World / Asia

Magnitude 6.5 quake hits Indonesia's Papua: USGS 16 Oct 2025 - 02:43 pm

Jakarta: A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Indonesia's eastern Papua province Thursday, damaging dozens of homes and buildings, but causing no reported casualties, officials...

Fatal bear attacks in Japan hit record number 16 Oct 2025 - 01:53 pm

Tokyo: Bears have killed a record number of people in Japan this year, the environment ministry said on Thursday just as another possible...

Last member of the first successful Everest expedition dies 16 Oct 2025 - 12:25 pm

Kathmandu: The last surviving member of the first mountaineering expedition to successfully reach the summit of Mount Everest died in Kathmandu on Thursday,...

Dozens killed as Pakistan-Afghanistan clashes escalate ahead of temporary ceasefire 15 Oct 2025 - 09:51 pm

Kabul/ Islamabad: Dozens of soldiers and civilians have been killed as fresh clashes erupted along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border on Wednesday, according to officials...

Islamabad says Pakistan, Afghanistan agree to 48-hour ceasefire 15 Oct 2025 - 05:42 pm

Islamabad: Pakistan and Afghanistan agreed to a 48-hour ceasefire on Wednesday, the foreign ministry in Islamabad said, after dozens of troops and civilians...

Hong Kong passes law to regulate online ride-hailing platforms 15 Oct 2025 - 04:23 pm

Hong Kong: Hong Kong lawmakers passed a law on Wednesday to regulate online ride-hailing services, aiming to resolve years of tension between licensed...

India court eases Diwali firecracker ban despite pollution 15 Oct 2025 - 11:15 am

New Delhi: India's top court on Wednesday permitted the use of some firecrackers in New Delhi during the Diwali festival, easing a blanket...

Qatar Pavilion concludes successful participation at Expo 2025 Osaka, welcoming over two million visitors 14 Oct 2025 - 06:30 pm

Osaka: The Qatar Pavilion has officially concluded its participation at Expo 2025 Osaka after 184 days of operation, marking the end of a...

China sanctions 5 US branches of S. Korean ship giant Hanwha 14 Oct 2025 - 11:48 am

Beijing: China sanctioned five American subsidiaries of South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean on Tuesday, accusing them of supporting a US government investigation into...

Indian authority revokes licence, orders shutdown of company responsible for cough syrup deaths 13 Oct 2025 - 05:36 pm

New Delhi: The local government in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu Monday announced the complete revocation of the manufacturing license of...

14 injured in Philippines aftershock, weeks after deadly quake: rescuers 13 Oct 2025 - 02:11 pm

Manila: A moderately strong earthquake struck the central Philippine island of Cebu Monday, injuring at least 14 people and damaging infrastructure already weakened...

5.8-magnitude quake hits Cebu, Philippines: GFZ 12 Oct 2025 - 09:19 pm

Beijing: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 jolted Cebu, Philippines at 1706 GMT on Sunday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences...

Pakistan to start nationwide polio vaccination campaign in 159 districts 12 Oct 2025 - 08:12 pm

Islamabad: A polio vaccination campaign is set to kick off from Monday in 159 districts of Pakistan to protect children from paralytic polio,...

Indian pilots' body demands grounding of Air India's Boeing 787 fleet for electrical checks 12 Oct 2025 - 06:02 pm

New Delhi: The Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP) has demanded that the federal government ground the private airline Air India's entire Boeing 787...

Bangladesh launches typhoid vaccination campaign for 50 mln children 12 Oct 2025 - 05:57 pm

Dhaka: The Bangladeshi government has launched a nationwide typhoid vaccination campaign, aiming to immunize about 50 million children between the ages of nine...

China, Philippines trade blame over boat collision in disputed sea 12 Oct 2025 - 01:49 pm

Manila: The Philippines said a Chinese ship deliberately rammed one of its government vessels in the disputed South China Sea on Sunday, although...

'Heavy clashes' at Afghanistan-Pakistan border: Taliban forces 11 Oct 2025 - 10:55 pm

Kabul: Afghanistan's Taliban forces launched armed reprisals againstPakistani soldiers along the shared border on Saturday, accusing Islamabad of carrying out air strikes on...

China successfully rockets Gravity-1 into space with 3 satellites aboard 11 Oct 2025 - 09:33 pm

Beijing: China successfully launched on Saturday the Gravity-1 rocket, also dubbed as YL-1, into space from waters off the coast of Haiyang, Shandong...