Asia

Israel flying to moon after SpaceX launch

By Asian Age Online

An Israeli spacecraft rocketed toward the moon for the country's first attempted lunar landing,

Masood Azhar, militant leader at the heart of the Kashmir crisis

By Asian Age Online

For eight days in 1999 the world watched in horror as hijackers diverted an

In Russia, a battle to free nearly 100 captured whales

By Asian Age Online

Dozens of orcas and beluga whales captured for sale to oceanariums have brought Russia’s

Trump to visit Japan after N Korea summit

Donald Trump will visit Japan twice in the coming months, a US official has told CNN. The US

Saudi Crown Prince arrives in China

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman touched down in Beijing Thursday to begin the last leg of

Taiwan unveils law on same-sex marriage

Taiwan on Thursday proposed a draft law to allow same-sex marriage in Asia's first such bill, but the

Oswald Gracias 'failed abuse victims'

By International Desk

One of the Catholic Church's most senior cardinals has admitted that he could have better handled sexual abuse

Indonesians clean up the beach one sandal at a time

Hundreds of people sifted through a vast wasteland of rubbish strewn across a beach in Indonesia on Thursday

Saudi sisters risk to flee oppression

By International Desk

The night they fled, Reem and Rawan didn't dare sleep.  It was September 6, 2018. The two Saudi

Doubles paid leave for new mothers in Philippines

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has expanded leave benefits for working new mothers, a move that could bring more women

New African swine fever outbreak in Yunnan

China has confirmed a new outbreak of African swine fever in Yunnan province, authorities said on Thursday, as

Pakistani officials say flash floods, rains killed 12 people

By Asian Age Online

Pakistani officials say flash floods and heavy winter rains have led to the

11 wounded in central China knife attack

By Asian Age Online

A man with a history of mental illness