MANILA: Four Philippine presidential candidates, including retired boxing star Manny Pacquiao, quelled speculation they were withdrawing from the race and said they remained...
MANILA: Four Philippine presidential candidates, including retired boxing star Manny Pacquiao, quelled speculation they were withdrawing from the race and said they remained...
SHANGHAI: Shanghai has set a target to stop the spread of COVID-19 outside of quarantined areas by Wednesday, two people familiar with the...
Mumbai: Indian police arrested 14 people in connection with violent clashes between Hindus and Muslims during a Hindu religious procession in the country's...
Sri Lanka’s army denied speculation it is planning to crack down on protesters seeking the ouster of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. In a statement...
BEIJING: China Eastern Airlines has restarted using Boeing 737-800 jetliners for commercial flights less than a month after a crash that killed 132...
SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observed the test firing of a new type of tactical guided weapon aimed at boosting the...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan- Pakistan's new ruling alliance took control of the lower house of parliament on Saturday with the election of a new speaker,...
HONG KONG- One person was killed and seven others injured Saturday in an explosion aboard an oil tanker in waters off Hong Kong,...
Kathmandu: Nepal is asking citizens living abroad to deposit funds in domestic banks as part of efforts to ensure the financial system has...
Shanghai: China's financial centre Shanghai reported a new record number of symptomatic COVID-19 cases on Saturday as the country imposed new lockdowns, underscoring...
Sri Lanka’s securities commission ordered the Colombo Stock Exchange to be halted next week to give investors time to digest the country’s economic...
Singapore: Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Saturday that Finance Minister Lawrence Wong would succeed him as the city-state's leader. Wong...
Taiwan reported a record number of Covid cases as multiple outbreaks across several cities overwhelmed health authorities’ efforts to contain the virus. Local...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's new government is in internal discussions on whether to roll back fuel and power subsidies in the stuttering economy, officials said,...
BEIJING: The northwestern Chinese city of Xian said on Friday it will temporarily impose a partial lockdown to reduce its 13 million residents'...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand: Samantha Moala recalls she was taking a shower at her home in Tonga when she heard what sounded like a...
BEIJING: Earlier this month Chinese truck driver Dong Zhigang finished a job in the coastal city of Nantong and began what should have...
SEOUL, South Korea: South Korea will remove most pandemic restrictions, including indoor gathering limits, as it slowly wiggles out of an omicron outbreak...
