Yilan, Taiwan: Thousands of people were evacuated in Taiwan ahead of Typhoon Haikui, with hundreds of flights cancelled and businesses closed as authorities...
Yilan, Taiwan: Thousands of people were evacuated in Taiwan ahead of Typhoon Haikui, with hundreds of flights cancelled and businesses closed as authorities...
Sydney: An Australian icebreaker was sailing to Antarctica on Sunday in a rescue mission to evacuate a researcher with a "developing medical condition"...
Thailand’s new Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin unveiled a cabinet line-up that sees him also assume the post of finance chief, a rare move...
Islamabad: Thousands of Pakistan traders shuttered their shops on Saturday, striking over soaring energy and fuel bills stirring widespread discontent ahead of national...
Hong Kong, China: Typhoon Saola swept across southern China on Saturday after tearing down trees and smashing windows in Hong Kong, although the...
Sriharikota, India: The latest mission in India's ambitious space programme blasted off Saturday on a voyage towards the centre of the solar system,...
Singapore: Singapore's former deputy prime minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam was elected president on Friday, earning a landslide victory in the city-state's first contested vote...
Bangkok: Temperature records are being toppled across Asia, from India's summer to Australia's winter, authorities said on Friday, in fresh evidence of the...
Hong Kong: Hong Kong's weather observatory raised its typhoon alert to the highest level at 8:15 pm (1215 GMT) on Friday over Super...
BANGKOK: Thailand’s king on Friday reduced former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's eight-year prison term to a single year following the divisive politician's return...
NEW DELHI: India’s fractured opposition parties decided on Friday to jointly contest the 2024 national elections in their bid to unseat Prime Minister...
Manila: Teenagers from a crowded Manila slum shoot hoops on a court bearing the shiny logo of the FIBA World Cup, the tournament...
Colombo: Sri Lanka's police force said on Friday it had sacked an officer who entertained protesters with an impromptu piano performance after they...
Shanghai lowered mortgage requirements for some homebuyers following central government guidance, loosening barriers for property ownership in one of the country’s most prized...
Manila: Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos on Friday imposed a price cap on rice, the national staple cereal, blaming "cartels" and hoarders for surging...
Colombo: Inflation in crisis-hit Sri Lanka eased to 4.0 percent in August, the lowest since before last year's unprecedented financial crisis, official figures...
India’s weakest monsoon rains in about a century are becoming the biggest risk for the fast growing economy as food prices rise and...
Hong Kong: Tens of millions of people in Hong Kong, Shenzhen and other southern Chinese megacities sheltered indoors Friday as Super Typhoon Saola...
