Category: Asia

HONG KONG :Shanghai Bright Power Semiconductor has agreed to buy a 100 per cent stake in a Chinese wireless charging chip maker for 3.28 billion yuan ($457 million), to further…

TOKYO :Japan’s core machinery orders rose 3 per cent in June from the previous month, government data showed on Wednesday. That compared with a 1.0 per cent drop estimated by…

After 15 years, Lara decided it was time to go home. “I didn’t see my family since the day I left, so I decided to go back. But it was…

A Peruvian woman has been accused of attempting to smuggle $70,000-worth (£52,000) of cocaine and ecstasy into Bali, concealed in her underwear and a sex toy. The woman, who was…

JERUSALEM: Israel is considering Hamas’ response to a proposal for a 60-day ceasefire and the release of half the hostages still held in Gaza, officials said on Tuesday (Aug 19).…

NewsFeed Video shows the moment a children’s football game in the occupied West Bank was disrupted by tear gas fired by Israeli forces during a raid. Witnesses say a drone…

Experts warn that the water crisis in the country’s south will worsen, unless there is urgent government action. Iraq is experiencing its driest year on record since 1933, as the…

JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused French President Emmanuel Macron of fuelling antisemitism by moving to recognise a Palestinian state, in a letter seen on Tuesday (Aug 19). The…

RUSSIA LAUNCHES LARGEST ATTACK THIS MONTH While the Washington talks allowed for a temporary sense of relief in Kyiv, fighting raged on. Russia launched 270 drones and 10 missiles in…

Sadio Mane became the third Al-Nassr player in as many Saudi Super Cup editions to be sent off, but his early goal and a second-half strike from new signing Joao…