World / Asia

Hong Kong leaders rebuff key protest demand as violence persists 19 Jan 2020 - 06:37 pm

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam’s government again pushed back on a key demand of protesters as a downtown rally turned violent, showing the...

China to step up countermeasures as virus outbreak grows 19 Jan 2020 - 06:37 pm

BEIJING: China will step up efforts to contain the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan ahead of the Lunar New Year holidays as a rise...

China moves to phase out single-use plastics 19 Jan 2020 - 01:28 pm

Beijing: China is stepping up restrictions on the production, sale and use of single-use plastic products, the state planner said on Sunday, as...

Heavy snow hampers search for missing S. Korean, Nepal trekkers 19 Jan 2020 - 10:14 am

Kathmandu - Heavy snow and poor visibility hampered the search Sunday for four South Koreans and three Nepalis caught in an avalanche in...

China virus cases spike, 17 new infections reported 19 Jan 2020 - 09:39 am

Beijing: China reported 17 more cases of pneumonia caused by a new coronavirus strain on Sunday, stoking worries of it spreading as the...

Australian government to aid tourism industry as bushfires recede 19 Jan 2020 - 08:51 am

Melbourne - The Australian government said on Sunday it will financially aid the country's tourism sector that's been badly hit by long-lasting bushfires,...

Philippine volcano simmers, officials brace for long crisis 18 Jan 2020 - 03:52 pm

AGONCILLO, Philippines: Philippine officials said Saturday they're bracing for a long crisis whether the Taal volcano erupts more disastrously or simmers precariously for...

Four S.Korean trekkers among seven missing in Nepal avalanche 18 Jan 2020 - 12:58 pm

Kathmandu: Seven trekkers, including four South Koreans, went missing in Nepal's northwest Himalayan region after an avalanche hit their trail, local police and...

US to screen passengers for China mystery virus 17 Jan 2020 - 10:26 pm

Washington:US authorities will begin screening passengers Friday arriving on direct or connecting flights from a Chinese city at the heart of a mysterious...

Cambodia enlists tuk-tuk drivers in fight against trafficking 17 Jan 2020 - 09:28 pm

LONDON: Thousands of tuk-tuk drivers in Cambodia are to join the fight against human trafficking under a plan by the ride-hailing app Grab...

India's Dalits protest against plan to develop common land 17 Jan 2020 - 09:28 pm

BANGKOK: Protests have flared in the Indian state of Punjab over a government plan to use common land for industrial development, a move...

Dozens injured at India bull-taming festival 17 Jan 2020 - 01:56 pm

Madurai, India - Dozens of young men were injured on the first day of a traditional bull-taming festival in southern India that activists...

Philippine residents retrieve animals, belongings amid threat of volcano eruption 17 Jan 2020 - 01:33 pm

Agoncillo, Philippines - Thousands of residents under orders to evacuate from a town near the Philippine volcano Taal were allowed to briefly visit...

China says second person dies in Wuhan pneumonia outbreak 17 Jan 2020 - 01:21 pm

Shanghai - A second person has died from pneumonia in the central Chinese city of Wuhan following an outbreak believed to be caused...

Sri Lanka ex-minister held over phone recording scandal 17 Jan 2020 - 12:55 pm

Colombo - Sri Lankan authorities have arrested a former minister who allegedly recorded 100,000 phone calls, the sometimes lewd and compromising contents of...

World's biggest yearly human migration begins again in China 17 Jan 2020 - 10:45 am

Beijing - As the Lunar New Year approaches, Chinese travelers flocked to train stations and airports Friday to take part in a nationwide...

Australia town mourns volunteer firefighter fallen in bushfires 17 Jan 2020 - 09:24 am

MELBOURNE - Firefighters, family and the small Australian town of Holbrook hailed fallen volunteer firefighter Samuel McPaul a hero in a solemn funeral...