World / Asia

China Plans to Increase High-Speed Railway Network by 2,000 Kilometers 04 Jan 2020 - 11:52 am

Beijing - China plans to increase its high-speed railway network by 2,000 km of new lines in 2020, the country's railway operator said...

Hundreds of Thousands Flee as Flooding in Jakarta Kills 53 04 Jan 2020 - 10:11 am

At least 53 people have died from the New Year’s Day flooding in Indonesia, and hundreds of thousands were evacuated, as the greater...

Search in Cambodia resumes after building collapse kills 5 04 Jan 2020 - 10:01 am

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Search and rescue teams in Cambodia removed rubble Saturday for a second day to find any more survivors from...

Australian PM calls up reservists as fire threats escalate 04 Jan 2020 - 09:51 am

SYDNEY - Australia's prime minister called up about 3,000 reservists as the threat of wildfires escalated Saturday in at least three states with...

Pakistan to provide free healthcare for trans people 03 Jan 2020 - 06:50 pm

KARACHI, Pakistan: Pakistan has extended a government health insurance scheme to transgender people for the first time, in a move aimed at ending...

Giant new rallies slam Indian government's citizenship law 03 Jan 2020 - 05:13 pm

Bangalore, India: Tens of thousands of people protested across India on Friday against a citizenship law passed by the Hindu nationalist government that...

Via discreet airport lounge, Ghosn masterminded mystery escape from Japan 03 Jan 2020 - 05:13 pm

OSAKA, Japan: Despite being one of the world's most-recognisable executives, former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn probably embarked onto a private jet from a...

Faster rockets, more warheads: What North Korea could gain from new weapons development 02 Jan 2020 - 07:16 pm

SEOUL: If North Korea returns to long-range missile launches or other weapons tests in 2020, its military could make valuable technical advances and...

Australian bushfire smoke turns New Zealand glaciers brown 02 Jan 2020 - 01:19 pm

Wellington - Smoke from Australia's bushfires has created a haze across New Zealand thousands of kilometres away with normally white glaciers turning a...

Taiwan's military chief among eight dead in helicopter crash 02 Jan 2020 - 01:13 pm

TAIPEI: Taiwan's top military official was among eight people killed on Thursday, after a helicopter carrying them to visit soldiers crashed in a...

Thai retailers ban single-use plastic bags 02 Jan 2020 - 01:11 pm

Bangkok - Thai retailers kicked off 2020 with a ban on single-use plastic bags, joining the battle against throwaway carriers in the Southeast...

Ghosn 'had second French passport' says source 02 Jan 2020 - 11:32 am

Tokyo: Former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn, who fled to Lebanon to avoid a Japanese trial, had a second French passport, a source said...

Australian authorities steer mass evacuation as wildfires raze holiday towns 02 Jan 2020 - 11:19 am

BATEMANS BAY/MELBOURNE: Tens of thousands of holiday makers fled seaside towns on Australia's east coast on Wednesday ahead of advancing bushfires, as military...

Helicopter crashes carrying Taiwan's top military officer 02 Jan 2020 - 10:04 am

TAIPEI, Taiwan: A Blackhawk helicopter carrying Taiwan's top military official crashed Thursday morning in mountains outside the capital and his fate was unclear...

Taiwan's top military official missing after helicopter makes emergency landing 02 Jan 2020 - 09:33 am

TAIPEI - Taiwan's top military official was among three people missing on Thursday after a helicopter made an emergency landing in a mountainous...

Flood death toll rises to 21 in Indonesian capital 02 Jan 2020 - 08:51 am

Jakarta - The death toll from flash floods and landslides in and around Indonesia's capital Jakarta reached at least 21 on Thursday, with...

Battery factory collapses in fire in New Delhi, injuring 14 02 Jan 2020 - 08:40 am

New Delhi - A factory manufacturing batteries caught fire and collapsed in the Indian capital Thursday, injuring 13 fire officials and one security...