World / Asia

MH17 criminal probe results due within months: prosecutor 04 Jun 2016 - 12:10 pm

Malaysian lawyer Balan Nair, representing families of the ill-fated Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crew members, speaks with journalists prior to filing the lawsuit...

Dam completion signifies growing Indian influence in Afghanistan 04 Jun 2016 - 11:07 am

The Salma Hydroelectric Dam at Chishti Sharif in Afghanistan's Herat province. AFP / AREF KARIMI KABUL: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Afghanistan...

Top Indian hospital says duped in kidney sale racket 04 Jun 2016 - 10:57 am

Commercial trade in organs is illegal in India and transplant donations to non-relatives must be approved by a special committee. New Delhi: One...

US flexes muscles as Asia worries about S China Sea row 04 Jun 2016 - 10:45 am

US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter speaks at the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore June 4, 2016. REUTERS/EDGAR SU By David Brunnstrom and...

One dead, three critical in Indonesian chopper crash 04 Jun 2016 - 09:38 am

illed and three passengers critically wounded after a helicopter crashed in remote eastern Indonesia Saturday, officials said, the latest accident to beset the...

Democracy is nothing to fear, Taiwan tells China on Tiananmen anniversary 04 Jun 2016 - 09:16 am

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen speaks at a Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) meeting in Taipei, Taiwan May 25, 2016. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu BY J.R. WU...

Japan pledges support for Southeast Asia security to counter coercive China 04 Jun 2016 - 09:02 am

Japan's Minister of Defence Gen Nakatani speaks at the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore June 4, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su Japan will help Southeast...

China urged to cooperate as Asia worries about South China Sea row 04 Jun 2016 - 08:40 am

U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter speaks at the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore June 4, 2016. REUTERS/EDGAR SU BY DAVID BRUNNSTROM AND...

Pakistan increases defense spending by 11 percent 04 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

Security official place bags containing budget documents to the parliament where Pakistani Finance Minister Ishaq Dar presented the national budget for the fiscal...

Pakistan budget seeks decade-high growth as IMF loan nears end 04 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

Employees sort documents before they are distributed for the presentation of the 2016-17 budget in the National Assembly in Islamabad, Pakistan, June 3,...

India's Modi to arrive in Doha on Saturday as he embarks on a five-nation tour 04 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

File photo of India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi. New Delhi: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a five-nation trip this weekend...

Missing Japanese boy found safe after forest ordeal 03 Jun 2016 - 02:53 pm

This picture shows a house in a military exercise area where missing boy Yamato Tanooka was found by Self-Defense Forces personnel in the...

17 abducted minority Hazaras freed in Afghanistan 03 Jun 2016 - 02:41 pm

Kabul: Seventeen Shiite Hazaras kidnapped in northern Afghanistan have been released, officials said Friday, after gunmen hauled them out of their vehicles in...

Thai tiger temple monk caught fleeing with skins, fangs 03 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

Dead tiger cubs are displayed by Thai officials after they were found during a raid on the controversial Tiger Temple, a popular tourist...

Crew families sue Malaysia Airlines over downing of jet 02 Jun 2016 - 11:55 am

Malaysian lawyer Balan Nair (C), representing families of the ill-fated Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crew members, speaks with journalists prior to filing the...