World / Asia

India’s controversial farm bills become law despite protests 27 Sep 2020 - 08:23 pm

NEW DELHI - India's president on Sunday approved three controversial agricultural bills amid nationwide protests by farmers who say the new laws will...

Giant rat wins animal hero award for sniffing out landmines 27 Sep 2020 - 03:59 pm

LONDON: A rat has for the first time won a British charity's top civilian award for animal bravery, receiving the honor for searching...

Carbon monoxide kills 16 in coal mine in southwest China 27 Sep 2020 - 12:03 pm

BEIJING: Sixteen people died Sunday in a coal mine in southwestern China because of excessively high levels of carbon monoxide, authorities and state...

Nagorno-Karabakh announces martial law and total mobilization 27 Sep 2020 - 10:53 am

Yerevan: Nagorno-Karabakh has introduced martial law and total mobilization of its male population after a flare-up in the Azeri-Armenian conflict, the region's president...

Melbourne eases lockdown, schools, work resume 27 Sep 2020 - 10:37 am

CANBERRA, Australia: Australia’s second-largest city, Melbourne, has further eased lockdown restrictions imposed after a surge in coronavirus cases, allowing most children to return...

American sued in Thailand over negative Tripadvisor review 26 Sep 2020 - 02:01 pm

Bangkok: An American has been sued by an island resort in Thailand over a negative TripAdvisor review, authorities said Saturday, and could face...

Eleven-year-old climate activist leads beach cleanup in Hong Kong 25 Sep 2020 - 05:06 pm

HONG KONG: Lance Lau, an 11-year-old Hong Kong climate activist, has been called the Chinese territory's answer to Greta Thunberg. Before his school...

China says annual production capacity of virus vaccine to reach 610 million 25 Sep 2020 - 04:30 pm

Beijing: China's Covid-19 vaccine development programme is in a "leading position" and Beijing expects annual production capacity to reach over 600 million doses...

Fire breaks out at Huawei office in southern China 25 Sep 2020 - 03:35 pm

Beijing: A huge fire broke out in southern China on Friday at an unfinished Huawei research facility, sending massive plumes of smoke over...

Farmers block rails and roads in India to protest new bills 25 Sep 2020 - 02:06 pm

New Delhi - Angry farmers took to the streets and blocked roads and railways across India on Friday, intensifying protests over major new...

North Korea regrets killing South Korean to control coronavirus 25 Sep 2020 - 01:35 pm

SEOUL - North Korea expressed regret on Friday over the death of a missing South Korean, saying it shot him as part of...

SPB, singer of 40,000 Indian film songs, dies at 74 25 Sep 2020 - 11:59 am

Mumbai: SP Balasubrahmanyam, whose prolific output as a singer included around 40,000 songs in 16 Indian languages, died Friday aged 74 after a...

Japan's new PM calls for better ties with South Korea, cooperation on North Korea 24 Sep 2020 - 09:26 pm

TOKYO/SEOUL - Japan's new prime minister, Yoshihide Suga, spoke to South Korea's president for the first time on Thursday, calling for both countries...

Philippines says U.S. lawmaker's bid to halt security aid won't succeed 24 Sep 2020 - 02:11 pm

MANILA: A U.S. lawmaker's push to block police and military aid to the Philippines over human rights concerns is unlikely to succeed, because...

Indonesia gives free Bali staycations to test tourism readiness 24 Sep 2020 - 12:26 pm

Jakarta: Indonesia is offering free tours and staycations to 4,440 residents of its resort island of Bali, in a seven-week tourism dry-run to...

China's CNBG to donate 200,000 coronavirus vaccine doses to medics in Wuhan 24 Sep 2020 - 10:23 am

BEIJING: China National Biotec Group (CNBG) said on Thursday it will donate 200,000 doses of its candidate coronavirus vaccine to the central city...

Bollywood superstar Padukone summoned by police in drugs probe 23 Sep 2020 - 05:00 pm

Mumbai: Bollywood superstar Deepika Padukone has been summoned for questioning as part of an escalating drugs probe into the suicide of actor Sushant...