World / Asia

Indonesia's fatal soccer stampede caused by tear gas, say investigators 14 Oct 2022 - 01:21 pm

JAKARTA: A fact-finding team tasked with investigating a deadly soccer stampede in Indonesia has concluded that tear gas was the main cause of...

Australia suffers flash floods in southeast, Melbourne suburb evacuated 14 Oct 2022 - 11:40 am

SYDNEY: Thousands of people across Australia's southeast were asked to evacuate their homes on Friday, including some in a western suburb of Melbourne,...

North Korea launches missile into sea after flying warplanes near border: Seoul 13 Oct 2022 - 09:30 pm

Seoul: North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile into the sea off its east coast on Friday, South Korea's military said, the latest...

India's top court split over school hijab ban 13 Oct 2022 - 07:33 pm

NEW DELHI: Two judges on India's top court on Thursday differed over a ban on the wearing of the hijab, a headscarf used...

India tells Gambia it is probing childrens' deaths linked to India-made drugs 13 Oct 2022 - 03:38 pm

NEW DELHI: New Delhi is "seriously investigating" the deaths of 69 children in Gambia in the wake of a report that provisionally linked...

China's zero-Covid policy seen lingering as cases double from Sept 13 Oct 2022 - 03:18 pm

Shanghai: China's daily count of new coronavirus cases has doubled since September, hardening the resolve of authorities to eliminate outbreaks as quickly as...

Japan warns North Korea may have completed nuclear test preparations 13 Oct 2022 - 02:30 pm

Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada warned todaythat North Korea may have already completed preparations for its seventh nuclear test, all while conducting a...

At least 17 die in southern Pakistan bus fire 12 Oct 2022 - 11:28 pm

KARACHI: At least 17 flood affected people died of burns in southern Pakistan on Wednesday night when the bus they were traveling caught...

Pakistani court acquits PM, son in money laundering case 12 Oct 2022 - 07:21 pm

Lahore: A Pakistani court on Wednesday acquitted Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif and his son of corruption and money laundering charges filed in 2020,...

Thailand promises stricter gun, drugs control after nursery massacre 12 Oct 2022 - 03:51 pm

BANGKOK: Thailand will require psychological evaluations for anyone trying to buy a gun and will launch a sweep for drug addicts, the prime...

Indonesia to investigate cases of fatal kidney injury among children 12 Oct 2022 - 02:41 pm

JAKARTA: Indonesia will investigate cases of acute kidney injury which has caused the deaths of more than 20 children in its capital Jakarta...

Japan space agency rocket carrying 8 satellites fails 12 Oct 2022 - 09:58 am

The Japanese space agency said a rocket carrying eight satellites failed just after liftoff Wednesday and had to be aborted by a self-destruction...

India halts cough syrup production at factory linked to Gambia deaths 12 Oct 2022 - 09:21 am

New Delhi: Indian authorities have halted production of cough syrup at a factory of Maiden Pharmaceuticals, a state minister said on Wednesday, after...

Families bid farewell as Thai massacre victims are cremated 11 Oct 2022 - 05:21 pm

Uthai Sawan: Hundreds of mourners and victims’ families gathered on Tuesday evening to watch flames burn from rows of makeshift furnaces at cremation...

Over 200 stranded pilot whales die on Pacific Ocean's remote Pitt Island 11 Oct 2022 - 03:31 pm

WELLINGTON: New Zealand's conservation office on Tuesday said all 240 pilot whales stranded on the remote Pitt Island have died, just days after...

Singapore Air won’t fire pregnant flight attendants anymore 11 Oct 2022 - 01:25 pm

Singapore Airlines Ltd. said pregnant cabin crew can remain employees, reversing a longstanding and much-criticized rule that they leave the airline. Responding to...

Philippines' Nobel laureate Ressa to fight conviction at Supreme Court 11 Oct 2022 - 11:30 am

MANILA: Philippine Nobel laureate Maria Ressa plans to appeal her cyber libel conviction at the country's Supreme Court, her lawyer said on Tuesday,...