World / Asia

'So many bodies piled up': Hong Kong funeral services overwhelmed by Covid 06 Apr 2022 - 08:09 am

Hong Kong: Traditional wooden coffins are running short inHong Kongas authorities scramble to add mortuary space in the global financial hub's battle on...

Sri Lankan President revokes emergency rule ordinance -Gazette 05 Apr 2022 - 09:52 pm

COLOMBO- Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa late on Tuesday revoked the emergency rule ordinance that had gone into effect on April 1, even...

Pakistan's top court delays decision on political crisis 05 Apr 2022 - 06:57 pm

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Tuesday delayed its decision on whether Prime Minister Imran Khan and his allies dissolved Parliament illegally earlier this...

Sri Lanka government in disarray as economic crisis deepens 05 Apr 2022 - 06:52 pm

COLOMBO: Dozens of Sri Lankan lawmakers walked out of the ruling coalition on Tuesday, leaving President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's government in a minority in...

S.Korea steelmaker POSCO says its staff back in office as COVID rules ease 05 Apr 2022 - 01:32 pm

Seoul: Most staff at South Korea's POSCO have returned to their offices starting from April 1, a spokesperson of the steelmaker said on...

Pakistan's top court resumes hearing on PM Khan's bid to stay on 05 Apr 2022 - 11:05 am

Pakistan's top court resumed deliberations on Tuesday about the legality of Prime Minister Imran Khan's attempt to block an opposition bid to oust...

Shanghai's 26 mln people in lockdown after tests uncover Covid infections 05 Apr 2022 - 10:59 am

Shanghai: Chinese authorities extended the lockdown of Shanghai to cover all of the financial centre's 26 million people on Tuesday, after city-wide testing...

Singaporeans filling their cars with cheap Malaysian fuel upset neighbor 05 Apr 2022 - 08:59 am

As people start to cross from Singapore into Malaysia and back again, an old issue is raising the ire of Malaysian authorities: Singaporean...

Sri Lanka opposition rejects proposed unity government 04 Apr 2022 - 06:14 pm

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's largest opposition party rejected an invitation from the president on Monday to form a unity government, as protests continued throughout...

Pakistan's top court adjourns hearing on PM Khan's move to block ouster 04 Apr 2022 - 06:02 pm

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's top court adjourned on Monday without deciding on the legality of Prime Minister Imran Khan actions in blocking an opposition attempt...

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam says she will not seek a second term 04 Apr 2022 - 02:37 pm

Hong Kong: Hong Kong's embattled leader Carrie Lam, who has governed the global financial hub through the unprecedented upheaval of anti-government protests and...

Sri Lanka's president drops brother as finance minister in crisis shake-up 04 Apr 2022 - 11:37 am

Colombo: Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa dropped his brother as finance minister on Monday after calling for a unity government as protests against...

Fears persist for Shanghai doctor who blasted ‘political virus’ 04 Apr 2022 - 11:32 am

Chinese internet users urged support for a Shanghai health official whose blunt denunciation of the financial hub’s strict Covid-19 strategy made her a...

China sends military, doctors to Shanghai to test 26 million residents for COVID 04 Apr 2022 - 10:48 am

China has sent the military and thousands of healthcare workers into Shanghai to help carry out COVID-19 tests for all of its 26...

Pakistan's top court to meet as PM Khan clings on to power 04 Apr 2022 - 08:57 am

Islamabad: Pakistan's top court will meet on Monday to decide on the fate of Prime Minister Imran Khan, after his party blocked a...

Sri Lankan ministers offer to resign as economic crisis escalates 04 Apr 2022 - 08:18 am

Colombo: The son of Sri Lanka's prime minister resigned from the cabinet on Monday and several other members have offered to do so,...

Protests over shortages roil Sri Lanka despite curfew 03 Apr 2022 - 07:33 pm

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Opposition lawmakers and thousands of people angered by the government's handling of Sri Lanka's worst economic crisis on Sunday...

S.Korea's Han Duck-soo tapped to return as prime minister for new administration 03 Apr 2022 - 05:41 pm

Seoul: The transition committee of South Korea's President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol named Han Duck-soo on Sunday to become prime minister in the new administration,...