World / Asia

China's Xi arrives in Peru for APEC summit, Biden meeting 14 Nov 2024 - 10:27 pm

Lima: Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Peru on Thursday for an Asia-Pacific summit where he will meet US counterpart Joe Biden under...

'Very humiliating': Bangladesh's Yunus seethes over COP29 fight for climate money 14 Nov 2024 - 08:22 pm

Baku: In the three months since becoming Bangladesh's interim leader following a student-led revolution, Muhammad Yunus has endured political turmoil, impatient cries for...

Thousands flee as Typhoon Usagi hits north Philippines 14 Nov 2024 - 02:16 pm

Manila: Typhoon Usagi slammed into the Philippines' already disaster-ravaged north on Thursday, as authorities rushed to evacuate thousands of people from flood-prone areas....

Bangladesh interim leader says elections will follow reforms 13 Nov 2024 - 07:37 pm

Baku: Bangladesh's interim leader Muhammad Yunus told AFP on Wednesday that reforms are needed before his country can elect a government following the...

Toxic smog smothering India's capital smashes WHO limit 13 Nov 2024 - 04:35 pm

New Delhi: Residents of India's capital New Delhi choked in a blanketing toxic smog Wednesday as worsening air pollution surged past 50 times...

Vietnam looks to restart nuclear power projects 13 Nov 2024 - 02:08 pm

Hanoi: Vietnam wants to restart nuclear power plans to meet its rapidly expanding energy needs, the government has said, after it scrapped two...

Indonesians drill for disaster before tsunami anniversary 13 Nov 2024 - 01:47 pm

Banda Aceh, Indonesia: Hundreds of Indonesians fled for higher ground Wednesday as they ran through disaster drills in the region worst hit by...

14 dead in Pakistan wedding bus crash, bride survives 13 Nov 2024 - 10:18 am

Gilgit, Pakistan: A bus carrying guests home from a wedding plunged into a river in northern Pakistan killing at least 14 people, officials...

Airlines around Asia ground Bali flights after volcano erupts 13 Nov 2024 - 09:41 am

Jakarta: Airlines in Australia, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia and Singapore cancelled flights to and from the Indonesian resort island of Bali on Wednesday,...

Fifth storm in under a month bears down on Philippines 12 Nov 2024 - 08:32 pm

Manila: The Philippines prepared on Tuesday to evacuate potentially tens of thousands of people as the fifth major storm in three weeks bore...

India will allow Musk's Starlink to operate if passes security checks 12 Nov 2024 - 06:11 pm

Mumbai: Elon Musk's satellite internet service Starlink will be granted permission to operate in India after complying with security regulations, local media reported...

Qatar takes part in World Cities Forum 2024 in South Korea 12 Nov 2024 - 04:38 pm

Incheon, South Korea:The State of Qatar has participated in the World Cities Forum 2024, which kicked off Tuesday in Incheon, South Korea, with...

35 killed, dozens wounded in south China car ramming 12 Nov 2024 - 03:41 pm

Beijing: Thirty-five people were killed and 43 wounded when a car ploughed into people exercising around a sports centre in the southern Chinese...

Japanese tech investor SoftBank posts $7.7 bn quarterly net profit 12 Nov 2024 - 11:05 am

Tokyo: Japanese tech investor SoftBank Group on Tuesday posted a bumper second-quarter net profit of $7.7 billion, returning to the black after net...

China's Yuan loans grow by $2.3 trillion in first 10 months 12 Nov 2024 - 11:02 am

Beijing: China's yuan-denominated loans rose by 16.52 trillion yuan (about $2.3 trillion) in the first 10 months of 2024, China's central bank data...

China's auto sector registers expansion in October 12 Nov 2024 - 10:59 am

Beijing: China's auto market maintained its steady expansion in October, indicating improvements in economic operations as pro-growth policy measures take effect, industrial data...

Toxic towns in Kyrgyzstan battling radioactive danger 12 Nov 2024 - 09:58 am

Min-Kush, Kyrgyzstan: In a mask and a hazmat suit, Ermek Murataliyev drives a truck filled with Soviet-era radioactive waste along the winding mountain...