World / Asia

KATHMANDU, Nepal: A Sherpa guide scaled Mount Everest on Sunday for the 26th time, matching the record set by a fellow Nepalese guide...

Doha: Reigning Miss Universe R’Bonney Gabriel is in the Philippines for the first time since she won the crown in January this year,...

Singapore’s already steamy heat revisited a 40-year record on Saturday, climbing to 37C (98.6F). The temperature at Ang Mo Kio in central Singapore...

Bangladesh and Myanmar are evacuating hundreds of thousands of people as Cyclone Mocha is set to make landfall Sunday, potentially causing widespread destruction...

Bangkok: Voters in Thailand head to the polls on Sunday touted as a pivotal chance for change, eight years after incumbent Prime Minister...

Karachi: Pakistan on Saturday appointed former New Zealand player Grant Bradburn as head coach of their men's cricket team for the next two...

Kathmandu: Nine Nepalis reached the summit of Mount Everest on Saturday, opening the route for hundreds of climbers expected to scale the world's...

Teknaf, Bangladesh: Bangladesh Saturday moved to evacuate Rohingya refugees from "risky areas" to community centres and hundreds fled an island as the most...

Islamabad: Pakistan former prime minister Imran Khan was granted two weeks of bail by Islamabad High Court on Friday in a graft case,...

Tesla Inc. will need to fix almost every car it’s ever sold in China due to an issue with the vehicles’ acceleration systems....

Hanoi: Apple will launch its first online store in Vietnam next week, the company said Friday, hoping to cash in on the country's...

Islamabad: Pakistan's Supreme Court on Thursday declared the arrest of former prime minister Imran Khan "invalid" after his detention two days ago sparked...

Gwa, Myanmar: Myanmar and Bangladesh deployed thousands of volunteers and ordered evacuations from low-lying areas on Thursday as the Bay of Bengal's first...

Beijing: China's inflation rate edged up 0.1 percent year-on-year in April, the slowest rate recorded since 2021, official figures showed Thursday, signalling a...

SEOUL, South Korea: South Korea will drop its COVID-19 quarantine requirements and end testing recommendations for international arrivals starting next month after the...

Manila: ThePhilippines' economy grew more than expected in the first three months of the year, official data showed Thursday, though the pace was...

Islamabad: Following the arrest of Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan two days ago, troops were deployed in the capital on Thursday as...

Malaysia hopes to enact laws to protect the country from what Law Minister Azalina Othman termed as "ridiculous” lawsuits such as the territorial...