World / Asia

Mumbai: Popular TV celebs like Helly Shah, Niti Taylor and Roop Durgapal consider Lord Shiva as a source of inspiration as he is...

New Delhi: Delhi Police on Thursday suspended three policemen on charges of assaulting some students and journalists when two student groups clashed at...

Hong Kong: Sri Lankan refugees who sheltered fugitive whistleblower Edward Snowden in Hong Kong have been targeted by agents from their home country,...

Manila: Philippine drug war critic Leila de Lima was a highly paid lawyer who switched focus mid-career to human rights, a decision that...

Tokyo: Japan has protested to Russia over its plan to boost troop strength on disputed islands, Japan's top government spokesman said yesterday, the...

Tokyo: A Japanese court yesterday awarded record compensation for thousands of residents near a US military base over aircraft noise, but rejected their...

Lahore: AS MANY as 217 Hindu pilgrims arrived in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore yesterday through Wagah border on a seven-day tour to...

Singapore: Two hundred firefighters battled a blaze at a Singapore waste management plant which triggered a series of explosions and sent a plume...

Bangkok: Thai police filed two new arrest warrants against an influential former abbot of Thailand's biggest Buddhist temple yesterday after a week-long standoff...

Bangkok: Thailand's Supreme Court yesterday reduced the sentence of a prominent former magazine editor who had been jailed for 10 years for insulting...

Manila: The Philippines' top diplomat said yesterday any move by China to transform a Manila-claimed shoal into an island would be a "game-changer"...

Kabul: A government official says Afghanistan is ready to seek United Nations sanctions against suspected terrorist networks and their supporters, a veiled reference...

Beijing: China's defence ministry said yesterday it was aware of the presence of a US aircraft carrier strike group in the South China...

Bangkok: Activists are urging Unilever, a major investor in Myanmar, to speak out against the country's treatment of its Rohingya minority, which the...

New Delhi: The central government yesterday did away with security requirement of stamping hand baggage tags at the time of boarding the aircraft...

MUMBAI: Shiny Varghese Padiyara knew she faced a race against time when a woman rescued from a brothel was brought to her shelter...

Yangon: The head of Myanmar's most powerful ethnic rebel group has warned that fighting in the country's restive borderlands has reached a critical...

Yangon: Some 350 farmers from Myanmar's Mandalay region are facing court cases related to land-grabbing, most of them brought since Aung San Suu...