Top
Home » World » Asia

Asia - Page 5

Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a keynote speech for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit via video, from Beijing on Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021 (Li Xueren/Xinhua via AP)World
China censors rare anti-Xi protest ahead of Communist Party congress

Beijing is on high alert against any disruption to a landmark Communist Party meeting where Xi is expected to secure a...

14 Oct 2022 2:19 PM IST

Russian President Vladimir Putin on October 9 blamed Ukrainian secret services for the huge blast a day earlier that ripped through Russias Crimea bridge, which he described as a \terrorist act\. (Photo: AFP)World
Putin vows more 'severe' attacks after Russian missiles batter Ukraine

The biggest wave of strikes across Ukraine in months killed at least 11 people nationwide

10 Oct 2022 6:50 PM IST

Mahsa Amini, who was detained after Irans so-called morality police found fault with her headscarf. (Photo: Twitter)World
Iran says Mahsa Amini died of illness rather than 'blows'

Iran's Forensic Organization said "Mahsa Amini's death was not caused by blows to the head and vital organs and limbs of...

7 Oct 2022 5:13 PM IST

This frame grab from video footage by Thai PBS made available via AFPTV and taken on October 6, 2022 shows medical staff carrying a stretcher out of an ambulance in the northern Thai province of Nong Bua Lam Phu, where a former policeman shot dead at least 30 people in a nursery. - A former police officer stormed a nursery in Thailand on October 6, shooting dead at least 30 people, most of them children, before killing himself and his family. (Photo: AFP)World
Thai PM orders probe into 'horrifying' nursery mass shooting

PM Prayut Chan-O-Cha ordered an urgent probe after a former police officer shot dead more than 30 people

6 Oct 2022 6:11 PM IST

A policeman guards at the edge of Red Square in central Moscow on September 29, 2022, as the square is sealed prior to a ceremony of the incorporation of the new territories into Russia. (Photo: AFP)World
Kremlin announces Ukraine annexation ceremony for Friday

President Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the annexation would be formalised at a ceremony in the Kremlin

29 Sept 2022 5:49 PM IST

Russian President Vladimir Putin. (AP)World
Putin announces partial mobilisation of reservists

President Vladimir Putin says the measure is necessary as his country is fighting the "entire Western military machine"

21 Sept 2022 4:45 PM IST

Pope Francis arrives to address journalists aboard the plane flying from Nur-Sultan to Rome following his three-day visit to Kazakhstan on September 15, 2022. (Photo: AFP)World
Pope Francis will not attend queen's funeral: Vatican

Pope Francis' de-facto foreign minister will attend the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II in London next week

16 Sept 2022 4:54 PM IST

Story Type Required Source Required Byline Optional No Photo Title Required 85 Characters Remaining URL(Alias) Required 27 Characters Remaining wave-of-lebanon-bank-heists-to-seize-back-frozen-savings Same as Title? Strap Required Maximum 150 Characters Sali Hafiz streamed a live video of her raid, in which she could be heard yelling at employees to release a sum of money while entrances to the bank were sealed. (Photo: Twitter)World
Wave of Lebanon bank 'heists' to seize back frozen savings

Since the value of Lebanon's currency began plummeting and banks started imposing draconian restrictions on withdrawals.

16 Sept 2022 4:47 PM IST

Ukraine said on Friday it had counted 450 graves at just one burial site near Izyum, which was seized back by Ukrainian forces. (Photo: TwitterWorld
UN wants to send team to probe mass grave in Ukraine's Izyum

Hundreds of graves topped with white crosses and marked with numbers are located in forests outside the recaptured city

16 Sept 2022 4:21 PM IST

A farmer walks past government propaganda depicting ethnic minority residents reading the constitution with slogans which reads, Unity Stability is fortune, Separatism and Turmoil is misfortune, in northwestern Chinas Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. (AP file photo)World
UN releases report on possible crimes against humanity in China's...

Hours before the release, China's UN ambassador, Zhang Jun, said Beijing remained firmly opposed to the release

1 Sept 2022 9:18 AM IST

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (AP)World
Indonesia leader says Putin and Xi to attend G20 summit: Report

Jakarta has come under Western pressure to exclude Putin from the G20 gathering after announcing in April he had been...

19 Aug 2022 12:09 PM IST

Former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa (R) arrives at Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok on August 11, 2022. (Tananchai KEAWSOWATTANA / THAI NEWS PIX / AFP)World
Gotabaya Rajapaksa to return to Sri Lanka on Aug 24: Report

Rajapaksa is currently staying at a hotel in Bangkok in the heart of Thailand's capital, where police have advised him...

18 Aug 2022 10:18 AM IST

X