Daily Asia briefing

April 26 - Israel's military issued new evacuation orders for southern Lebanon on Sunday, ordering residents to leave seven towns that lie beyond the \"buffer zone\" it occupied before a ceasefire that has failed to brin...

An increasing number of activists and government critics rights groups are being targeted.

Australia has experienced localised shortages during the Middle East conflict.

SYDNEY, April 26 - Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong on Sunday said she would visit Japan, China, and South Korea this week for talks on energy security in the face of disruptions caused by the Middle East conflict...

MOSCOW, April 26 - Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov has arrived in North Korea, Russia's defence ministry said on Sunday, the second senior Russian official to visit Pyongyang in recent days.

MOSCOW, April 26 - A fertiliser plant in Russia's Vologda region was damaged in a Ukrainian drone attack on Sunday, local governor Georgy Filimonov said.

President Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday underscored the importance of bolstering industrial and technological cooperation with China, where he visited a heavy equipment manufacturer. The president arrived in China on Saturd...

Channel NewsAsia is tracking Diplomacy & Power developments tied to Security operation in Belfast after police station car bomb.

Channel NewsAsia is tracking Diplomacy & Power developments tied to Marathon-Kenya's Sawe becomes first man to run marathon under two hours to win in London.

Channel NewsAsia is tracking Diplomacy & Power developments tied to Kenya's Sawe becomes first man to run marathon under two hours at London Marathon.

Channel NewsAsia is tracking Diplomacy & Power developments tied to Ethiopia's Assefa breaks own world record at London Marathon.

Channel NewsAsia is tracking Diplomacy & Power developments tied to Jaissle hails historic win after Al-Ahli retain Asian Champions League title.

A BMW driver was identified as Chen, 47, a Chinese national, who was also injured in the crash.

Facing severe public criticism for “taxing sunlight”, the Power Division on Sunday directed the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) to abolish the requirement of a licence and licence fee for solar prosu...

Evacuation orders are in place for over 3,200 residents, roughly a third of Otsuchi’s population.

• National immunisation week begins amidst challenges• Experts call for local vaccine manufacturing to cut reliance on imported drugs KARACHI: Seventy-one children, including 40 in Sindh, have already lost their lives to...

KARACHI: It appears that the financial market is certain that the interest rate is bound to see a rise in the next monetary policy scheduled for Monday. At the same time, most experts believed that it was not inflation b...

On average, the department gets a prank call every other day.

The Chinese-funded Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport has no regular flights and has failed to generate enough revenue to cover even electricity bills since opening in 2013.

The company later confirmed that power was fully restored within two to four hours.

The monks were mostly young students from temples across Sri Lanka.

Swiss International said that a flight from Delhi to Zurich had to abort its takeoff early on Sunday after an engine issue, adding that four passengers and one crew member were injured. The airline did not elaborate, but...

The two Americans, identified as Lyle Prijoles and Kai Dana-Rene Sorem, arrived in Negros Occidental province about a month before they were killed, officials said in a statement late on Saturday (Apr 25).

Country has sought to privatise unprofitable state-owned enterprises.

The US embassy has yet to respond to a request for comment.

The tickets for this year’s HBL Pakistan Super League (PSL) are set to go on sale from April 27, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said on Sunday. The final — with teams yet to be decided — would take place at the Gaddafi...

Platforms must increase transparency, consult worker representatives, according to new guidelines.