World / Asia

100 injured as Bangladesh student groups clash over job quotas 15 Jul 2024 - 03:20 pm

Dhaka: Rival students in Bangladesh clashed on Monday leaving at least 100 people injured, as demonstrators opposing quotas for coveted government jobs battled...

Beijingers feel the pinch as economic data disappoints 15 Jul 2024 - 01:34 pm

Beijing: Shopping online, skipping meals out and a general sense that decades of double-digit growth are very much a thing of the past...

Pakistan government will seek to ban party of ex-PM Khan: Minister 15 Jul 2024 - 12:41 pm

Islamabad: Pakistan's government will seek to ban the political party of jailed ex-prime minister Imran Khan, the information minister said Monday, days after...

Nepal's Communist PM takes power for fourth time 15 Jul 2024 - 11:30 am

Kathmandu: Nepal's Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli was sworn in as prime minister on Monday after his Communist Party forged a coalition government with...

Nepal president appoints new Prime Minister 14 Jul 2024 - 08:30 pm

Katmandu: Nepalese President Ramchandra Paudel appointed KP Sharma Oli, leader of the left-wing Communist Party of Nepal (Unified MarxistLeninist) CPN-UML, as the country's...

Nepal's KP Sharma Oli new prime minister: presidential official 14 Jul 2024 - 03:40 pm

Kathmandu: Nepal's president appointed Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli as prime minister for a fourth time on Sunday, after his communist party forged a...

Cambodia's defense ministry says a search is on for a military helicopter missing since Friday 13 Jul 2024 - 09:29 pm

Phnom Penh, Cambodia: Cambodia’s Defense Ministry on Saturday announced that a military helicopter had gone missing while flying over the heavily forested Cardamom...

Eleven dead in northern Vietnam after landslide buries van 13 Jul 2024 - 03:34 pm

Hanoi: A landslide triggered by heavy rains buried and killed at least 11 people who were travelling in a van in northernVietnam, the...

Malala calls for Pakistan to stop deporting undocumented Afghans 13 Jul 2024 - 01:41 pm

London: Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai called for Pakistan to stop deporting undocumented Afghans, saying she was especially concerned about the "dark future" awaiting...

Pakistan court overturns ex-PM Khan's illegal marriage conviction: party 13 Jul 2024 - 01:21 pm

Islamabad: A Pakistan court overturned ex-prime minister Imran Khan's conviction on illegal marriage charges on Saturday, though he remains jailed over allegations of...

Nepal rescuers recover first body from 2 buses hit by landslide 13 Jul 2024 - 11:34 am

Kathmandu, Nepal: Rescuers in Nepal recovered Saturday the first body after a landslide swept away two buses, pushing them into a raging river...

Pakistan reaches $7 bn aid deal with IMF 13 Jul 2024 - 11:16 am

Islamabad: The International Monetary Fund said it reached a new $7 billion loan deal with Pakistan in a bid to bolster its faltering...

China launches online crackdown on 'harmful' content targeting children 13 Jul 2024 - 09:53 am

Beijing: China on Saturday announced a new crackdown on its tightly controlled internet, taking aim at video apps and social media platforms to...

Pakistan's Supreme Court awards more seats to imprisoned ex-premier Imran Khan's party 12 Jul 2024 - 09:03 pm

Islamabad: Pakistan’s top court on Friday found that the party of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan was improperly denied at least 20...

Nepal's prime minister loses a confidence vote forcing him to step down 12 Jul 2024 - 03:17 pm

KATHMANDU: Nepal’s prime minister lost a vote of confidence in parliament on Friday after the largest party in his coalition government withdrew its...

Son of Asia’s richest man is set to marry in the year's most extravagant wedding 12 Jul 2024 - 03:03 pm

MUMBAI, India:Global celebrities, business tycoons and politicians began arriving in India’s financial capital on Friday to attend the wedding of the youngest son...