World / Asia

Gunmen attack agriculture institute in Pakistan, killing 9 01 Dec 2017 - 11:42 am

PESHAWAR, Pakistan: Islamist militants stormed a provincial government complex for agriculture research in the northwestern city of Peshawar on Friday, killing nine students...

Kim Jong-Nam was carrying VX 'antidote': lawyer 01 Dec 2017 - 10:45 am

Kuala Lumpur: North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un's half-brother was carrying a VX 'antidote' when he was assassinated with the deadly nerve agent in...

Five arrested over elephant killing in Sri Lanka 01 Dec 2017 - 10:08 am

Colombo: Sri Lankan police have arrested five men for allegedly killing a wild elephant, with officers seizing ivory and tusk-cutting tools, officials said...

Supporters, critics of Philippines' Duterte protest 01 Dec 2017 - 09:38 am

Manila: Thousands of supporters and critics of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte staged rallies on Thursday for and against his threat to declare a...

Japan’s Emperor Akihito to abdicate on April 30, 2019 01 Dec 2017 - 09:37 am

TOKYO: Emperor Akihito, who has spent much of his nearly three decades on Japan’s throne seeking to soothe the wounds of World War...

China vows improvements after kindergarten abuse scandal 01 Dec 2017 - 09:37 am

BEIJING: A Chinese official vowed Thursday to make administrative improvements following a scandal involving the abuse of children at a kindergarten in the...

Cyclone Ockhi: Navy, Coast Guard save 33 Kerala fishermen 01 Dec 2017 - 09:37 am

Thiruvananthapuram: The Indian Navy and Coast Guard have rescued 33 fishermen and have located another 70 following the bad weather conditions that hit...

Russia rejects US call to cut North Korea ties 30 Nov 2017 - 03:25 pm

Moscow: Russia on Thursday rejected a US call to cut ties with Pyongyang, suggesting Washington has been doing everything to prompt North Korean...

Tourists leave as Bali's volcano-hit airport gets back to business 30 Nov 2017 - 02:55 pm

Denpasar, Indonesia: Thousands of foreign tourists were leaving Bali by plane Thursday after an airport shutdown sparked by a rumbling volcano, but some...

Pope lands in Bangladesh after contentious Myanmar visit 30 Nov 2017 - 02:51 pm

Dhaka: Pope Francis on Thursday arrived in Bangladesh, where hundreds of thousands of Muslim Rohingya refugees have sought sanctuary after fleeing a crackdown...

Storm kills at least seven in Sri Lanka 30 Nov 2017 - 02:15 pm

Colombo: Sri Lanka's government on Thursday deployed troops to help regions stricken by a major storm which killed seven people with five others...

Powerful storm kills at least three in Sri Lanka 30 Nov 2017 - 12:23 pm

Colombo: A major storm left three dead, two missing and more than a dozen injured across Sri Lanka, authorities said Thursday, as powerful...

China seizes 12 tonnes of endangered pangolin scales 30 Nov 2017 - 12:16 pm

Beijing: Nearly 12 tonnes of smuggled pangolin scales have been confiscated by Chinese officials -- the country's largest-ever seizure of the endangered mammal's...

Flights resume as Bali's volcano-hit airport gets back to business 30 Nov 2017 - 11:54 am

Denpasar, Indonesia: Thousands of foreign tourists were leaving Bali by plane Thursday following a nearly three-day airport shutdown sparked by a rumbling volcano...

Bangladesh could move some Rohingya to flood-prone island next year - official 30 Nov 2017 - 11:35 am

DHAKA: Bangladesh could start relocating Rohingya Muslim refugees to a flood-prone island off its coast in the middle of next year, a government...

Floods in southern Thailand kill five 30 Nov 2017 - 11:23 am

Pattani, Thailand: Heavy floods swept into southern Thailand this week killing five people, authorities said Thursday as photos of waterlogged and damaged roads...

North Korea's new missile: Pyongyang vs the analysts 30 Nov 2017 - 11:12 am

Seoul: North Korea Thursday released pictures of its latest missile launch, giving analysts a chance to test Pyongyang's claim of a breakthrough that...

Two human rights campaigners killed in Philippines 29 Nov 2017 - 01:49 pm

Manila: Two campaigners investigating alleged human rights abuses have been shot dead in the Philippines, authorities said Wednesday, deepening concerns that a "climate...