World / Asia

Student architects to help build 5 million cheap homes in Pakistan 19 Sep 2019 - 09:32 pm

BANGKOK: An ambitious plan to build five million affordable homes within five years in Pakistan will tap student architects and use local materials...

Filipina chef relying on chocoholics to help beat typhoon threats 19 Sep 2019 - 09:25 pm

KUALA LUMPUR: A Filipina chef is hoping chocolate will become the secret ingredient needed to help farmers in her typhoon-hit community survive and...

Bangladesh rural families shoulder costs of coping with climate change 19 Sep 2019 - 09:25 pm

DHAKA: Bangladeshi families in rural areas have been spending 12 times more each year than the foreign aid the flood-prone country receives to...

Cambodia to curb recruitment fees in bid to protect migrants from slavery abroad 19 Sep 2019 - 09:25 pm

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia is planning to cap hefty recruitment fees imposed by labour brokers on people seeking jobs abroad in a bid to...

Japan’s Abe faces verdict on bid to tame Trump 19 Sep 2019 - 08:30 pm

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South Korea serial killer suspect identified after 33 years 19 Sep 2019 - 12:27 pm

Seoul, South Korean police have identified a suspect in one of the country's most notorious serial murder cases more than 30 years after...

Singapore Grand Prix organisers stock up on anti-smog masks 19 Sep 2019 - 10:01 am

SINGAPORE: Singapore Grand Prix organisers are stocking up on disposable face masks to potentially sell to spectators as the worst air pollution in...

Chinese experts to probe panda Chuang Chuang's death in Thai zoo 19 Sep 2019 - 09:42 am

Bangkok: Animal experts from China are to arrive at a Thai zoo on Thursday to investigate the unexpected death of a giant panda...

Taliban truck bomb kills at least 20 in southern Afghanistan 19 Sep 2019 - 09:22 am

Kabul: A Taliban truck bomb killed at least 20 people and wounded 95 when it exploded near a hospital in southern Afghanistan on...

Taliban car bomb kills at least 20 in southern Afghanistan - gov't official 19 Sep 2019 - 08:20 am

Kabul: A Taliban truck bomb killed at least 20 people and wounded 95 others when it exploded near a hospital in southern Afghanistan,...

'Mad Max,' Canada's populist candidate, has a score to settle and it could shape the election 19 Sep 2019 - 08:05 am

Ottawa: Maxime "Mad Max" Bernier, one of the most right-wing figures ever seen in Canadian federal politics, has a score to settle and...

Sri Lanka to hold presidential election on Nov. 16 18 Sep 2019 - 06:06 pm

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka will hold a presidential election on Nov. 16, the elections office said Wednesday, amid calls for a strong...

India bans e-cigarettes as global backlash at vaping gathers pace 18 Sep 2019 - 05:17 pm

NEW DELHI: India banned the sale of electronic cigarettes on Wednesday and warned of an "epidemic" among young people, in the latest and...

Suicide bomber detonates inside govt building in east Afghanistan 18 Sep 2019 - 12:56 pm

Jalalabad, Afghanistan: A suicide bomber has detonated inside a government building in eastern Afghanistan, a provincial official said Wednesday, with casualties feared in...

Afghanistan's Taliban tells teachers, students to block presidential elections or risk death 18 Sep 2019 - 12:32 pm

KABUL: Afghanistan's Taliban insurgent group on Wednesday warned teachers, students and other education workers to avoid the upcoming presidential vote or risk dying...

A panda is the mascot for the 2020 Beijing Winter Olympics 18 Sep 2019 - 12:19 pm

Beijing: A smiling panda and a walking Chinese lantern will be the mascots for the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics in Beijing. The...

Indonesian haze closes schools, sparks fears for Singapore F1 18 Sep 2019 - 10:03 am

Kuala Lumpur: Toxic haze from Indonesian forest fires closed thousands of schools across the country and in neighbouring Malaysia Wednesday, while air quality...