World / Asia

Guangzhou: The first direct commercial flight between mainland China and India in over five years landed in Guangzhou on Monday morning, airport information...

Hobart: One man has died and another has been hospitalized after being stabbed in the Australian island state of Tasmania on Saturday night....

Kuala Lumpur: The 47th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit and related summits kicked off today in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur,...

Kolkata: India and China resume direct flights on Sunday after a five-year suspension, a move important both for trade and a symbolic step...

Kuala Lumpur: US President DonaldTrumpco-signed a ceasefire agreement between Thailand and Cambodia in Malaysia during the first stop on his Asia tour, which...

Beijing: An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale struck Hunchun city in Yanbian Prefecture, Jilin Province, in northeastern China, near the border...

Beirut: One person was killed and another was injured in an Israeli airstrike on southern Lebanon Saturday. In a statement, the Lebanese Ministry...

New Delhi:India's foreign exchange (forex) reserves rose by 4.496 billion U.S. dollars to 702.28 billion dollars during the week ending Oct. 17, mainly...

Colombo: The Sri Lankan government has appointed a committee of veterinarians to examine two elephants gifted by Thailand, following concerns raised by Bangkok...

Islamabad: At least five members of a family were killed and four others injured when a truck rammed into a minivan in Pakistan's...

Islamabad: Pakistan's state-owned airline resumed direct flights to Britain on Saturday, after UK authorities had ended a five-year suspension imposed over aviation safety...

Hong Kong: The black box flight recorders from an aircraft involved in a crash that killed two people at Hong Kong airport earlier...

Kuala Lumpur: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took a swipe Saturday at the United Nations and other multilateral institutions, saying they...

Bangkok: Thailand's former QueenSirikit, the mother of the current King Vajiralongkorn and wife of the nation's longest-reigning monarch, died late Friday at the...

Osaka: A "sky restaurant” where diners can enjoy meals while experiencing the thrill of floating on a platform hoisted 40 meters above the...

Doha, Qatar: Mount Kanlaon volcano in central Philippines experienced a brief explosive eruption this evening, October 24, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology...

Islamabad: Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Friday that the country is committed to protecting children from polio disease and securing a...

Bangkok: More than 1,000 people, mostly Chinese, have fled from Myanmar into Thailand this week, Thai authorities said on Friday, after the Myanmar...