World / Asia

BEIJING: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrived in China on Saturday for what is likely to be a prickly visit, with Beijing...

Kabul: At least 44 Taliban militants were killed and wounded in a series of airstrikes conducted in Helmand in southern Afghanistan. The Afghan...

Mumbai: A young Irish woman who was murdered in the popular Indian tourist destination of Goa was also raped, police said Thursday. The...

Taipei: Taiwan said for the first time publicly that it is capable of launching missiles at China, as the government on Thursday unveiled...

SRINAGAR, Jammu Kashmir: A 7-year-old girl was killed in a gun battle between Indian police and militants Wednesday, police said. Three militants were...

KABUL, Afghanistan: Some two million children are not attending schools across Afghanistan as ragging violence continues to wreak havoc in the country. According...

Tokyo: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Thursday that two decades of efforts to stop North Korea's nuclear ambitions have not worked...

Beijing: US sporting-goods giant Nike has become the latest foreign brand to receive a high-profile rebuke from an influential Chinese consumer-affairs programme that...

Manila: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's ruling party stripped a dozen lawmakers of congressional leadership posts for voting against the death penalty, which critics...

Dhaka: Four suspected militants, including a woman, from a group that has pledged allegiance to Islamic State were killed in a shootout on...

Yangon: Raging battles on Myanmar's border with China have claimed dozens more lives, military and official sources said Wednesday, as the mounting death...

Kabul: An Australian woman who was kidnapped from Kabul city last year has been released, it has been reported. Australia's Department of Foreign...

Manila: Philippine Vice President Leni Robredo said Wednesday the nation's drug war had left Filipinos feeling "hopeless and helpless", with trust in the...

Beijing: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Wednesday warned the United States against starting a trade war while expressing optimism that the world's two...

WELLINGTON: New Zealand's bees are being stolen and traded by organised crime syndicates seeking to profit from skyrocketing honey prices, police and beekeepers...

Sydney: A health blogger who lied about having brain cancer and curing herself through natural therapies was Wednesday found guilty by an Australian...

MUMBAI: Workers rescued from bonded labour in India will be unable to access compensation because the government has linked the benefit to a...

BANGKOK: Thai customs have confiscated 21 rhino horns with an estimated value of nearly $5 million in the biggest such seizure in Thailand...