LEMBATA, Indonesia: Indonesia's navy readied hospital ships Wednesday to help treat injured survivors of a cyclone that has killed about 160 in the archipelago and neighbouring East Timor, as fears grow over coronavirus outbreaks in cramped evacuatio...

NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home region Gujarat became the latest to tighten coronavirus curbs on Wednesday as the country's infections surged to a record of almost 116,000 new cases in 24 hours.

Thailand’s benchmark SET Index of stocks dropped as much as 1.4% as Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said he’s concerned about a new wave of Covid-19 infections sweeping the nation’s capital and hinted at fresh control measures to stem the outb...

TAIPEI: Taiwan will fight to the end if China attacks, its foreign minister said on Wednesday, adding that the United States saw a danger that this could happen amid mounting Chinese military pressure, including aircraft carrier drills, near the isla...

HONG KONG: A three figure percentage increase in the number of trips undertaken in China during the recent three-day weekend points towards an "orderly recovery" of the domestics tourism industry, further underlining post-coronavirus recovery in the ...

MUMBAI: Restrictions on exporting its Covid vaccines have left India's Serum Institute needing financial help from the government, its CEO said, with the world's largest jab manufacturer under pressure at home from soaring cases.

In a South Korean rice field, the teenage world drone-racing champion is preparing to defend his title in one of the planet's fastest and highest-tech sports.

Rescuers brought a monk safely out of a flooded cave in Phitsanulok on Wednesday, days after he was trapped by rising water after going inside to meditate.

SAN FRANCISCO: Apple Inc's chief executive Tim Cook portrayed self-driving cars as an ideal match for the technology giant during an interview released on Monday by The New York Times.

OSLO: A Dutch cargo ship was adrift in the Norwegian Sea on Tuesday after all of its crew members were airlifted, with some having to jump into the rough waters to be rescued.