Tokyo: Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba dissolved Japan's House of Representatives (parliament), setting the stage for an Oct. 27 general election. The Speaker...
Tokyo: Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba dissolved Japan's House of Representatives (parliament), setting the stage for an Oct. 27 general election. The Speaker...
Srinagar, India: A soldier was abducted by suspected militants and killed in Indian-administered Kashmir, police said Wednesday, hours after results were announced for...
Seoul: North Korea's army said on Wednesday it was moving to "permanently shut off and block the southern border" with the South and...
Kathmandu: Five Russian mountaineers were killed while climbing in Nepal, a tourism official said Tuesday, two days after the team lost contact while...
COLOMBO: Over 40,000 dengue cases have been reported so far this year in Sri Lanka, according to the latest statistics released by the...
Seoul: Samsung Electronics issued a rare apology and acknowledged on Tuesday it was facing a "crisis" over its technological competitiveness, reflected in a...
Lan Sak, Thailand: Thousands gathered in central Thailand on Tuesday to mark the last rites for 20 schoolchildren and their three teachers killed...
Dhaka: Bangladesh's interim leader has refused to give a timeframe for elections following the ouster of his autocratic predecessor, saying in an interview...
Kathmandu: A record number of climbers are gathered in Tibet to complete mountaineering's pinnacle achievement, summiting the world's tallest 14 peaks. Only about...
Taipei: Taiwanese tech giant Foxconn said Tuesday it was building the world's largest production facility for US hardware leader Nvidia's GB200 "superchips" powering...
NEW DELHI:India stepped up its development assistance to the Maldives after the two leaders held talks in New Delhi on Monday in a...
Manila: Former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte registered his candidacy on Monday to run for mayor of the southern city of Davao in midterm...
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin is to meet Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian for talks Friday at a forum in the Central Asian country...
Kolkata: Indian police on Monday charged a man with the rape and murder of a 31-year-old doctor, a crime which appalled the country...
Manila: The Philippines and South Korea committed Monday to deepening maritime cooperation, their presidents said, in the face of China's assertion of its...
Almaty, Kazakhstan: Kazakhstan has approved a plan to build its first nuclear power station in a referendum, overcoming lingering resentment over massive radiation...
Bengaluru, India: Soaring temperatures at a hugely crowded airshow in India where organisers had hoped to break record attendance figures left at least...
Tokyo: Japan's government admitted Monday manipulating an official photo of the new cabinet to make its members look less unkempt, after online mockery...
