Jakarta: Malaysia will send aircraft and dozens of firefighters to help tackle blazes in Indonesia, Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said on...
Jakarta: Malaysia will send aircraft and dozens of firefighters to help tackle blazes in Indonesia, Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said on...
Chengdu: Five people are missing after a mudslide hit southwest China's Sichuan Province early Saturday, local authorities said. The mudslide occurred near Shijiagou...
Wellington: New Zealand's parliament has unanimously passed legislation reforming the country's earthquake-prone building system, with a focus on buildings that pose the greatest...
New Delhi: Indians living in Japan are standing by to house the country's athletes at the Asian Games if accommodation shortages continue, officials...
Kohat, Pakistan: The death toll from an explosion and gun attack at a police headquarters in northern Pakistan rose to at least 31,...
Colombo: Sri Lanka commissioned its first grid-connected battery energy storage system in Anuradhapura on Friday. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake unveiled a commemorative plaque...
Tokyo: The Bank of Japan raised its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 1.25 percent on Friday, thehighest level in 31...
Bangkok: Thailand will scale up its residential solar power initiative to a capacity of 10 gigawatts, purchasing excess electricity from participants at 2.20...
Jakarta: The death toll from a Java Sea shipwreck has risen to nine after Indonesian Navy search and rescue teams recovered three additional...
Manila: The Philippine Coast Guard said on Friday it confiscated 12.5 tonnes of ammonium nitrate and 130 cases of dynamite aboard a vessel...
Tokyo: The world's busiest railway station, located at the heart of Tokyo in Japan, is testing whether mobile robotic rubbish bins can ease...
Sydney: A shark killed a man as he swam off a popular beach near Perth in Western Australia on Friday, police said. It...
Bangkok: An Australian accused of murdering a Thai teenager and stuffing her body in a suitcase pleaded not guilty Friday in a hearing...
Manila: At least two people were killed in a school shooting in the southern Philippines on Friday, a regional disaster agency worker told...
Sydney: Researchers in Australia are developing a "smart", self-healing coating that could dramatically extend rust protection for steel structures, including buildings, bridges, and...
Indonesia: Indonesian rescuers formally called off a search on Thursday for eight people, including five journalists sent to cover a volcanic eruption, nearly...
Nagoya, Japan: China's women returned to Asian Games cricket for the first time in 12 years on Thursday -- only to be knocked...
Islamabad, Pakistan: A fire that killed 14 infants at a maternity ward in Pakistan's capital last month followed "systemic and institutional failure" at...
