HANOI: As China, Japan and other East Asian countries prepare to celebrate the start of the Lunar Year of the Rabbit on Sunday,...
HANOI: As China, Japan and other East Asian countries prepare to celebrate the start of the Lunar Year of the Rabbit on Sunday,...
GENEVA: China reported a large jump in COVID-19 hospitalisations in the week through January 15 to the highest since the pandemic began, according...
A team of Ukrainians has been learning demining techniques in Cambodia, one of the world's most heavily landmined countries after decades of civil...
At least 78 people have died of cold in Afghanistan during the country's worst winter in more than a decade, authorities said on...
NEW DELHI:India's foreign ministry on Thursday dismissed a BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi which questioned his leadership during the 2002 Gujarat...
New Delhi: A major Indian journalist group urged the government to reject a proposal to police fake news on social media, saying such...
SEOUL: South Korea's President Yoon Suk-yeol on Thursday called for strengthening the resilience of global supply chains, describing it as one of the...
For two months now, 23-year-old Russian Vladimir Maraktayev has been living in an airport departure lounge. On Sept. 24, having received draft papers...
A Chinese woman who lived under a fake identity for 25 years after stealing more than half a million dollars from a bank...
Tokyo: A pair of scuba divers has captured rare video and photos of a 2.5-metre (eight-foot) giant squid swimming in the waters off...
Hong Kong will stop requiring people infected with Covid to isolate as the government seeks to revive the economy. The isolation order will...
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced she is stepping down in a shock resignation ahead of a general election later this year....
Manila: Philippine Nobel Prize winner Maria Ressa was on Wednesday acquitted of tax evasion, among a slew of charges she has long maintained...
Davos: Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos said on Wednesday that tension in the disputed South China Sea "keeps him up at night", but his...
Hanoi: Vietnam's rubber stamp National Assembly on Wednesday approved the resignation of President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, a day after he dramatically stepped down...
Taipei: Appeasing China will not bring peace, Taiwan's vice-president said on Wednesday, days after he was elected head of the ruling party in...
China’s President Xi Jinping called for more efforts on fighting Covid in a rare video speech addressing citizens to celebrate the upcoming Lunar...
New Delhi: India's government will not permit social media platforms to host any information that it identifies as false, according to a draft...
