World / Asia

Tehran: Students and civil servants in parts of Iran were ordered to stay home on Wednesday and Thursday due to "unhealthy" air pollution,...

Seoul: South Korean authorities banned more top officials from leaving the country Tuesday, in the wake of President Yoon Suk Yeol's bungled attempt...

Singapore: DefendingchampionDingLiren bounced back strongly Monday to beat his teenage challenger in the 12th game and level the score in the homestretch of...

Mumbai: India on Monday appointed finance ministry bureaucrat Sanjay Malhotra to helm the country's central bank, a day before his predecessor's term was...

Manila: The Philippine government said Monday it has arrested three suspected illegal traders of depleted uranium, seizing about 100 kilograms (220 pounds) of...

Mumbai: Air India has placed an order to buy 100 more Airbus aircraft, the Tata Group-owned carrier said Monday, in a deal aimed...

Manila: A volcano briefly erupted in the central Philippines on Monday, sending a huge ash column high into the sky as the government...

Seoul: South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol was banned from leaving the country on Monday, the justice ministry said, less than a week...

Singapore: Indian teenage challenger Gukesh Dommaraju beat China's Ding Liren in the eleventh game of their world championship match Sunday, taking a crucial...

Kabul:Afghanistan's central bank announced in a statement that it will auction 16 million U.S. dollars on Monday in a bid to maintain the...

Jakarta: An earthquake measuring 5 on the Richter scale struck Sunday west of Ternate Island in Indonesia. The US Geological Survey said that...

Seoul: South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol escaped impeachment Saturday over his brief declaration of martial law, after lawmakers from his ruling party...

Singapore: Defending champion Ding Liren and his teenage challenger Gukesh Dommaraju of India remained even Saturday with only four games to go in...

Sydney: Australian sprint prodigy Gout Gout clocked the fastest time ever by a 16-year-old to smash the national 200m record on Saturday and...

Seoul: South Korea's embattled President Yoon Suk Yeol apologised but stopped short of resigning Saturday over his declaration of martial law, as protesters...

Jakarta: A Filipina on death row in Indonesia could be home before Christmas after Manila and Jakarta signed an agreement to repatriate her,...

Pontianak, Indonesia: A crocodile attacked and killed a woman as she worked on a palm oil plantation in central Indonesia, local police said,...

Manila: A senior Philippine police official said Friday that an American kidnapped in the southern part of the country was most likely dead,...