World / Asia

Hong Kong: Hong Kong carrier Cathay Pacific said Wednesday that 15 of its Airbus A350 planes needed their engine fuel lines replaced, after...

Ahmedabad, India: India on Tuesday deployed four ships and two aircraft to trace three missing coastguard members after their helicopter crashed into the...

Bangkok: Thailand has netted more than 1.3 million kilograms of highly destructive blackchin tilapia fish, the government said Tuesday, as it battles to...

Dhaka: The death toll from floods caused mainly by the onrush of upstream waters in parts of Bangladesh has risen to 67, including...

Beijing: A school bus ploughed into a crowd of people outside a middle school in eastern China on Tuesday, killing 11 parents and...

Tokyo: Japan suffered its joint warmest summer this year since records began, equalling the level seen in 2023, data from the weather office...

New Delhi: Intense monsoon rains and floods in India's southern states have killed at least 25 people, with thousands rescued and taken to...

Manila: A tropical storm dumped heavy rain in the Philippines for a second day on Monday, causing floods and landslides that have left...

Doha, Qatar: In a move to respect and accommodate diverse beliefs, the Philippines has announced the opening of a private beach dedicated to...

Tokyo: Tropical Storm Shanshan slowly made its way into central Japan Saturday, halting trains and leaving underground passages brimming with water as officials...

Beijing: Chinese manufacturing contracted for a fourth consecutive month in August, official data showed Saturday, a worse-than-expected result reflecting the world's second-largest economy's...

Tokyo: A powerful typhoon now downgraded to a tropical storm was still disrupting flights and trains in Japan Saturday, with authorities warning of...

Tokyo: Two ageing pandas at a Tokyo zoo will be returned to China next month for medical care, the city's governor said, with...

Hanoi: Two airports in Vietnam's biggest cities Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City are expected to serve more than 800,000 passengers during the...

Manila: The Philippines and Vietnam will deepen military cooperation with an agreement to be signed this year, their defence ministers announced on Friday,...

Colombo: Crisis-hit Sri Lanka's annual inflation dipped sharply to 0.5 percent in August, the lowest year-on-year rate since the country declared bankruptcy in...

Geneva: The U.N. human rights office said Friday that it will deploy a fact-finding team to Bangladesh to investigate alleged rights abuses and...

Beijing: A quarter of all the energy China consumes now comes from non-carbon sources, according to research published Thursday, as Beijing rapidly pivots...