World / Asia

South Korea to double energy vouchers amid soaring bills, cold wave 26 Jan 2023 - 12:20 pm

SEOUL: South Korea plans to double energy vouchers and a discount of gas prices for underprivileged families to cope with spiralling heating bills...

8 dead, including 6 Chinese nationals, after ship sinks near Japan 26 Jan 2023 - 11:26 am

Beijing: Eight people are dead, including six Chinese nationals, after a ship sank in waters off the coast of Japan, a Chinese diplomat...

India police detain students gathered to watch BBC documentary on Modi 25 Jan 2023 - 10:47 pm

NEW DELHI: Students were detained by the Delhi police on Wednesday as they gathered to watch a recent BBC documentary about Prime Minister...

Shah Rukh Khan's spy film sees bumper Bollywood opening despite protests 25 Jan 2023 - 03:06 pm

Shah Rukh Khan's Hindi spy thriller opened to packed movie theatres in India on Wednesday in one of Bollywood's top openings on record,...

Women's IPL franchises fetch $572 million for Indian board 25 Jan 2023 - 02:27 pm

New Delhi: The world's most affluent cricket board, India, got further richer by $572.72 million after unveiling five franchises for an Indian Premier...

Heavy snow, deep cold halts transport across Japan, at least one dead 25 Jan 2023 - 11:38 am

TOKYO: Heavy snow blanketed wide swathes of Japan on Wednesday, snarling traffic, forcing hundreds of flight cancellations and disrupting train travel, leaving at...

Australia Inflation Hits 33-Year High 25 Jan 2023 - 11:24 am

Australian inflation hit a 33-year high in the fourth quarter of 2022 as the cost of travel and electricity jumped. Data from the...

N. Korea locks down capital over 'respiratory illness': report 25 Jan 2023 - 11:07 am

Seoul: North Korea has ordered a five-day lockdown in the capital over "respiratory illness", a report said Wednesday, in what appears to be...

Kimchi inflation pushes South Korea imports from China to record 25 Jan 2023 - 10:59 am

South Korea imported a record amount of kimchi last year as inflation hit prices of cabbage and other key ingredients used to make...

Two killed in Philippines air crash, another plane missing 25 Jan 2023 - 10:49 am

Manila: Two Philippine air force aviators were killed in a crash Wednesday, while rescuers were searching for another plane that went missing the...

New Zealand's Chris Hipkins sworn in as prime minister 25 Jan 2023 - 08:49 am

WELLINGTON: Labour leader Chris Hipkins was sworn in as New Zealand's prime minister in a formal ceremony on Wednesday, following the resignation of...

Thirteen crew rescued after ship sinks off Japan, search on for 9 missing 25 Jan 2023 - 08:42 am

TOKYO: Thirteen crew members were rescued on Wednesday from a cargo ship that sank off southwestern Japan during fierce winter winds, with planes...

Pompeo says US averted nuclear war between India, Pakistan 24 Jan 2023 - 10:27 pm

Washington: Former US secretary of state Mike Pompeo wrote in a book published on Tuesday that India and Pakistan came close to nuclear...

Twelve rescued after building collapses in India; more feared trapped 24 Jan 2023 - 08:54 pm

LUCKNOW: Rescue workers pulled 12 people, including two children, out of the rubble after a residential apartment block collapsed in the northern Indian...

Pakistanis make light of frequent power blackouts 24 Jan 2023 - 04:19 pm

Karachi:Pakistan's worst power outage in months became a source of humour for some in the country of 220 million, where an energy network...

Earthquake of magnitude 5.4 strikes Nepal, tremors felt in New Delhi 24 Jan 2023 - 12:46 pm

NEW DELHI: An earthquake of magnitude 5.4 struck Nepal on Tuesday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre said, sending tremors across India's capital New Delhi....

Thai villagers take refiner Star Petroleum to court over oil spill 24 Jan 2023 - 12:26 pm

BANGKOK: Hundreds of Thai villagers and small business-owners have filed lawsuits for damages worth 5 billion baht ($152.72 million) against Star Petroleum Refining...