World / Asia

South Korea's Han sells one million books after Nobel win 16 Oct 2024 - 08:04 am

Seoul: More than a million copies of books by Han Kang, the first South Korean to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, have...

India foreign minister in Pakistan for rare visit 15 Oct 2024 - 08:43 pm

Islamabad: Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar landed in Pakistan on Tuesday for a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, the first top diplomat from...

US, Philippines launch war games after China's Taiwan drills, ship collision 15 Oct 2024 - 08:33 pm

Manila: Thousands of US and Filipino troops launched joint exercises in the northern and western Philippines on Tuesday, after China held huge drills...

K-pop star tells South Korea lawmakers of workplace bullying 15 Oct 2024 - 03:50 pm

Seoul: A member of chart-topping K-pop group NewJeans tearfully testified to South Korean lawmakers Tuesday as part of an enquiry into workplace harassment,...

North Korea blows up roads connecting it to the South 15 Oct 2024 - 02:04 pm

Seoul: North Korea blew up sections of the deeply symbolic roads connecting it to the South on Tuesday, Seoul's military said, adding it...

Sri Lanka arrests over 230 Chinese in cybercrime raids 15 Oct 2024 - 01:53 pm

Colombo: Sri Lankan police have arrested more than 230 Chinese men accused of targeting international banks in online scams, the foreign minister said...

Kazakhstan rising as economic power; cargo handling goes up 15 Oct 2024 - 01:39 pm

Astana: Kazakhstan registered significant increase in cargo handling in 2023, which shows rising trade and economic power of the central Asian country. It...

Chinese premier inaugurates Pakistan airport in volatile region 15 Oct 2024 - 01:34 pm

Islamabad: China's Premier Li Qiang took part in a ceremony during his Pakistan visit to inaugurate a Beijing-funded airport, located in a volatile...

Afghan Taliban vow to implement media ban on images of living things 14 Oct 2024 - 09:48 pm

Kabul: Afghanistan's Taliban morality ministry pledged on Monday to implement a law banning news media from publishing images of all living things, with...

Canada and India expel each other's diplomats in escalating dispute over a 2023 assassination 14 Oct 2024 - 08:32 pm

NEW DELHI: Canada and India each expelled six diplomats on Monday in tit-for-tat moves as part of an escalating dispute over the June...

Sri Lanka carrier grounds captain after mid-air argument 14 Oct 2024 - 06:39 pm

Colombo: Sri Lanka's national airline grounded a captain after he locked out his female copilot when she took a toilet break during a...

Father of 10-year-old girl found dead in the UK called police from Pakistan to say he killed her 14 Oct 2024 - 05:24 pm

LONDON: The father of a 10-year-old girl found dead in her home in England fled to Pakistan and called U.K. police from there...

Sri Lanka closes schools as floods hammer the capital 14 Oct 2024 - 04:47 pm

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka closed schools in the capital, Colombo, and its suburbs on Monday as heavy rains triggered floods in many...

Section of Hong Kong zoo closes after eight monkeys found dead 14 Oct 2024 - 03:58 pm

Hong Kong: A section of Hong Kong's oldest zoo closed on Monday after eight monkeys, including three from a critically endangered species, were...

India's capital bans fireworks to curb air pollution 14 Oct 2024 - 02:36 pm

New Delhi: India's capital New Delhi ordered Monday a "complete ban" on fireworks in a bid to curb air pollution in a city...

Pakistan police officers suspended over protest clashes 14 Oct 2024 - 02:05 pm

Karachi: Eleven Pakistan police officers have been suspended for the "mistreatment" of protesters, officials said Monday, after videos showed women being roughly handled...

Nepali teenager hailed as hero after climbing world's 8,000m peaks 14 Oct 2024 - 01:24 pm

Kathmandu: Cheering crowds hailed an 18-year-old Nepali mountaineer as a hero as he returned home Monday after breaking the record for the youngest...