World / Asia

Mati, Philippines: A powerful 6.9-magnitude aftershock jolted quake-hit southern Philippines late Friday, triggering a fresh tsunami alert just hours after an earlier warning...

Beijing: China said Friday it would impose "special port fees" on ships operated by and built in the United States after Washington announced...

Davao, Philippines: A powerful magnitude-7.4 earthquake struck off the southern Philippines on Friday, killing at least one person and triggering regional tsunami warnings...

Honiara: Solomon Islander Dennis Phillip was plowing his soil by hand when he heard an unusual clunk -- one of the countless unexploded...

Davao, Philippines: The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center lifted its tsunami alert for the Philippines, Palau and Indonesia on Friday, hours after a magnitude...

Rajshah: In the swamplands along Bangladesh's mighty Padma River, snakes slithering through villages have become an unrelenting menace, leaving residents terrified and hospitals...

Colombo: Sri Lanka will deploy a special strike force to keep wild elephants away from a loss-making airport in a bid to encourage...

Tokyo: An agitated bear roamed the aisles of a supermarket in central Japan, injuring two men and frightening shoppers while separately a man...

Kolkata: A herd of elephants, along with tigers and leopards, have escaped after raging floods in India submerged two of West Bengal's famed...

Manila: A Filipino blogger has been arrested and accused of inciting sedition over a Facebook post authorities described as making a veiled death...

Hanoi: Vietnam has recorded the highest flood levels on three rivers in the country's north in nearly 40 years, state media reported on...

Colombo: Cash-strapped Sri Lanka's recovery from its worst economic meltdown remains "uneven and incomplete" with many households yet to regain livelihoods lost during...

Ulan Bator: The World Bank has revised down Mongolia's gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecast for 2025 to 5.9 percent, compared with its...

Bangkok:Thailand's cabinet on Tuesday approved an economic stimulus scheme worth 44 billion baht (1.35 billion USdollars) to boost domestic consumption and alleviate the...

Sidoarjo, Indonesia: The search for victims of last week's Indonesian school collapse ended on Tuesday with the death toll climbing to 67, an...

Jakarta: Indonesia has expanded its coffee market with the shipment of 15 tons of Arabica coffee worth 3 billion rupiah (around 180,000 U.S....

Geneva: The UN Human Rights Council decided on Monday to launch a probe into serious rights violations in Afghanistan, amid growing alarm over...

Hundreds of hikers were stranded on the lower slopes of the world’s tallest mountain and the surrounding area amid a weekend of heavy...