World / Asia

Islamabad: A Pakistani firm won an auction yesterday with a $482m bid for a majority stake in the embattled national carrier Pakistan International...

Bangkok: Thailand yesterday rejected a request by Cambodia to hold bilateral talks in a neutral country, leaving a planned meeting to negotiate an...

Muscat: Yemen’s Houthis and its internationally-recognised government yesterday agreed to a prisoner swap that includes nearly 3,000 people, including seven Saudis — making...

Tokyo: Japan's Finance Minister, Satsuki Katayama, has said the country has full freedom to respond to excessive fluctuations in the yen, signaling a...

Taipei: The parents of a man accused of killing three people in a stabbing rampage in a Taiwan metro last week knelt and...

Islamabad, Pakistan: Pakistan received three bids on Tuesday for the privatization of its embattled national carrier PIA, in what is seen as a...

Colombo, Sri Lanka: India has committed $450 million in humanitarian assistance to help Sri Lanka recover from the devastating damage caused by Cyclone...

Islamabad: Pakistan's Minister of State for Federal Education and Professional Training Wajiha Qamar said that the country will enhance and improve quality education...

Colombo: Sri Lanka is moving ahead with plans to build housing complexes for families who lost their homes due to Cyclone Ditwah, a...

Kuala Lumpur: Thailand announced Monday that Cambodia has agreed to hold talks on Wednesday in a bid to reach a new ceasefire to...

NEW DELHI: An Air India flight that took off from Delhi for Mumbai Monday morning was forced to make an emergency landing back...

Beijing: China said on Monday would place temporary duties on "certain dairy products" imported from the European Union, marking the latest salvo in...

Tokyo: A Japanese regional assembly backed a plan on Monday to restart the world's biggest nuclear plant for the first time since the...

Tokyo: Japan's flagship H3 rocket failed to launch a geolocation satellite into orbit on Monday due to engine failure, the country's space agency...

Sydney: Australia is reckoning with its deadliest mass shooting in decades after a father and son opened fire on crowds gathered for a...

Wellington, New Zealand: New Zealand said Monday it had agreed a wide-ranging free-trade deal with India that eliminates tariffs on 95 percent of...

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Former Malaysian leader Najib Razak lost a bid to have his jail term changed to house arrest on Monday, a...

Manila, Philippines: The Philippines' Department of Agriculture on Sunday said the ban on sugar importation will remain in place until December next year,...