World / Asia

A panda is the mascot for the 2020 Beijing Winter Olympics 18 Sep 2019 - 12:19 pm

Beijing: A smiling panda and a walking Chinese lantern will be the mascots for the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics in Beijing. The...

Indonesian haze closes schools, sparks fears for Singapore F1 18 Sep 2019 - 10:03 am

Kuala Lumpur: Toxic haze from Indonesian forest fires closed thousands of schools across the country and in neighbouring Malaysia Wednesday, while air quality...

Cargo plane carrying four missing in eastern Indonesia 18 Sep 2019 - 09:59 am

Timika, Indonesia: An Indonesian cargo plane with four people on board lost contact with air traffic control on Wednesday, an official said, the...

U2 announce first ever India concert 18 Sep 2019 - 09:06 am

New Delhi: Irish rockers U2 have announced they are to play their first ever concert in India, wrapping up the band's Joshua Tree...

Haze closes Malaysia schools, sparks fears for Singapore F1 18 Sep 2019 - 08:28 am

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia closed more than 1,000 schools nationwide Wednesday and air quality worsened in Singapore days before the city's Formula One race,...

Air NZ backtracks on trademark bid after Maori outrage 18 Sep 2019 - 08:20 am

Wellington: Air New Zealand backed down on plans to trademark a logo of the Maori greeting "kia ora" Wednesday after indigenous groups accused...

Explosion hits Afghan capital Kabul, six killed 17 Sep 2019 - 12:23 pm

KABUL: A blast in the centre of Afghanistan's capital Kabul killed at least six people on Tuesday, police officials said. No group immediately...

Popular panda on loan from China dies in Thai zoo 17 Sep 2019 - 11:38 am

BANGKOK, Zoo staff in northern Thailand have donned black and white clothing and observed a minute of silence to mourn the sudden death...

15 killed as truck plunges down ravine in Philippines 17 Sep 2019 - 11:20 am

Manila, Fifteen people, including children, were killed Tuesday in the southern Philippines when the flatbed truck they were riding in plummeted into a...

India arrests former Kashmir chief minister 17 Sep 2019 - 10:54 am

New Delhi, A former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister, seen as being pro-India, has been formally arrested under a law allowing him to...

Train derails in Hong Kong during rush hour 17 Sep 2019 - 10:06 am

Hong Kong, A passenger train derailed during the morning rush hour in Hong Kong on Tuesday leaving eight people injured, authorities said. Images...

S.Korea to develop anti-drone system amid standoff with North 17 Sep 2019 - 09:57 am

SEOUL: South Korea is to invest 88 billion won ($74 million) to develop a weapons system by 2023 that can detect and strike...

Why the Solomons is mulling China diplomatic switch 16 Sep 2019 - 08:01 pm

Honiara: China looks poised to gain an ally in the strategic Pacific region this month as a new Solomon Islands leadership sours on...

Lilly, Thailand's Greta Thunberg, wages 'war' on plastic 16 Sep 2019 - 07:47 pm

Bangkok: Skipping school to glide through a dirty Bangkok canal on a paddleboard, Lilly fishes out rubbish in her mission to clean up...

Bangladesh appoints ex-judge to tackle backlog of trafficking cases 16 Sep 2019 - 07:47 pm

DHAKA: Bangladesh said on Monday it has appointed a former judge to advise on how to clear a huge backlog of trafficking cases...

Pakistan to open border crossing for India Sikhs in November 16 Sep 2019 - 06:36 pm

KARTARPUR, Pakistan: Pakistani officials said Monday that a much-awaited visa-free border crossing for Sikh pilgrims from India will be ready by early November,...

Hong Kong protesters battle police, set fire to key subway station 16 Sep 2019 - 04:46 pm

It was just a typical weekend in Hong Kong: tear gas, water cannons, petrol bombs and few signs that protests now in their...

Subterranean blaze: Indonesia struggles to douse undergound fires 16 Sep 2019 - 10:31 am

Pekanbaru, Indonesia: Thousands of Indonesian firefighters are locked in an around-the-clock game of Whack-a-Mole as they battle to extinguish an invisible enemy --...