World / Asia

Melbourne, Australia: Spanish World Cup-winner Juan Mata on Friday opted against playing another season with Australian side Melbourne Victory, but stopped short of...

Yangon, Myanmar: Myanmar's second-busiest airport was closed for two days on Friday, security sources told AFP, after the government accusedrebels of attacking it...

Tokyo: Japan said on Thursday it had asked for the revision of a new world map adopted by the United Nations because it...

Beijing: A fire on a foreign-flagged cargo ship docked in an eastern Chinese port caused "heavy casualties" on Thursday, state media said, with...

Jakarta: Six orangutans including two nursing infants have been rescued from fires raging on Borneo island in the past week, Indonesian authorities and...

Tokyo: A landslide struck a car park on Japan's Mount Fuji, with the final day of the volcano's summer climbing season on Thursday...

Manila: At least five people were killed and 86 remain missing after a fire erupted aboard a ferry near a tourist hotspot in...

Bangkok: Thailand’s industrial confidence fell in August as surging production expenses, sluggish consumer demand, as well as widespread flooding and rainfalldampened manufacturing output...

Manila: Search and rescue operations are underway after a passenger vessel carrying 134 people caught fire off the coast of Coron, Palawan, on...

Kathmandu, Nepal: Nepali rescuers clung to hopes of finding survivors trapped in hydropower tunnels on Wednesday, two weeks after deadly flooding triggered by...

Seoul: The Philippine defence chief has accused Beijing of "bullying", alleging he was handed a Chinese note at an international forum that asserted...

Seoul: A Seoul court on Wednesday ordered Republic of Korean video game tycoon Kwon Hyuk-bin to pay more than 2 trillion won ($1.5...

Tokyo, Japan: Hundreds of Asian Games athletes in Japan were briefly evacuated from their accommodation as record rainfall lashed host city Nagoya, with...

Dhaka: Bangladesh's August reading of thePurchasing Managers' Index dropped7.9 points to 49.9, signaling marginal economic contraction According to the latest report released on...

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia's partnership with China—including collaboration with top tech firms—continues to accelerate its artificial intelligence sector by boosting adoption and creating jobs,...

New Delhi. Indian authorities have rescued five baby orangutans in an eastern forest region, according to a state minister on Tuesday, following a...

Kuala Lumpur: All five people aboard a helicopter that crashed in the Malaysian state of Sarawak have been confirmed dead, according to local...

Jakarta: Indonesian teams were searching on Tuesday for seven people including five journalists who had gone missing while travelling to cover the eruption...