World / Asia

Special trains for 3.6m Indian workers stranded in lockdown 23 May 2020 - 04:39 pm

New Delhi: India will organise special trains to get at least 3.6 million migrant workers stranded by the pandemic lockdown back home, authorities...

UK pop star comes to the rescue in Singapore quiz row 23 May 2020 - 04:08 pm

Singapore: A Singapore quiz contestant has been handed a cash prize following a row with a radio station over his pronunciation of Spandau...

China's top disease control official accepts criticism of coronavirus response 23 May 2020 - 01:01 pm

BEIJING: China's top disease control official said on Saturday that public criticism over the initial coronavirus outbreak was understandable, but defended Beijing's response...

Coronavirus spreading in Bangladesh's Rohingya camps 23 May 2020 - 12:04 pm

DHAKA, Bangladesh: Bangladesh’s crammed Rohingya camps are threatened with the coronavirus outbreak as the infection tally rose to 21 with eight new cases...

Survivor recalls horror of Pakistan plane crash that killed 97 23 May 2020 - 11:07 am

Karachi: One of the two people to survive a plane crash in Pakistan that killed 97 people has described jumping from the burning...

India reports largest single-day virus spike 22 May 2020 - 02:37 pm

NEW DELHI, India - India has reported 6,088 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours for its biggest single-day spike, increasing the...

Coronavirus cases in Singapore surpass 30,000 - Reuters tally 22 May 2020 - 02:04 pm

Coronavirus cases in Singapore topped 30,000 on Friday as the city-state reports hundreds of new infections in cramped migrant worker dormitories every day....

PIA plane crashes in residential area near Karachi airport 22 May 2020 - 01:30 pm

Karachi - A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane crashed in a residential area near the Karachi Airport on Friday, an official has confirmed....

Indian PM offers help to cyclone stricken Kolkata, Bangladesh counts cost 22 May 2020 - 12:51 pm

KOLKATA/DHAKA - Prime Minister Narendra Modi, peering down from his aircraft on Friday, saw the devastation and flooding caused by the most powerful...

Cyclone kills at least 82 in India, Bangladesh, causes widespread flooding 21 May 2020 - 02:50 pm

KOLKATA/DHAKA - The most powerful cyclone to strike eastern India and Bangladesh in over a decade killed at least 82 people, officials said,...

Robot dog on virus park patrol in Singapore 21 May 2020 - 01:52 pm

Singapore - A yellow robot dog called Spot which found fame online for dancing to hit song "Uptown Funk" has been deployed to...

'Insensitive' Japan Olympic coronavirus logo pulled after row 21 May 2020 - 12:34 pm

Tokyo - A satirical mock-up depicting the Tokyo Olympics logo as the new coronavirus has been pulled after Olympic organisers branded it "insensitive"...

China vaccine maker inks Canada deal to develop second shot 21 May 2020 - 12:33 pm

Leading Chinese vaccine developer CanSino Biologics Inc.. has inked a deal to test and sell a separate Canadian vaccine candidate as the race...

Lockdown over, Pakistan's COVID-19 deaths, infections tick higher 21 May 2020 - 12:21 pm

ISLAMABAD - COVID-19 infections in Pakistan trended higher in recent days and were approaching 50,000, official data showed, with total deaths crossing 1,000,...

Airlines caught unawares as India allows local flights to resume 21 May 2020 - 12:11 pm

India’s decision to resume domestic flights from May 25 was a bolt out of the blue for most of the country’s aviation companies....

China's top political meetings open with minute's silence for virus victims 21 May 2020 - 12:09 pm

Beijing: China's annual high-level political meetings opened Thursday with a minute's silence for the victims of the coronavirus pandemic, which has claimed over...

Indonesia reports 973 new coronavirus cases, biggest daily jump 21 May 2020 - 12:03 pm

JAKARTA: Indonesia reported on Thursday its biggest daily jump in coronavirus cases, bringing the total confirmed number to 20,162 in the world’s fourth...