Asia

While the United States and other nations, including Canada, have sent warships through the strait in recent weeks, it would…

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia said on Thursday (Sep 5) that China will soon hand over two warships to improve its defence capabilities,…

BANGKOK: Myanmar military air strikes in northern Shan state killed 11 civilians and wounded 11 more, a spokeswoman for an ethnic…

Bali wants to temporarily halt the construction of new hotels and villas in its southern region, as the Indonesian resort…

On Aug 23, a woman fell into a sinkhole in Kuala Lumpur. A few days later, another sinkhole opened in…

ISTANBUL: A bomb threat that forced a flight operated by India’s Vistara Airlines to make an emergency landing in the…

PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea: Pope Francis on Saturday (Sep 7) called for better treatment of workers in Papua New…

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s national oil corporation Petronas is considering taking its fight to preserve its monopoly as the sole guardian…

NEW YORK: A New York judge on Friday (Sep 6) delayed former US President Donald Trump’s sentencing on charges stemming…

HONG KONG: Asia’s strongest storm this year, Super Typhoon Yagi, landed in China’s Hainan on Friday (Sep 6), bringing violent…

BANGKOK: Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the heiress of Thailand’s most famous political dynasty, was sworn in as prime minister on Friday (Sep…

JAKARTA: Indonesia arrested seven people for making “terror threats” online against Pope Francis during his visit to the world’s most…