World / Asia

Family of Indonesian soccer stampede victim recall proud fan 04 Oct 2022 - 10:31 am

MALANG, Indonesia: For more than three decades, Iwan Junaedi was a devoted fan of the Indonesian soccer side Arema FC, barely missing a...

Indonesia police chief, others removed over soccer disaster 03 Oct 2022 - 07:22 pm

MALANG, Indonesia: An Indonesian police chief and nine elite officers were removed from their posts Monday and 18 others were being investigated for...

Philippines' Marcos trip to watch Singapore F1 races sparks criticism 03 Oct 2022 - 07:01 pm

MANILA: A trip by Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to Singapore over the weekend to watch Formula One races has come under attack...

India scrambles fighter jets after report of bomb scare on flight from Iran 03 Oct 2022 - 11:18 am

New Delhi: India's air force (IAF) said on Monday it had scrambled fighter jets after receiving information of a bomb scare on an...

Seventeen children among the dead in Indonesian soccer stampede 03 Oct 2022 - 10:51 am

MALANG, Indonesia: Seventeen children were among at least 125 people killed in a soccer stampede in Indonesia at the weekend, officials said, as...

India's Reliance seeks repeat of phone success with $184 laptop: Sources 03 Oct 2022 - 10:15 am

New Delhi: Reliance Jio will soon launch a laptop priced at just 15,000 rupees ($184) - one of the cheapest on offer in...

Australia says nuclear sub plan on track to unveil early in 2023 02 Oct 2022 - 09:49 pm

Sydney: Australia is on track to make an announcement "in the first part of next year” on the path to acquiring nuclear-powered submarines...

US defense secretary sees no imminent invasion of Taiwan by China 02 Oct 2022 - 06:28 pm

WASHINGTON: U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Sunday he sees no imminent invasion of Taiwan by China but said China was trying...

Pakistan’s former PM Khan gets bail after arrest warrant 02 Oct 2022 - 02:17 pm

A court in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad has approved bail for former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan a day after an arrest warrant was...

Farm vehicle packed with people overturns in India; 26 dead 02 Oct 2022 - 01:57 pm

LUCKNOW, India: A farm tractor pulling a wagon loaded with people overturned and fell into a pond in northern India, killing 26 people,...

174 dead after fans stampede to exit Indonesian soccer match 02 Oct 2022 - 11:39 am

Malang, Indonesia: The death toll from panic at an Indonesian soccer match climbed to 174, most of whom trampled to death after police...

Indonesia suspends football matches as riot kills at least 129 02 Oct 2022 - 08:32 am

Indonesian President Joko Widodo ordered the temporary suspension of the local football league’s upcoming matches after a stampede at a stadium in East...

North Korea fires fourth missile in a week as South flexes military muscle 01 Oct 2022 - 10:00 pm

SEOUL: North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea off its east coast on Saturday, hours before South Korea staged a...

Ambani plans to roll out 5G in India starting December 2023 01 Oct 2022 - 12:25 pm

Billionaire Mukesh Ambani said his oil-to-retail conglomerate Reliance Industries Ltd. will roll out 5G services across India from December next year that will...

US extends debt relief to Pakistan after floods 30 Sep 2022 - 10:16 pm

ISLAMABAD: Washington on Friday rolled over an agreement to suspend service payments on $132 million of Pakistan's debt, the U.S. embassy in Islamabad...

UN to seek $800 million more in aid for flood-hit Pakistan 30 Sep 2022 - 07:07 pm

ISLAMABAD: The United Nations will seek $800 million more in aid from the international community to respond to soaring life-saving needs of Pakistani...

To tackle a kimchi crisis, South Korea banks on massive cabbage warehouses 30 Sep 2022 - 04:09 pm

SEOUL: South Korea's kimchi makers are in serious pain - brought low as a climate change-induced shortage of cabbages sent prices rocketing this...

At least 12 sailors die of suspected food poisoning on ship off Vietnam 30 Sep 2022 - 03:23 pm

HANOI: At least 12 sailors on a Chinese-flagged cargo ship have died of suspected food poisoning off Vietnam's southern coast, a government official...