World / Asia

Opinion: Fallout from India's cash crunch is just starting 05 Jan 2017 - 08:27 pm

“Give me 50 days, friends,” Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked citizens after he canceled 86 percent of the country’s currency notes. After...

On Islamabad’s bike lanes, residents pedal towards a greener city 05 Jan 2017 - 08:13 pm

ISLAMABAD: Cyclists are taking to the streets of the Pakistani capital, after the Islamabad Metropolitan Corporation officially opened dedicated bike lanes for the...

Why migration is killing babies in this Indian village 05 Jan 2017 - 07:52 pm

Khoch, INDIA: As Soni Wadwi breastfed her one-year-old son, Sonu, outside her hut in Khoch village, western India, she recounted how he almost...

Nearly 200 children freed from south India brick kiln in one of biggest rescues 05 Jan 2017 - 07:51 pm

CHENNAI, India: Indian police rescued nearly 200 children, most of them under the age of 14, who had been found working in a...

Indian who hid French wife's body in fridge jailed for life 05 Jan 2017 - 05:24 pm

Mumbai: An Indian man who murdered his French wife before chopping up her body and hiding it in a fridge three years ago...

Philippines kills leader of Islamic State-linked militant group 05 Jan 2017 - 02:52 pm

MANILA: Philippine security forces killed the leader of a militant group supporting Islamic State in a clash early on Thursday, the country's police...

Wife of U.S. author missing in Afghanistan makes appeal 05 Jan 2017 - 02:36 pm

ISLAMABAD: The wife of an American author who disappeared on a research trip in Afghanistan more than two years ago appealed for his...

Chile aiding probe of Japanese woman's disappearance in France 05 Jan 2017 - 02:14 pm

Santiago: Prosecutors in Chile say they are working with French authorities seeking a Chilean man on suspicion of murder in connection with the...

25,000 now evacuated as Malaysia braces for more floods 05 Jan 2017 - 01:19 pm

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has now evacuated over 25,000 people from their homes, with monsoon floods in two northeastern coastal states continuing to worsen. ...

Former school administrator shot dead in Thai south 05 Jan 2017 - 01:13 pm

BANGKOK: A former public school administrator has been shot dead in a market in Thailand’s Muslim majority south in what police suspect to...

Leader of IS-linked group killed in Philippines 05 Jan 2017 - 01:03 pm

ZAMBOANGA CITY, the Philippines: The leader of a Islamic State-linked group has been killed and three of his followers arrested in a joint...

Ex-Swiss bank manager charged in 1MDB probe 05 Jan 2017 - 12:59 pm

SINGAPORE: The former manager of a Swiss bank's Singapore branch has been charged with 16 offences in connection with a probe into Malaysian...

5 killed in mine collapse in central China 05 Jan 2017 - 12:26 pm

BEIJING: Seven workers remain trapped in a coal mine in central China's Henan province after a roof caved in overnight killing five people. ...

'Patricide' spices up Indian political soap opera 05 Jan 2017 - 12:03 pm

New Delhi: After being tongue-lashed and expelled from his own party, the leader of India's largest state had two options: bow to the...

Australia denies trying to 'recruit' Indonesian soldiers 05 Jan 2017 - 09:58 am

Sydney: Australia Thursday rejected claims it tried to "recruit" Indonesia's best soldiers as Jakarta moved to tone down a rift after military ties...