South Asia 800,000 seek shelter as Bangladesh braces for cyclone PATUAKHALI: At least 800,000 Bangladeshis fled their coastal villages Sunday for concrete storm shelters further... Updated 26 May, 2024 08:32pm
South Asia Four children among 27 dead in India amusement park fire AHMEDABAD: Four young children were among 27 people killed when a fire in India ripped through a crowded amusement... Published 26 May, 2024 11:57am
South Asia Fire at entertainment venue kills at least 24 people in western India AHMEDABAD: At least 24 people, including many children, died in a fire that broke out on Saturday evening in a... Published 25 May, 2024 10:10pm
South Asia India’s massive election faces heatwave challenge in penultimate phase NEW DELHI: The world’s largest election may become the hottest on Saturday, as Indians participate in the... Updated 25 May, 2024 04:22pm
South Asia Iran denies foul play in Raisi helicopter crash TEHRAN: Iran’s army has so far found no evidence of criminal activity in a helicopter crash that killed the... Published 24 May, 2024 05:42pm
South Asia Mines, unexploded ordnance a daily menace for Afghanistan’s children GHAZNI: The black mushroom cloud had barely faded in Ghazni province before kids clustered around the edge of the... Published 24 May, 2024 11:45am
South Asia India police probe suspected murder of Bangladesh lawmaker KOLKATA: Indian police are working with detectives from neighbouring Bangladesh to investigate the suspected murder... Published 23 May, 2024 04:18pm
South Asia In India’s heat, Delhi labourers toil in ‘red hot’ conditions NEW DELHI: Working on a highway project in one of India’s hottest areas this summer, Banwari Singh handles iron bars... Published 23 May, 2024 10:27am
South Asia Poll panel orders BJP, Congress to show restraint in campaign NEW DELHI: India’s election panel on Wednesday ordered the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and opposition Congress ... Published 23 May, 2024 05:16am
South Asia Missing Bangladeshi lawmaker found murdered in India, minister says DHAKA: A member of Bangladesh’s ruling party was found murdered in the Indian city of Kolkata on Wednesday morning,... Published 22 May, 2024 06:47pm
South Asia Emirates flight lands safely after hitting flamingos in Mumbai MUMBAI: An Emirates flight landed safely in Mumbai late on Monday night after colliding with a flock of flamingos... Published 22 May, 2024 12:39pm
South Asia Nepali reaches summit of Everest for record 30th time KATHMANDU: Nepali climber Kami Rita Sherpa broke his own record Wednesday as the person to have scaled Mount Everest... Published 22 May, 2024 11:48am
South Asia Singapore Airlines flight hit air pocket, 7 critically wounded, airport official says BANGKOK: A Singapore Airlines flight that made an emergency landing in Bangkok on Tuesday had fallen into an air... Published 21 May, 2024 07:08pm
South Asia Japan, Saudi Arabia discuss energy, industry collaborations at forum TOKYO: Japan and Saudi Arabia held a bilateral business forum in Tokyo on Tuesday to discuss further collaboration... Published 21 May, 2024 04:47pm
South Asia India shuts schools as temperatures soar NEW DELHI: Indian authorities in the capital have ordered schools shut early for the summer holiday, after... Published 21 May, 2024 02:51pm
South Asia Indians vote early in fifth phase of polls to avoid blistering heat MUMBAI/BHUBANESWAR: Indians voted on Monday in the fifth phase of mammoth general elections, with film actors and... Published 21 May, 2024 03:39am
South Asia Indian police arrest 4 Sri Lankans for suspected Islamic State links AHMEDABAD: India’s anti-terror police have arrested four Sri Lankan nationals in the western Indian city of... Published 20 May, 2024 06:59pm
South Asia Chinese foreign minister meets Russia’s Lavrov, calls for close cooperation BEIJING: China and Russia should increase mutual support, stabilise the foundation of their cooperation and maintain... Published 20 May, 2024 06:48pm
South Asia India’s Modi says ‘deeply saddened and shocked’ by Raisi’s death NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Monday he was “deeply saddened and shocked by the tragic demise”... Published 20 May, 2024 12:14pm
South Asia India begins voting in fifth phase as Mumbai, Gandhi family boroughs head to polls MUMBAI: India began voting in the fifth phase of its mammoth general elections on Monday, with seats in the... Published 20 May, 2024 10:35am
South Asia Fresh floods kill 66 in northern Afghanistan: provincial official KABUL: Fresh floods killed 66 people in Faryab province in northern Afghanistan, a provincial official said on... Published 19 May, 2024 05:19pm
South Asia Bodies of US, Nepali climbers recovered from Tibet mountain KATHMANDU: A team of mountaineers has retrieved the bodies of a US climber and her Nepali guide who were killed in... Published 18 May, 2024 07:58pm
South Asia Three Spaniards, three Afghans killed in shooting in Afghanistan KABUL: The bodies of three Spanish tourists and three Afghans shot dead while visiting a market in Afghanistan were... Published 18 May, 2024 05:25pm
South Asia North Korea confirms missile launch, vows bolstered nuclear force SEOUL: North Korea has test-fired a tactical ballistic missile equipped with a “new autonomous navigation system”,... Published 18 May, 2024 10:45am
South Asia Fifty dead in heavy rain, floods in central Afghanistan, official says KABUL: At least 50 people are dead following a fresh bout of heavy rain and flooding in central Afghanistan, an... Updated 18 May, 2024 04:58pm
South Asia Philippines to vigorously defend territory, president says MANILA: Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Saturday the country will “vigorously defend what is ours”,... Published 18 May, 2024 10:24am
South Asia 4 killed, including 3 foreigners, in Afghanistan shooting: government KABUL: Three foreigners and an Afghan were killed on Friday in a shooting in Bamiyan province in central... Published 17 May, 2024 10:28pm
South Asia Iran arrests over 250 in raid on ‘satanist network’ TEHRAN: Iranian police announced Friday they arrested more than 250 people including three foreigners over promoting... Updated 17 May, 2024 08:45pm
South Asia Putin in trade push on final day of China trip BEIJING: Russian leader Vladimir Putin was in the northeastern city of Harbin on Friday, the final day of a visit... Published 17 May, 2024 05:22pm
South Asia ‘Hindu nation’: Religion trumps caste in India vote AGRA: Born at the bottom of the Hindu faith’s rigid caste system, voters like Anil Sonkar will determine whether... Published 17 May, 2024 12:13pm
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