World / Asia

Chinese soldiers leave Hong Kong barracks in rare clean-up cameo 16 Nov 2019 - 04:20 pm

Hong Kong: Soldiers from the Chinese People's Liberation Army briefly left their Hong Kong barracks on Saturday to help the clean-up after a...

India drops plan to let forest officials use force after protests 16 Nov 2019 - 03:56 pm

Bangkok: India has dropped plans to give forest officials the right to use force against indigenous people and open up more land for...

Gunmen fire on buses carrying Muslim Sri Lankan voters 16 Nov 2019 - 03:22 pm

Colombo: Gunmen fired at buses carrying minority Muslim voters on Saturday as Sri Lankans elected a new president, with the powerful Rajapaksa clan...

Bushfires rage across Australia's east and west as danger rises 16 Nov 2019 - 10:32 am

Melbourne: Dozens of wild fires burned across broad swaths of Australia's east and west on Saturday and firefighters scrambled to shore up defences...

China envoy threatens to ban Swedish minister over Gui Minhai award 15 Nov 2019 - 06:54 pm

STOCKHOLM: Sweden's minister for culture will be banned from entering China if she attends a literary award ceremony on Friday for detained Swedish...

China's ambassador to Sweden Gui Congyou speaks to the media on November 15, 2019 in Stockholm, Sweden. (AFP / TT News Agency / Jonas EKSTROMER)

Vietnam jails music teacher for 'undermining' state 15 Nov 2019 - 01:50 pm

Hanoi, Vietnam sentenced a music teacher to 11 years in prison on Friday for Facebook posts that allegedly undermined the one-party state, which...

Pakistan deploys new vaccine against "superbug" typhoid outbreak 15 Nov 2019 - 01:06 pm

Pakistan began vaccinating millions of children against typhoid on Friday to try to control a drug-resistant superbug outbreak of the fever that has...

Sri Lanka author attacked ahead of key polls 14 Nov 2019 - 05:45 pm

Colombo: Armed men stabbed and injured a writer in Sri Lanka on Thursday, a week after he published a book criticising the main...

Death toll in Australia bushfires rises to four 14 Nov 2019 - 10:19 am

Burrell Creek, Australia, The death toll from devastating bushfires in eastern Australia has risen to four after a man's body was discovered in...

Schools shut because of Delhi's smog, but hundreds of children run a race 14 Nov 2019 - 10:14 am

New Delhi: About 1,000 children ran a race in thick smog in the Indian capital New Delhi early on Thursday when authorities declared...

SC refers Sabarimala issue to larger 7-judge bench 14 Nov 2019 - 09:32 am

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday referred the issue of entry of women into Sabarimala temple and other religious places to a...

Indian court dismisses review petition in Rafale deal 14 Nov 2019 - 09:26 am

New Delhi: India's Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a review petition seeking a probe into the Rafale deal. Justice S.K. Kaul while reading...

Thai clerk charged with murder after shooting gunman in court 14 Nov 2019 - 08:59 am

Bangkok: A legal clerk who ended a bloody Thai courtroom shooting by grabbing a firearm and killing the gunman has been arrested and...

Cambodia to free more than 70 opposition activists on bail 14 Nov 2019 - 08:42 am

PHNOM PENH: Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has ordered the release on bail of more than 70 opposition activists arrested in recent weeks...

Delhi smog hits 'emergency' levels as Britain's Prince Charles visits 13 Nov 2019 - 08:47 pm

New Delhi: The Indian capital's notorious air pollution hit "emergency" levels again Wednesday, coinciding with a visit by Britain's Prince Charles. New Delhi...

Mainland China students flee Hong Kong over protest violence fears 13 Nov 2019 - 10:36 am

Hong Kong: Mainland Chinese students have begun fleeing Hong Kong campuses over security fears, police and university officials said Wednesday, as the city's...

Bushfire threat still high as Australia clean up begins 13 Nov 2019 - 10:34 am

Glenreagh, Australia, Australians on Wednesday began sifting through the ashes of hundreds of bushfires that have ravaged the country, relieved that their worst...

Indian capital in "day-to-day battle" with smog as cool weather sets in 13 Nov 2019 - 09:34 am

NEW DELHI, Cooler temperatures and lighter wind trapped heavy smog over the Indian capital on Wednesday, pushing pollution to "severe" levels in many...