World / Asia

Pakistan's top court adjourns hearing on PM Khan's move to block ouster 04 Apr 2022 - 06:02 pm

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's top court adjourned on Monday without deciding on the legality of Prime Minister Imran Khan actions in blocking an opposition attempt...

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam says she will not seek a second term 04 Apr 2022 - 02:37 pm

Hong Kong: Hong Kong's embattled leader Carrie Lam, who has governed the global financial hub through the unprecedented upheaval of anti-government protests and...

Sri Lanka's president drops brother as finance minister in crisis shake-up 04 Apr 2022 - 11:37 am

Colombo: Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa dropped his brother as finance minister on Monday after calling for a unity government as protests against...

Fears persist for Shanghai doctor who blasted ‘political virus’ 04 Apr 2022 - 11:32 am

Chinese internet users urged support for a Shanghai health official whose blunt denunciation of the financial hub’s strict Covid-19 strategy made her a...

China sends military, doctors to Shanghai to test 26 million residents for COVID 04 Apr 2022 - 10:48 am

China has sent the military and thousands of healthcare workers into Shanghai to help carry out COVID-19 tests for all of its 26...

Pakistan's top court to meet as PM Khan clings on to power 04 Apr 2022 - 08:57 am

Islamabad: Pakistan's top court will meet on Monday to decide on the fate of Prime Minister Imran Khan, after his party blocked a...

Sri Lankan ministers offer to resign as economic crisis escalates 04 Apr 2022 - 08:18 am

Colombo: The son of Sri Lanka's prime minister resigned from the cabinet on Monday and several other members have offered to do so,...

Protests over shortages roil Sri Lanka despite curfew 03 Apr 2022 - 07:33 pm

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Opposition lawmakers and thousands of people angered by the government's handling of Sri Lanka's worst economic crisis on Sunday...

S.Korea's Han Duck-soo tapped to return as prime minister for new administration 03 Apr 2022 - 05:41 pm

Seoul: The transition committee of South Korea's President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol named Han Duck-soo on Sunday to become prime minister in the new administration,...

Taiwan says new COVID cases won't affect re-opening plans 03 Apr 2022 - 04:13 pm

KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan: A recent rise in Taiwan's domestic COVID-19 cases will not affect plans to gradually re-open as hardly any of the new...

Shanghai asks entire city to self-test for COVID as frustration grows 03 Apr 2022 - 03:43 pm

Shanghai: Shanghai on Sunday ordered its 26 million residents to undergo two more rounds of tests for COVID-19 as public anger grows over...

China finds new virus subtype as daily cases exceed 13,000 03 Apr 2022 - 01:58 pm

China added more than 13,000 new Covid-19 infections with state media reporting a case infected with a new subtype of the omicron variant....

Pakistan's president approves PM Khan's request to dissolve parliament: Presidency 03 Apr 2022 - 12:45 pm

Islamabad: Pakistan's President Arif Alvi on Sunday approved Prime Minister Imran Khan's advice to dissolve the lower house of parliament, which was to...

Opposition lawmakers in Sri Lanka protest state of emergency 03 Apr 2022 - 11:09 am

Opposition lawmakers in Sri Lanka on Sunday marched in the capital, Colombo, protesting against the president's move to impose a nationwide curfew and...

Pakistan parliament deputy speaker blocks vote seeking PM Khan's ouster 03 Apr 2022 - 10:57 am

Islamabad:Imran Khan survived a move to oust him asPakistan's prime minister on Sunday, getting a reprieve when the deputy speaker of parliament blocked...

WHO suspends procurement, supply of Bharat Biotech covid vaccine Covaxin 03 Apr 2022 - 10:51 am

The World Health Organization suspended procurement and supply of Covaxin, a Covid-19 vaccine made by Bharat Biotech International Ltd., citing issues following an...

Blast in Baku kills 1, injures 31; gas leak suspected 03 Apr 2022 - 10:31 am

Baku, Azerbaijan:An explosion struck a building in the capital of Azerbaijan and set off a fire early Sunday, killing one person and injuring...

Sri Lanka imposes weekend curfew 02 Apr 2022 - 05:03 pm

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's government imposed a weekend curfew on Saturday even as hundreds of lawyers urged President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to revoke a state...