World / Asia

Sri Lanka PM says talks with IMF difficult due to bankruptcy 05 Jul 2022 - 01:49 pm

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka:Sri Lanka’s negotiations with the International Monetary Fund on a bailout are more complex and difficult than before because it is...

China opposes arms race in outer space 05 Jul 2022 - 11:45 am

Beijing: China reiterated its opposition to arms race in outer space. This came at a press conference held by spokesman for the Chinese...

Australia floods worsen as thousands more flee Sydney homes 05 Jul 2022 - 11:06 am

SYDNEY: Torrential rains kept battering Australia's east coast on Tuesday, intensifying the flood crisis in Sydney as thousands more residents were ordered to...

China sees record rains, heat as weather turns volatile 05 Jul 2022 - 10:20 am

BEIJING: From the snowcapped peaks of Tibet to the tropical island of Hainan, China is sweltering under the worst heatwave in decades while...

Monsoon rains lash Pakistan; 6 killed in country's southwest 05 Jul 2022 - 10:13 am

QUETTA, Pakistan: At least six people, including women and children, were killed when the roofs of their homes collapsed in heavy rains lashing...

Indonesia pushes for Covid boosters with cases at two-month high 04 Jul 2022 - 03:57 pm

Indonesia will ask people to show proof of a third Covid-19 vaccine shot to access crowded areas as the government banks on inoculation...

Searchers rescue 4th person from china ship, 12 bodies found 04 Jul 2022 - 02:29 pm

HONG KONG: Rescue teams searching for missing crew members from a Chinese engineering ship that sank over the weekend saved a fourth person...

Hackers claim theft of police Info in China’s largest data leak 04 Jul 2022 - 02:01 pm

Unknown hackers claimed to have stolen data on as many as a billion Chinese residents after breaching a Shanghai police database, in what...

China rejects NASA accusation it will take over the moon 04 Jul 2022 - 01:54 pm

BEIJING:China on Monday rejected as an irresponsible smear a warning from the chief of NASA that China might "take over" the moon as...

China retrieves dozen bodies after Typhoon Chaba sinks ship 04 Jul 2022 - 01:37 pm

BEIJING: Chinese search and rescue officials pulled 12 bodies on Monday from waters southwest of Hong Kong after an engineering vessel snapped in...

Canadian government: Tycoon in China due to stand trial 04 Jul 2022 - 11:39 am

BEIJING: A Chinese-born Canadian tycoon is being put on trial in China, Canada's government said Monday, five years after he vanished from Hong...

Several eastern Chinese areas in mass COVID testing to curb new waves of infections 04 Jul 2022 - 11:09 am

SHANGHAI: Parts of eastern China are running fresh rounds of mass COVID-19 testing, as the country faces new waves of infections while recovering...

China downgrades Typhoon Chaba but heavy rain to fall in several provinces 04 Jul 2022 - 11:03 am

BEIJING: Typhoon Chaba weakened into a tropical depression, but it is still expected to bring heavy rain in the central and eastern part...

BTS rekindle debate about military service in South Korea 04 Jul 2022 - 10:52 am

SEOUL: A surprise decision by South Korean boy band BTS to take a break from live shows has rekindled debate about mandatory military...

Bus falls into deep gorge in northern India, killing 16 04 Jul 2022 - 09:37 am

NEW DELHI: A passenger bus slid off a mountain road and fell into a deep gorge in northern India on Monday, killing 16...

4th crew member rescued after ship sinks south of Hong Kong 04 Jul 2022 - 09:34 am

HONG KONG: A fourth crew member has been rescued Monday after a storm sunk an engineering vessel two days earlier, according to Chinese...

Tens of thousands of Sydney residents told to evacuate as rains flood suburbs 04 Jul 2022 - 09:22 am

SYDNEY: Fresh evacuation orders were issued for tens of thousands of Sydney residents on Monday after relentless rains triggered floods for the third...

At least 5 killed, thousands hurt in unrest-hit Uzbekistan region 03 Jul 2022 - 07:38 pm

Almaty: Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev said on Sunday there were casualties among civilians and law enforcement officers after rare protests in the Central...