Asia Pacific
Kyrgyzstan says death toll from border conflict rises to 36
Kyrgyzstan said on Sunday its death toll from the border conflict with Tajikistan has risen to 36 people, with 129 wounded in ...Typhoon Nanmadol bears down on Japan’s Kyushu island
Typhoon Nanmadol bore down on Japan’s southernmost main island of Kyushu on Sunday with the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) warning of gales ...Japan urges evacuations as ‘unprecedented’ super typhoon approaches
The Japan Meteorological Agency urged residents to evacuate parts of the southern island of Kyushu on Saturday, ahead of a large and ...Singapore outlines financial services overhaul with eye on green finance boom
Singapore announced plans on Thursday to overhaul its financial services industry by 2025 in a bid to cement its position in a ...End of COVID pandemic is ‘in sight’ -WHO chief
The world has never been in a better position to end the COVID-19 pandemic, the head of the World Health Organization said ...Hundreds evacuated in west Indonesia after magnitude 6.1 earthquake
About 200 people evacuated to higher ground after an earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck islands in western Indonesia on Sunday, causing some ...Indian and Chinese troops disengaging from western Himalayan area
Indian and Chinese troops have begun disengaging from the Gogra-Hotsprings border area in the western Himalayas, both sides said, two years after ...South Korea offers talks with North for reunion of war-torn families
South Korea on Thursday offered talks with North Korea to discuss a reunion of families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War, in ...Earthquake in China’s Sichuan kills more than 30, shakes provincial capital
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck China’s Sichuan province on Monday, the strongest to hit the region since 2017, killing more than 30 ...South Korea braces for ‘very strong’ typhoon, businesses curb operations
Typhoon Hinnamnor neared South Korea on Monday, forcing flight cancellations, suspensions of some business operations and closures of schools, as the country ...














