Offers prayers and pledges support for Bangladesh’s former PM

Singapore will impose a stricter ban on smartphones and smartwatches in secondary schools starting January, its education ministry said, part of a global push to combat digital distractions

At least 10 of the 146 people killed in the fire were migrant workers

At least 2 cities on Indonesia's Sumatra island were still unreachable

Suffered the world's deadliest residential building fire since 1980

Earlier, Asim Munir was declared to be chief of Joint Forces with lifetime shield from persecution

An outpouring of grief swept Hong Kong yesterday as thousands paid their respects and laid flowers for the 128 people killed in one of the city’s deadliest fires, marking the start of an official, three-day mourning period.

After wowing World Expo visitors, a human washing machine is now on sale in Japan, a company spokeswoman said Friday.

The death toll from devastating floods and landslides in Southeast Asia climbed past 400 yesterday as clean-up and search-and-rescue operations got underway in Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia.

Sri Lanka yesterday declared a state of emergency and appealed for international assistance as the death toll from heavy rains and floods triggered by Cyclone Ditwah rose to 132, with another 176 reported missing.

At least 279 people are still missing

The men are aged between 23 and 40 years old

"As of tonight, 61 fatalities have been recorded," says

The worst flooding Sri Lanka has experienced since the turn of the century occurred in June 2003, when 254 people were killed

Hong Kong's leader and top government officials observed a moment of silence on Saturday to mourn the victims of the city's deadliest fire in decades, which killed at least 128 people and displaced hundreds

The death toll from Hong Kong’s worst fire in nearly 80 years has risen to 128 and about 200 people remain missing from the high-rise residential complex that was engulfed by the blaze, the city’s security chief said yesterday.

Around 200 people remain unaccounted for, 89 bodies yet to be identified

Three renovation contractors held in manslaughter probe

The party of Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan demanded a meeting with him yesterday, saying it was worried about his health as he has been barred from seeing his family and lawyers for over three weeks.

US President Donald Trump asked Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takiachi not to further escalate a dispute with China during talks this week, sources with knowledge of the matter said, as he tries to preserve a fragile trade war truce with Beijing.