World / Asia

Kathmandu: Two bodies have been recovered after an avalanche struck the base camp area of Mt. Himlung in Nepal's mountainous district of Manang...

Seoul: Korean and UN investigators launched a probe on Sunday into a suspected mine explosion that injured three military officers, inspecting the area...

New Delhi: At least 56 people have been killed by heavy rain and thunderstorms in northern India. The office of India's relief commissioner...

Kathmandu, Nepal: At least 10 local climbers and guides are missing after an avalanche hit the base camp of Himlung peak in central...

Bengaluru, India: The demolition has begun at Bengaluru's Urvashi Cinema, once a 1,200-seat movie palace where generations of filmgoers cheered and whistled, another...

Chengdu, China: A pair of Chinese giant pandas departed for Zoo Atlanta in the United States on a chartered flight at 2:55am Sunday,...

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia’s state-owned investment firm Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB) plans to direct 15 billion ringgit (around $3.68 billion) into green and climate...

Phnom Penh:Severe flooding across Cambodia has impacted more than 25,500 families, with at least 2,908 households forced to flee to higher ground, disaster...

Jakarta: The death toll from a ferry that sank in Indonesia's Java Sea nearly two weeks ago has risen to 64, while 71...

Nagoya, Japan: Zhang Ziyu played a starring role to drag China to women's basketball bronze at the Asian Games on Saturday, with her...

Mumbai, India: Drought has hit three-quarters of India's richest state of Maharashtra, the government said on Saturday, after prolonged low rainfall in the...

Beijing:Chinese President Xi Jinping returned to Beijing on Saturday afternoon after concluding his state visit to the United States. Xi's entourage, including his...

Nagoya, Japan: Asian Games organisers admitted on Saturday they were "not satisfied" with ticket sales after swathes of empty seats were seen at...

San Francisco, United States: Microsoft on Friday unveiled a new vision for how it will integrate Word, Excel and Powerpoint into its AI-powered...

Kirtipur, Nepal: Pulled alive 10 days after catastrophic floods trapped him in a tunnel, Nepali hydropower worker Kabir Maharjan is determined to help...

Nagoya, Japan: Japan's 11-year-old eSports prodigy Yuki Kurihara won Asian Games gold on Saturday in style after thrashing a series of opponents up...

Bangkok: Bangkok authorities declared on Saturday a disaster across all 50 districts of the Thai capital after heavy rain for a third consecutive...

New Delhi: India’s foreign exchange reserves fell by $14.881 billion to stand at $765.901 billion, according to the latest figures released by the...