World / Asia

Colombo: Sri Lanka will temporarily suspend foreign debt payments to avoid a hard default, the central bank governor said on Tuesday, with its...

Sri Lanka’s leaders are showing no signs of stepping down in the face of mounting protests as the government ramps up efforts to...

ISLAMABAD- More than 100 lawmakers loyal to Pakistan's ousted prime minister Imran Khan resigned on Monday, creating a headache for the new, Western-friendly...

MANILA: Philippine authorities said on Monday at least 25 people had died in landslides and floods caused by tropical storm Megi as it...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's parliament on Monday elected Shehbaz Sharif prime minister after a week-long constitutional crisis that climaxed on Sunday when his predecessor Imran...

COLOMBO: A leader from Sri Lanka's ruling coalition said on Monday that three members of the alliance had proposed forming an interim government,...

ISLAMABAD: Legislators from ousted Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan's party announced they are resigning en mass from the lower house of parliament on...

TOKYO: The Japanese health ministry on Monday reported the country's first case of coronavirus variant XE, in a woman who arrived at a...

Jakarta: Indonesian police fired tear gas and water cannon on Monday to disperse hundreds of university students protesting high cooking oil prices and...

Taipei: Taiwan has ordered 700,000 units of Pfizer Inc's anti-viral COVID-19 pill Paxlovid, its health minister said on Monday, amid a steady increase...

Shanghai: Authorities in China's financial centre of Shanghai will start easing lockdown in some areas from Monday, despite reporting a record of more...

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan protesters occupied the entrance to the president’s office for a second day on Sunday, demanding Gotabaya Rajapaksa resign over the...

ISLAMABAD: Opposition politician Shehbaz Sharif submitted his nomination to be Pakistan's next prime minister to the legislature on Sunday, his party said, after...

NEW DELHI: India began offering booster doses of COVID-19 vaccine to all adults on Sunday but limited free shots at government centers to...

Hong Kong’s number of daily Covid cases dropped to the lowest in almost two months as the city ends a voluntary citywide testing...

SEOUL: South Korea's incoming President Yoon Suk-yeol on Sunday named Choo Kyung-ho to be deputy prime minister and finance minister, as the country...

SHANGHAI: Shanghai reported nearly 25,000 locally transmitted COVID-19 infections on Sunday, as residents of China's most populous city voiced complaints over food and...

Bhubaneswar, India: Police in India were seeking to arrest members of a gang who dismantled a 60-feet-long iron bridge and likely sold it...