World / Asia

Islamabad, Pakistan: Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday, April 10, 2026, spoke by phone with Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni to discuss the...

Beijing, China: Police in southern China detained a 31-year-old man accused of repeatedly insulting an athlete online, identified by Chinese state media as...

Beijing, China: China and North Korea should "enhance coordination" on international and regional issues, Beijing's Foreign Minister Wang Yi told North Korean leader...

Phnom Penh, cambodia: Cambodia's King Norodom Sihamoni has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, he said in a statement on Friday, April 10, 2026,...

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysians are expected to accelerate their shift towards electric vehicles (EVs) and public transport as global fuel market volatility amid the...

Tokyo: Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced that her government plans to release additional volumes from oil reserves next May to help stabilize...

Sydney, Australia: Traffic in a seaside Australian town was briefly diverted on Friday when a local seal decided to take a nap on...

Kabul: Heavy rain, storms and floods have battered Asian neighbours Afghanistan and Pakistan in the last three weeks, killing at least 222 people,...

Islamabad: Pakistan has condemned in the strongest terms the ongoing Israeli aggression against Lebanon, which has resulted in the deaths of innocent civilians...

Paris, France: China has banned for 40 days civil aviation from a large airspace off Shanghai without specifying the reasons, according to a...

Dhaka: Bangladesh sentenced two former policemen to death by hanging Thursday for murdering student protester Abu Sayeed, whose killing escalated the 2024 uprising...

New Delhi, India: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Thursday he is pushing a bill to fast-track a law guaranteeing at least one-third...

Colombo, Sri Lanka: The International Monetary Fund approved a further $700 million in loans for Sri Lanka on Thursday, while urging Colombo to...

Beijing: China launched a new set of Internet satellites on Thursday from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Shaanxi province, northern China. This...

Maumere, Indonesia: A shallow 4.9-magitude earthquake struck eastern Indonesia overnight, damaging dozens of homes and injuring multiple people, an official said Thursday. The...

Bangkok: Nearly 70 young Thai men sat on flimsy plastic chairs, faces tense as they waited to draw their fate from a jar...

New Delhi: Bangladesh's foreign minister met his Indian counterpart in New Delhi on Wednesday, the most senior visit by a Dhaka envoy since...

Bangkok: Thailand's foreign minister confirmed on Wednesday the deaths of three Thai crew members of a cargo ship struck by Iran while transiting...