World / Asia

Manila: Thousands of Filipinos gathered Sunday in Manila to express their anger over a ballooning scandal involving bogus flood-control projects believed to have...

Dhaka: The Bangladeshi interim government's Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus has underscored the urgent need for Bangladesh to transition toward cleaner, safer, and more...

Jakarta: Rescuers on Saturday recovered two bodies from an underground mine operated by Freeport Indonesia in Papua, a police official said, nearly two...

Islamabad: A man accused of shooting dead a 17-year-old TikTok star at her home in Pakistan after she had repeatedly rejected his advances...

Jakarta: A volcano in eastern Indonesia has erupted multiple times, spewing a column of ash kilometres into the sky after authorities raised its...

Jakarta: Indonesia has allocated 9.9 trillion rupiahs (around 604 million USdollars) to strengthen the downstreaming of key plantation commodities and improve farmer welfare,...

Colombo: Sri Lanka on Friday launched its National Cyber Protection Strategy (2025-2029), with President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in attendance, the President's Media Division...

Hong Kong: Hong Kong planned to evacuate thousands of residents on Friday as a bomb left over from World War II was discovered...

Plaridel, Philippines: The dike meant to protect the Philippine town cost taxpayers nearly $2 million, but when a minister visited this month he...

Colombo: Sri Lanka's High Court sentenced an elephant keeper to 15 years in prison on Friday, in a landmark case involving trafficking of...

Taipei: Taiwan will jointly manufacture a missile and an underwater drone with a US company for the first time, officials said Thursday, as...

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian wildlife and political groups reacted with outrage Thursday after the carcass of a critically endangered Malayan tiger was discovered in...

New Delhi: India has issued a health alert after infections and deaths caused by a rare water-borne "brain-eating" amoeba doubled compared to last...

Kabul: Decked out with fake crystal chandeliers and velvet sofas, cosmetic surgery clinics in Afghanistan's capital are a world away from the austerity...

Jakarta: Indonesia's central bank announced on Wednesday a surprise interest rate cut as it seeks to boost growth weeks after the country was...

Manila: The speaker of the Philippine House of Representatives tendered his resignation on Wednesday after his name surfaced in a mounting corruption scandal,...

Vientiane: Officials from member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and partner countries have convened here to discuss and develop...

Dhaka: Bangladesh has logged 39 dengue-related deaths so far this month, out of nearly 40,000 confirmed cases as of Wednesday since January. The...