TOKYO: Japan's incoming new prime minister Shigeru Ishiba plans to call a snap general election for late October, media ...

Indian equity benchmark indices were likely headed for a muted start on Monday, as indicated by GIFT Nifty futures, tracking ...

Since the end of June, markets in Southeast Asia including the Philippines have outperformed the United States. This happened ...

Leung Kwok-shing, founder of Hoops for Hope Basketball Asia, is in the running for 12th Spirit of Hong Kong Awards’ ...

GIFT Nifty is trading 37.50 points or 0.14% down at 26,316.50 indicating a negative opening for domestic indices NSE Nifty 50 ...

Residents of Nepal’s flood-hit capital returned to their mud-caked homes on Sunday to survey the wreckage of devastating floods that have killed at ...

TAIPEI: Taiwan issued a land warning on Monday (Sep 30) ahead of the arrival of Typhoon Krathon which is expected to ...

Although the venom of moon jellyfish is not fatal, it can cause severe skin irritation. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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WELLINGTON - New Zealand has set the world record for the most people to perform a haka, a traditional dance of the country's ...

Despite a thriving operation in major ASEAN countries, AirAsia’s persistent difficulty in obtaining an operating licence in ...

Continued Israeli strikes across Lebanon added geopolitical uncertainty to the mix, though oil prices were still weighed down ...