
Typhoon Phanfone kills 16 in Philippines
MANILA: Tourists on the popular Philippine holiday island of Boracay were stranded yesterday after a typhoon swept across on Christmas Day, killing at least 16

MANILA: Tourists on the popular Philippine holiday island of Boracay were stranded yesterday after a typhoon swept across on Christmas Day, killing at least 16

SINGAPORE: Skywatchers from Saudi Arabia and Oman to India and Singapore were treated to a rare “ring of fire” solar eclipse yesterday. Annular eclipses occur

By Niam Seet Wei KUALA LUMPUR: News that the US President Donald Trump has been impeached by the Democratic-led House of Representatives is seen more

Third American president to be impeached in USA history WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Wednesday became only the third chief executive in United States (US)

JAKARTA: Indonesian President Joko Widodo said on Wednesday that he had ordered his Cabinet to speed up a $32.79 billion project to move the capital

SYDNEY: Australia this week experienced its hottest day on record and the heatwave is expected to worsen, exacerbating an already unprecedented bushfire season, authorities said

SYDNEY: A Christmas tree made from charred branches and other bushfire debris has been put up in Sydney’s central business district in a poignant reminder

JAKARTA: Huge chunks of an Indonesian volcano litter the seabed after its eruption and subsequent collapse last year sparked a deadly tsunami, according to new

TOKYO: A Tokyo court yesterday awarded 3.3 million yen in damages to journalist Shiori Ito, who accused a former TV reporter of rape in one

VIENNA: Vienna’s prestigious ballet academy is endangering children’s well-being including by encouraging them to smoke to stay slim, an Austrian commission probing abuse claims said