Asia

Dhaka: Bangladesh seeks closer engagement with ASEAN and aspires to become a Sectoral Dialogue Partner of the Association of South East Asian Nations, the...

Colombo: Sri Lanka recorded 1,069 dengue cases in the past 24 hours, pushing the total number of infections reported this year to 47,179, while the death...

Bara [Nepal: For years, Mitthu Devi Thapa Magar and her husband Krishna faced daily hardships of failing eyesight in a region with limited medical access....

Canberra: On Saturday, Australia confirmed its first mainland case of the deadly H5 strain of bird flu.The disease was detected in a migratory seabird — a...

Kabul : The Ministry of Defence of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan on Friday announced that its Air Force conducted a series of targeted airstrikes...

Jakarta: Southeast Asia is bracing for an extreme El Nino weather pattern as households and governments in the region are struggling to respond to higher...

Jakarta: A shallow 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia's central Sulawesi Island on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said, with no immediate reports...

Kabul: Deeply woven into Afghanistan's cultural heritage, flowers symbolise beauty, peace, and renewal. As hot weather arrives, booming flower markets and...

Seoul: North Korea on Sunday declared that denuclearisation is an "irreversibly finalised" matter, criticising the recent South Korea-US and US-Japan...

Tokyo: Jeff Kingston credits his dogs with saving his life when he was attacked by a bear on a mountain track in central Japan, although the scars left by...