SHANGHAI: China's environment ministry on Thursday warned northern regions to get ready for emergency action to tackle another bout of heavy smog expected...
SHANGHAI: China's environment ministry on Thursday warned northern regions to get ready for emergency action to tackle another bout of heavy smog expected...
SHANGHAI: China has completed two new high-speed rail links connecting Kunming, the capital of southwestern Yunnan province, with Shanghai and Guangzhou on the ...
BEIJING: Attackers drove a vehicle into a government building in China's unruly far western region of Xinjiang, setting off an explosive device and...
TAIPEI: Taiwan welcomes the name change by Japan's de facto embassy on the self-ruled island, the foreign ministry said on Thursday, a day...
Taipei: China's sole aircraft carrier the Liaoning has arrived at a naval base on the southern Chinese province of Hainan, a senior Taiwanese...
Kabul: An Afghan MP was among at least three people wounded when a roadside bomb struck his vehicle in Kabul yesterday, officials said,...
Islamabad: Pakistan's fourth nuclear power plant went online yesterday, a joint collaboration with China that adds 340 megawatts to the national grid as...
Seoul: South Korea's state-run pension fund chief was detained yesterday in a widening probe to determine whether President Park Geun-hye forced companies including...
Shanghai: Chinese customs seized over three tonnes of pangolin scales, state media said yesterday, in the country's biggest-ever smuggling case involving the animal...
Chennai: Several persons were injured in a clash between AIADMK workers and supporters of Rajya Sabha member Sasikala Pushpa outside the ruling party's...
NEW DELHI: A train derailed in India on Wednesday injuring 61 people, police and rail officials said, the third significant accident in recent...
Peral Harbour: In a historic pilgrimage, the leaders of Japan and the United States took to the hallowed waters of Pearl Harbour to...
A STRONG earthquake struck northeast of Tokyo late yesterday but there was no fear of a tsunami, Japan's meteorological agency said. It put...
Dhaka: Police in Bangladesh have arrested five suspected Islamist militants believed to be plotting to attack New Year celebrations, a counter-terrorism police chief...
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian opposition parties have called on Southeast Asian countries to be firmer with Myanmar to end decades-old violence against Rohingya Muslims...
Islamabad: Pakistani police yesterday caught three men accused of preparing home-made liquor mixed with aftershave that killed 34 people including a fourth suspect...
Islamabad: Even three years after the Supreme Court directed the election authorities to ensure voting rights for millions of Pakistanis living abroad, no...
