World / Asia

Philippines launches rescue after ferry capsizes 07 Nov 2019 - 08:53 am

Manila: Philippine authorities launched a rescue operation Thursday after a ferry with at least 60 people onboard capsized in rough seas, the coast...

Two climbers die after falling off cliff in New Zealand 07 Nov 2019 - 08:19 am

Wellington: Two men from Australia died this week following a climbing accident near the city of Queenstown in New Zealand's South Island, New...

Bangladesh seen as climate threat by boosting coal reliance 06 Nov 2019 - 06:07 pm

DHAKA, Nov 6 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A Bangladeshi plan to burn more coal for power will worsen global warming in a nation...

Pro-Beijing lawmaker in Hong Kong stabbed while campaigning 06 Nov 2019 - 06:07 pm

HONG KONG: An anti-government assailant stabbed and wounded a pro-Beijing Hong Kong lawmaker who was election campaigning Wednesday, police said, in another escalation...

India deploys security, social media monitors ahead of divisive temple verdict 06 Nov 2019 - 11:57 am

New Delhi, India has deployed thousands of additional security forces and roped in about 16,000 "digital volunteers" to sanitise social media of inflammatory...

Gunmen kill 15 in southern Thailand's worst attack in years 06 Nov 2019 - 07:38 am

BANGKOK: Suspected separatist insurgents stormed a security checkpoint in Thailand's Muslim-majority south and killed at least 15 people, including a police officer and...

Hong Kong leader says she has Xi's backing to tackle unrest 05 Nov 2019 - 11:52 pm

HONG KONG: Embattled Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said Tuesday that she has received the backing of Chinese President Xi Jinping in her...

Indonesia's surfer girls turn the tide on sexism 05 Nov 2019 - 09:03 pm

KUTA, Indonesia: Standing on her surfboard as it was lifted by a wave, Zahwa Ardika Utami is one of a small but growing...

Philippines' Duterte names main political rival and drug war critic as 'drugs tsar' 05 Nov 2019 - 03:16 pm

MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has named his main political rival as his "drugs tsar" after she criticised the high death toll his...

Police, lawyers clash in India over parking spot 05 Nov 2019 - 03:13 pm

New Delhi: Hundreds of Indian police staged a rare and angry protest on Tuesday after a row with lawyers that initially started over...

Four-year doping ban for India's Commonwealth weightlifting champ 05 Nov 2019 - 10:04 am

New Delhi - India's Commonwealth Games weightlifting gold medal winner Ravi Kumar Katulu has been banned for four years after failing a drug...

China Launches New BeiDou Satellite 05 Nov 2019 - 09:52 am

Beijing - China sent a new satellite of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in...

China's Xi reiterates support for Hong Kong leader in Shanghai meeting: Xinhua 04 Nov 2019 - 09:44 pm

China's President Xi Jinping on Monday told embattled Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam the central government has a high degree of confidence in...

Trolls renew social media attacks on Hong Kong’s protesters 04 Nov 2019 - 06:30 pm

Just months after Twitter Inc. and Facebook Inc. said they had removed hundreds of accounts used to undermine Hong Kong’s protest movement, the...

Pakistan's former prime minister's daughter granted bail 04 Nov 2019 - 04:15 pm

Lahore, Pakistan: A Pakistani court granted bail on Monday to Maryam Nawaz, the daughter of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who has been...

Taj Mahal gets air purifier as Indian capital chokes 04 Nov 2019 - 11:47 am

New Delhi: New Delhi banned half the Indian capital's private cars from its roads on Monday as the megacity's 20 million people spluttered...

IndiGo server collapses, long queues at airports 04 Nov 2019 - 11:07 am

New Delhi: Passengers flying IndiGo faced long queues across airports on Monday morning after the airline's server collapsed. "Our systems have been down...