World / Asia

Beijing lifts most travel restrictions, says city's outbreak contained 03 Jul 2020 - 02:04 pm

Beijing - Beijing has contained transmission of a new coronavirus outbreak and will lift travel restrictions on most residents at midnight, city authorities...

Indian PM Modi shuts Weibo account after banning Chinese apps 02 Jul 2020 - 11:48 pm

HONG KONG/NEW DELHI - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has deleted his account on Sina Weibo , China's answer to Twitter, an Indian...

More than 120 dead in Myanmar jade mine landslide 02 Jul 2020 - 02:52 pm

Hpakant, Myanmar: The battered bodies of more than 120 jade miners were pulled from a sea of mud after a landslide in northern ...

At least 50 dead in landslide at Myanmar jade mine: officials 02 Jul 2020 - 09:38 am

At least 50 people died on Thursday after a landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar trapped workers under a mound of...

Check in but never leave: Taiwan offers fake flights for travel-starved tourists 02 Jul 2020 - 08:20 am

TAIPEI: Starved of the travel experience during the coronavirus lockdown? One Taiwanese airport has the solution - a fake itinerary where you check...

India's TikTok stars feel pained by government app ban 01 Jul 2020 - 09:03 pm

MUMBAI - Geetha Sridhar never used to enter her kitchen in Mumbai without her smartphone. The 54-year-old homemaker used to post dozens of...

Hong Kong makes first security law arrests as thousands defy protest ban 01 Jul 2020 - 07:51 pm

Hong Kong - Hong Kong police arrested about 370 people Wednesday -- including 10 under China's new national security law -- as thousands...

Firms may rethink Honk Kong offices after China security law: US's Ross 01 Jul 2020 - 03:05 pm

WASHINGTON: Companies with headquarters in Hong Kong, a world financial hub, may now rethink having those offices as China begins cracking down on...

Hong Kong police arrest nearly 200 in first protest under new security law 01 Jul 2020 - 01:44 pm

Hong Kong: Hong Kong police fired water cannon and tear gas and arrested nearly 200 people on Wednesday as protesters took to the...

China study warns of possible new 'pandemic virus' from pigs 30 Jun 2020 - 09:32 pm

SHANGHAI - A new flu virus found in Chinese pigs has become more infectious to humans and needs to be watched closely in...

Pakistan's PIA suspended in Europe over fake pilot licence scandal 30 Jun 2020 - 07:52 pm

Karachi - Regulators have barred Pakistan International Airlines from the European Union for six months after the state-run carrier grounded nearly a third...

India's Modi warns of coronavirus 'negligence' as some cities extend lockdowns 30 Jun 2020 - 07:36 pm

CHENNAI/NEW DELHI - India's prime minister on Tuesday warned citizens against flouting rules to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, as he...

Australia's second largest city orders 36 suburbs locked down to stop virus spike 30 Jun 2020 - 11:14 am

SYDNEY: Authorities on Tuesday ordered the lockdown of 36 suburbs in Australia's second biggest city Melbourne in an attempt to stop a spike...

Philippine doctors shield families with "quarantent", safe spaces 30 Jun 2020 - 10:06 am

Manila: After taking a job in a hospital's COVID-19 emergency room, Philippine doctor Jan Claire Dorado planned to move out of the family...

China passes feared Hong Kong security law 30 Jun 2020 - 09:07 am

Hong Kong: China passed a sweeping national security law for Hong Kong on Tuesday, a historic move that critics and many western governments...

Six people killed in attack on Pakistan Stock Exchange 29 Jun 2020 - 11:18 am

Karachi: At least six people were killed when gunmen attacked the Pakistan Stock Exchange in Karachi on Monday, with a policeman among the...

CanSino's COVID-19 vaccine candidate approved for military use in China 29 Jun 2020 - 11:00 am

BEIJING: China's military has received the greenlight to use a COVID-19 vaccine candidate developed by its research unit and CanSino Biologics after clinical...

Fighting in Taiwan parliament after opposition occupies chamber 29 Jun 2020 - 10:56 am

TAIPEI: Fighting erupted in Taiwan's parliament on Monday as lawmakers from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) broke through barricades erected by the...