deal that allows their leaders to meet in Seoul next week.

Most governments, and oil and gas companies, are not acknowledging alerts from the global satellite system warning them about methane leaks, the UN says

Shares of Australian miners and US industrial giant Alcoa rose on Tuesday after a deal on rare earth and gallium projects was signed at the White House

German AI defence group Helsing to acquire Australian underwater drone maker, as Western nations expand maritime defence systems