President Vladimir Putin said Russia would achieve its strategic goals in Ukraine as he insisted the country was united behind his war.

Thailand will allow alcoholic beverage sales on five Buddhist holidays in some places, including international airports, from Saturday in another push to promote tourism.  

TOKYO — Japan's Panasonic Holdings said on Friday it will cut 10,000 employees and expected to book structural reform costs of ¥130 billion (US$896.06 million) this business year as part of a continuing management reform push of its group.

BEIJING — Chinese exports rose last month despite the trade war raging with the United States, official data showed Friday ahead of talks between the world's top two economies towards easing the standoff.

Six members of a fraud gang - five Thais and a Ghanaian- have been arrested for duping a company in Japan into transferring more than 200 million baht.

KYIV - Ukraine's SBU security agency said on Friday it had uncovered a spy network being run by the Hungarian state to obtain intelligence about Ukraine's defences.

KHON KAEN — Thirty-six passengers were injured when a tour bus crashed into a road median in Ban Phai district of this northeastern province early Friday. 

JAKARTA — Indonesia plans to change the source of some of its fuel imports from Singapore to the United States as part of negotiations over steep tariffs, its energy minister said on Friday.

The effect on Thailand from the United States' tariff policy will be prolonged, with a very high degree of uncertainty over the potential impact, its central chief bank said on Friday.

Residents in northeastern provinces should take precautions as most parts of the region are bracing for storms and gusty winds until Monday.