World / Asia

Coronavirus deaths, cases leap in China suggesting much bigger crisis 13 Feb 2020 - 10:29 am

Beijing: The Chinese province at the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak reported a record rise in deaths and thousands more cases on Thursday...

Japan to let elderly leave cruise liner hit by coronavirus as 44 new cases confirmed 13 Feb 2020 - 08:52 am

Tokyo - Japan will allow some elderly passengers on a quarantined cruise liner who test negative for the new coronavirus to disembark ahead...

Indian couple gets jail in Singapore's first labour trafficking conviction 12 Feb 2020 - 09:27 pm

KUALA LUMPUR: An Indian couple was sentenced to more than five years in jail in Singapore on Tuesday for exploiting migrant women, the...

Nepal seeks to cut migrant deaths with safety training 12 Feb 2020 - 09:18 pm

KATHMANDU: In a bid to reduce migrant deaths in the Middle East and Asia, millions of Nepalis who work overseas will be given...

Radio show in small Indian town gives rare voice to child workers 12 Feb 2020 - 09:17 pm

GORAKHPUR: Balloon seller Nisha, 9, said purple was her favourite colour as she spoke into the microphone on a radio show in north...

EU plans trade sanctions against Cambodia over rights record 12 Feb 2020 - 07:28 pm

BRUSSELS: The European Union has declared its intention to slap sanctions on Cambodia over what it considers to be the country's human rights...

Pakistan jails Mumbai attack accused for terrorism financing 12 Feb 2020 - 01:54 pm

LAHORE, Pakistan: Hafiz Saeed, accused by India and the United States of masterminding the 2008 attacks in Mumbai, was jailed for 11 years...

Indonesia criticises US study concerns over no coronavirus cases 12 Feb 2020 - 01:48 pm

Jakarta - Indonesia has criticised a US study questioning why the world's fourth most populous nation had not yet recorded a case of...

Giggs, Scholes and instant noodles: Vietnam takes pot-shot at World Cup 12 Feb 2020 - 10:51 am

Hung Yen, Vietnam: After a career that began in instant noodles, Vietnam's richest man knows all about long shots, and now he's taking...

Ladder to door was only escape for deadly India factory fire 12 Feb 2020 - 09:06 am

New Delhi: Shouting and crying, workers in an Indian denim factory struggled to claw their way up a ladder to a door, their...

Japan cruise ship coronavirus cases climb to 175, including quarantine officer 12 Feb 2020 - 09:06 am

Tokyo - Another 39 people have tested positive for the coronavirus on the cruise ship Diamond Princess quarantined in Japan, with one quarantine...

Virus storytellers challenge China's official narrative 12 Feb 2020 - 12:58 am

BEIJING: After nearly a week of roaming China's epidemic-struck city, filming the dead and the sickened in overwhelmed hospitals, the strain of being...

Pakistan ignores criticism over not evacuating students in China 11 Feb 2020 - 01:04 pm

Pakistan’s government ignored criticism over the delay in evacuating its students from China and its lawmakers found unanimity in an otherwise divided parliament...

Modi's party losing badly in New Delhi legislative elections 11 Feb 2020 - 01:00 pm

New Delhi - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party was facing a major defeat by a regional party Tuesday in elections...

New coronavirus found in Japan evacuees who initially tested negative 11 Feb 2020 - 12:40 pm

Tokyo - Two Japanese citizens evacuated from the epicentre of a novel coronavirus outbreak have been diagnosed with the infection after initially testing...

Coronavirus death toll surges past 1,000 as fears grow for Chinese economy 11 Feb 2020 - 10:17 am

SHANGHAI - Worry grew on Tuesday that the extent of economic disruption from China's coronavirus outbreak was being underestimated as the death toll...