World / Asia

Pakistan PM honors rescuers who freed 8 people from broken cable car 24 Aug 2023 - 10:08 pm

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar on Thursday paid tribute to the commandos and volunteers who rescued six schoolchildren and two adults...

G7 powers condemn failed North Korean satellite launch 24 Aug 2023 - 08:46 pm

Brussels: Foreign ministers from the G7 group of rich democracies condemned North Korea's failed bid to launch a spy satellite on Thursday, arguing...

Indian rover begins exploring Moon's south pole 24 Aug 2023 - 06:30 pm

New Delhi: India began exploring the Moon's surface with a rover on Thursday, a day after it became the first nation to land...

Pakistani court delays ruling on ex-PM Imran Khan's conviction appeal 24 Aug 2023 - 05:50 pm

ISLAMABAD: A court in Pakistan’s capital delayed for a day a crucial ruling that was expected on Thursday on an appeal from the...

BRICS to admit six new members next year 24 Aug 2023 - 11:54 am

Johannesburg: BRICS leaders announced on Thursday the admission of six new countries from next year as the club of large and populous emerging...

China halts all Japanese seafood imports over 'selfish' Fukushima release 24 Aug 2023 - 10:47 am

Beijing: China on Thursday banned all Japanese seafood imports over what it said was the "selfish" release of wastewater from the crippled Fukushima...

North Korea says spy satellite launch ends in failure, again 24 Aug 2023 - 10:11 am

Seoul: North Korea said its second attempt to put a spy satellite into orbit failed on Thursday, three months after the first one...

Japan begins release of water from Fukushima nuclear plant 24 Aug 2023 - 08:14 am

Namie, Japan: Japan began releasing wastewater from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant on Thursday in an operation it insists is safe but has...

North Korea conducts rocket launch in likely 2nd attempt to put spy satellite into orbit 23 Aug 2023 - 11:24 pm

SEOUL: North Korea launched a long-range rocket in a southern direction on Thursday, South Korea's military said, in the North's likely second attempt...

22 killed in Indian railway bridge collapse 23 Aug 2023 - 05:36 pm

New Delhi: At least 22 labourers were killed on Wednesday when the railway bridge they were building across a ravine in India's remote...

India becomes first nation to land spacecraft near Moon's south pole 23 Aug 2023 - 04:06 pm

Bengaluru, India: Indiaon Wednesday became the first nation to land a craft near the Moon's south pole, a historic triumph for the world's...

BRICS leaders to debate expanding membership at summit 23 Aug 2023 - 02:32 pm

Johannesburg: BRICS leaders on Wednesday will debate admitting new members to their five-nation bloc as it pursues a bigger role in shaping world...

China's sushi fans flounder over Fukushima water release 23 Aug 2023 - 01:36 pm

Beijing: At his restaurant in central Beijing, controversy over the release of Fukushima wastewater has left Yao facing a choice: continue stocking his...

Teenager rescued from a broken cable car over Pakistan gorge says it was miracle 23 Aug 2023 - 01:05 pm

Peshawar, Pakistan:The rescue of six school children and two adults who were plucked from a broken cable car that was dangling precariously hundreds...

S. Korea conducts first civil defence drills in 6 years 23 Aug 2023 - 12:50 pm

Seoul: Air raid sirens wailed across central Seoul on Wednesday as officials stopped cars and ordered people to head to underground shelters in...

India's historic cut-price Moon mission set for touchdown 23 Aug 2023 - 11:27 am

Bengaluru, India: India readied Wednesday to become the first nation to land a spacecraft on the Moon's south pole, days after a Russian...

Around 100,000 people evacuated due to floods in Pakistan 23 Aug 2023 - 11:24 am

Kasur, Pakistan: Around 100,000 people have been evacuated from flooded villages in Pakistan's Punjab province, emergency services said on Wednesday. Several hundred villages...