World / Asia

SHANGHAI: Quanta Shanghai Manufacturing City would seem like an ideal site to implement China's "closed-loop" management system to prevent the spread of COVID...

Manila: Philippine police said on Sunday the country's overall situation ahead of the May 9 general election remained "relatively peaceful", despite some shooting...

Diplomats and rights groups expressed concern Saturday after Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa declared a state of emergency and police used force against...

India warned of heatwaves in six states next week, as extreme weather conditions threaten lives and livelihoods across the subcontinent. Heatwaves are likely...

Seoul, South Korea: North Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile designed to be launched from a submarine on Saturday, South Korea’s military said,...

Colombo: Streets in Sri Lanka's commercial capital Colombo were calm on Saturday after the president declared a state of emergency following escalating anti-government...

MANILA: Street vendor Nellie Baraquio will cast a ballot in a presidential election in the Philippines for the first time on Monday, and...

MANILA: Philippine motorcycle enthusiast John Aldwin Bagabagon rode easier than many other local motorcyclists and drivers this year as domestic fuel prices surged...

SHANGHAI- China is setting up thousands of permanent PCR testing stations, with 9,000 already completed in Shanghai alone, as authorities seek to "normalise"...

NEW DELHI- The Asian Games scheduled to take place in the Chinese city of Hangzhou in September have been postponed until 2023 because...

NEW DELHI- India's prime minister on Thursday urged states and federally administered territories to prepare heat action plans, as south Asia swelters under...

India said that deaths in 2020 rose at a slower pace than previous years despite the proliferation of the novel coronavirus, in a...

India is considering restricting wheat exports as severe heat waves have damaged crops, prompting the government to prioritize domestic consumption over supplying the...

BEIJING: Beijing on Wednesday closed around 10% of the stations in its vast subway system as an additional measure against the spread of...

MANILA: Philippine presidential candidates were in the provinces on Tuesday to drum up more support as the campaign entered its homestretch, in an...

Hong Kong: Hong Kong’s economy shrank by 4% compared with a year earlier in the quarter ending in March after the Chinese territory...

NEW DELHI: India's western state of Maharashtra has registered 25 deaths from heat stroke since late March, the highest toll in the past...

TAIPEI: Taiwan announced on Tuesday it was cutting to seven days from 10 mandatory quarantine for all arrivals, its latest relaxation of the...