
South Korea’s acting president faces impeachment
SEOUL (South Korea): South Korean lawmakers impeached the acting president yesterday, as the country struggles to shake off political turmoil sparked by his predecessor’s martial

SEOUL (South Korea): South Korean lawmakers impeached the acting president yesterday, as the country struggles to shake off political turmoil sparked by his predecessor’s martial

TOKYO: Japan Airlines reported a cyberattack yesterday that caused delays to domestic and international flights but later said it had found and addressed the cause.

POKHARA: With Nepal’s snowy Himalayan peaks as a backdrop, the sky above Pokhara transformed into a vibrant canvas of colours for the country’s first hot-air

ASTANA (Kazakhstan): Azerbaijan began a national day of mourning yesterday after a passenger jet from the flag carrier crashed in western Kazakhstan on Christmas Day,

BANDA ACEH (Indonesia): Tearful mourners prayed yesterday as ceremonies began across Asia to remember the 220,000 people who died two decades ago when a tsunami

LONDON: The wife of deposed Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad is severely ill with leukaemia and has been given a 50/50 chance of survival, reported PA Media/dpa news

LOS ANGELES: A person was found dead in the wheel well of a United Airlines plane after it landed at an airport in Hawaii on Christmas

BANGKOK: Thailand is set to roll out a nationwide implementation of its upgraded universal health coverage programme from January, Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra announced on Wednesday,

ISTANBUL: A powerful blast ripped through an explosives plant in northwestern Turkey on Tuesday killing 12 people and injuring five others, officials said. Footage showed

SEOUL: South Korea’s opposition said Tuesday it would hold back a decision to impeach acting president Han Duck-soo until later in the week. The opposition