Tokyo: The Japanese government should forbid employers from retaining the passports of their foreign workers, a lawyer said on Thursday after a Filipino...
Tokyo: The Japanese government should forbid employers from retaining the passports of their foreign workers, a lawyer said on Thursday after a Filipino...
Sydney: A large water-bombing plane crashed while fighting fires southwest of Sydney on Thursday, killing all three US crew on board, Australian officials...
MELBOURNE/SYDNEY: Helicopters were searching on Thursday for a C-130 Hercules air tanker feared to have crashed while fighting bushfires in Australia's alpine region,...
BANGKOK: A Thai court on Tuesday acquitted a high-profile opposition party from an allegation it was seeking to overthrow the monarchy. The dismissed...
CHENNAI, India: Less than 1% of India's trafficking survivors win victim compensation, stymied by low awareness of the scheme and the high burden...
BANGKOK: The southern Indian state of Telangana will use facial recognition software in local elections on Wednesday, authorities said, the first such use...
KABUL: After her husband was killed and their home in Baghlan province torched in Afghanistan's long-running war, Nasim Gul fled nearly 200 miles...
BEIJING/SHANGHAI: The death toll from a new flu-like coronavirus in China rose to nine on Wednesday with 440 confirmed cases, Chinese health officials...
TOKYO: A lieutenant to Carlos Ghosn who is facing charges in Japan for underreporting his salary at Nissan Motor Co stands a very...
New Delhi: India's Supreme Court declined calls to suspend the implementation of a new citizenship law on Wednesday, deciding that a constitutional bench...
Seoul/Beijing - Several foreign tour operators said North Korea will ban foreign tourists starting Wednesday due to the spread of a new coronavirus...
Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd will allow flight attendants to wear a surgical mask while operating mainland China flights due to concerns...
Singapore: Singapore rebutted a report on Wednesday alleging illegal execution practices in the city-state and ordered Yahoo and others to attach fake news...
Kathmandu: Eight Indian tourists, including four children, were declared dead Tuesday after being found unconscious in their room at a mountain resort in ...
MUMBAI: The seized assets of Indian diamond magnate Nirav Modi, arrested in Britain last year over fraud allegations, will be auctioned within the...
Beijing - Former Interpol chief Meng Hongwei, who was detained on a visit to China in 2018, was sentenced Tuesday to more than...
Taal, Philippines - A desolate landscape of ash dunes and bare trees left by the eruption of the Philippines' Taal volcano lay in...
Beijing: With millions of Asians travelling on Tuesday for the Lunar New Year holiday, authorities in China confirmed that a new virus could...
