COLOMBO/SINGAPORE: Sri Lanka's parliament approved the extension of a state of emergency for a month on Wednesday, a lawmaker said, in a bid...
COLOMBO/SINGAPORE: Sri Lanka's parliament approved the extension of a state of emergency for a month on Wednesday, a lawmaker said, in a bid...
India’s aviation safety regulator limited the number of seats SpiceJet Ltd. can sell at 50% for eight weeks this summer following frequent mid-air...
BEIJING: China is closely tracking the remnants of a Long March 5B rocket launched over the weekend, but the chances of debris causing...
Seoul: North Korea has held a large mask-free public event for the first time since declaring a COVID-19 emergency in May, honouring veterans...
SEOUL: South Korea's prime minister said on Wednesday he would recommend to the president a pardon for Jay Y. Lee, vice chairman of...
Manila: At least four people were killed and dozens injured as a result of the powerful magnitude earthquake that struck northern Philippines Wednesday...
MANILA, Philippines: A strong earthquake shook the northern Philippines on Wednesday, injuring at least one person, damaging buildings and prompting many people in...
DHAKA: Bangladesh has sought a $4.5 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund, the Daily Star newspaper reported on Tuesday,joining South Asian neighbours...
SHANGHAI: Soaring temperatures in China's commercial capital Shanghai throughout July have made Ye Xiangxiang a busy man. The manager of the Shanghai's Yuhu...
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka canvassed oil companies in petroleum-producing nations on Tuesday to import and sell their products in the Indian Ocean island, opening...
Thailand’s Finance Ministry maintained its forecast for the economy to expand at 3.5% this year, with the scrapping of travel curbs and a...
SYDNEY: Hospital admissions for COVID-19 in Australia have reached a new high for a second straight day, data showed on Tuesday, while the...
KUALA LUMPUR:Malaysia condemns the Myanmar junta's execution of four activists and sees the action as a crime against humanity, its foreign minister said...
TOKYO: The alleged assassin of Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will be detained until late November for mental evaluation so prosecutors can...
TOKYO: Japan detected its first case of the monkeypox virus, in Tokyo, the capital's governor said on Monday. The infected person is a...
Billionaire Gautam Adani’s conglomerate is benefiting from India’s rush to import coal to ease a supply crunch, winning a huge majority of import...
MANILA: Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr on Monday promised tax reforms, a faster infrastructure upgrade and to turn his country into an investment...
TOKYO: Dozens of people have evacuated two towns on Japan’s main southern island of Kyushu where a volcano spewed ash and large rocks...
