World / Asia

ANKARA: At least nine people died Saturday when an operation platform collapsed at a power plant in southern China, state media reported. The...

YANGON, Myanmar: The government of Myanmar has rebuffed the United Nations decision to probe into alleged human rights violations in the country’s western...

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines: The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) said Saturday it would declare a unilateral cease-fire no later than March 31....

Hong Kong: Hong Kong's new leader Carrie Lam pledged to mend political rifts in the city after winning a vote dismissed as a...

Wellington: New Zealand said Sunday it did not plan to "choose sides" on trade between the United States and China, as Chinese Premier...

Phnom Penh: Eleven wild elephants, including a baby, were rescued from a mud-filled bomb crater in Cambodia on Saturday after languishing in the...

Sydney: A Filipino fisherman has been rescued in Papua New Guinea after drifting at sea for 56 days, but his uncle died during...

HONG KONG: A small electoral college chooses a new Hong Kong leader on Sunday amid accusations of meddling by Beijing, denying the Chinese-ruled...

BEIJING: An operation platform collapsed at a power plant in China on Saturday, killing nine people and injuring two, the official Xinhua news...

Yangon: Myanmar on Saturday rejected the UN rights council's decision to investigate allegations that security officers have murdered, raped and tortured Rohingya Muslims,...

MANILA: Philippine soldiers on Saturday rescued one of two Filipino cargo ship crewmen taken captive just two days ago by suspected Abu Sayyaf...

BEIJING: China said on Friday it was in touch with the Philippines about  the possible visit of a Chinese naval ship to the...

GENEVA: The top United Nations human rights body agreed on Friday to send an international fact-finding mission to investigate widespread allegations of killings,...

MUMBAI: The Indian government is giving industrial projects a chance to clear regulatory hurdles they had previously failed to do, in a move...

MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte hit out at the European Union on Friday for hypocrisy and called the bloc “sons of bitches” after...

HONG KONG: Hong Kong authorities have launched a prosecution against the captain of the ship and shipping agent involved in transporting nine Singaporean...

SHANGHAI: China’s air quality was markedly worse in the first two months of the year than the same period of 2016 following a...

Pakistan will punish social media companies that fail to take action against online blasphemy, the interior minister said, adding that he had requested...