World / Asia

Rare gunfight kills six, including two police officers, in rural Australia 13 Dec 2022 - 11:07 am

SYDNEY: Six people, including two police officers, were killed in a gunfight at a remote property in Australia's Queensland state, authorities said on...

Hong Kong drops curbs on incoming travellers, scraps COVID app 13 Dec 2022 - 10:56 am

HONG KONG: Arrivals in Hong Kong will be free from COVID-19 movement restrictions from Wednesday and no longer barred from certain venues, Chief...

Chinese, Indian troops injured in fresh border 'face-off' 12 Dec 2022 - 07:11 pm

New Delhi: Indian and Chinese troops engaged in a fresh "face-off" on their disputed Himalayan border last week, leaving several injured on both...

Kabul hotel attack ends as three gunmen killed; two foreigners injured 12 Dec 2022 - 05:39 pm

Kabul: Armed men opened fire on Monday inside a hotel in central Kabul popular with Chinese nationals in an attack that ended when...

Goods pile up in North Korea after trains resume from Russia, think-tank says 12 Dec 2022 - 05:27 pm

Seoul: Satellite images show goods from Russia appear to be piling up in a North Korean railyard, about a month after trains were...

Attack in Kabul hotel popular with Chinese nationals 12 Dec 2022 - 03:51 pm

Kabul: Armed men opened fire on Monday inside a hotel in central Kabul popular with Chinese nationals, two Taliban sources told Reuters, in...

Beijing choked by worst air pollution in more than a year 12 Dec 2022 - 01:47 pm

Beijing is suffering through its worst bout of air pollution in nearly two years as a sandstorm in northern China fills the capital’s...

Loud blast, shots near China guest house in Afghan capital 12 Dec 2022 - 01:42 pm

Kabul: A loud blast and gunfire were heard in the Afghan capital Monday near a guest house popular with Chinese business visitors, a...

Businesses in China's Wuhan face fresh worries after COVID easing 12 Dec 2022 - 10:30 am

WUHAN, China: Infections are delivering a fresh kick in the teeth for many small businesses in China's central city of Wuhan, despite the...

Late Chinese leader Jiang Zemin's ashes are scattered at mouth of Yangtze River 11 Dec 2022 - 07:55 pm

Beijing: The ashes of late Chinese leader Jiang Zemin were scattered into the sea at the mouth of the Yangtze River on Sunday,...

Pakistan says Afghan forces kill six civilians in cross-border fire 11 Dec 2022 - 06:46 pm

Quetta: Heavy gunfire and artillery shelling by Afghan border forces killed six civilians across the border in Pakistan on Sunday and wounded another...

China tackles medical supply snags, price gouging amid COVID fears 10 Dec 2022 - 10:49 pm

Shanghai: China said on Saturday it would stop checking truck drivers and ship crew transporting goods domestically for COVID-19, removing a key bottleneck...

Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai jailed over five years on fraud charge 10 Dec 2022 - 10:27 pm

Hong Kong: Pro-democracy Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai was sentenced on Saturday to five years and nine months in prison for fraud, convicted...

PT Usha elected India's first woman Olympic chief 10 Dec 2022 - 07:09 pm

New Delhi: Former track and field star PT Usha was named the first woman president of the Indian Olympic Association on Saturday, ushering...

Bangladesh opposition mounts huge protest, MPs quit 10 Dec 2022 - 03:01 pm

Dhaka: Nearly 100,000 supporters of Bangladesh's main opposition party descended on Dhaka Saturday to protest against the government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina...

Sri Lanka shuts schools as cyclonic storm raises pollution, India braces for landfall 09 Dec 2022 - 11:52 am

COLOMBO/CHENNAI: Schools were closed across Sri Lanka on Friday due to high air pollution levels as a cyclonic storm passed by its coast,...

Kazakhstan moves to reel in crypto mining 08 Dec 2022 - 08:45 pm

Almaty: Kazakhstan, one of the world's leading locations for cryptocurrency mining, has moved to reel in the power-hungry industry that has often burdened...