World / Asia

Xi calls for calm as North Korean official visits China 01 Jun 2016 - 04:56 pm

By Mahmut Atanur BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for calm and restraint on the Korean Peninsula during a meeting Wednesday with...

2 dead, 18 injured after blast at battery plant in China 01 Jun 2016 - 02:47 pm

By Mahmut Atanur BEIJING: A plant worker and a firefighter have been killed and 18 others injured after an explosion rocked a battery...

Indian court set to rule on deadly Gujarat riots 01 Jun 2016 - 12:50 pm

A house that was burnt and damaged in the riots at the Gulbarg Society in 2002. Reuters Ahmedabad, India: An Indian court is...

Six killed as Taliban bombers raid Afghan courthouse 01 Jun 2016 - 12:10 pm

Afghan security force personnel stand alert at the entrance to a provincial court in Ghazni on June 1, 2016, after a group of ...

North Korea takes a shine to Donald Trump 01 Jun 2016 - 11:20 am

A combination photo shows a Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) handout of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Republican US presidential candidate...

China to prosecute Xinjiang judge for letting off terror suspects 01 Jun 2016 - 11:12 am

BEIJING: Authorities in China’s violence-prone western region of Xinjiang will prosecute a former judge who reduced penalties and let off people suspected of...

Insight: Indian central bank chief wins over Modi despite broad mistrust 01 Jun 2016 - 10:20 am

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures to Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan at an event on financial inclusion in Mumbai...

Dead tigers found in Thai temple amid trafficking fears 01 Jun 2016 - 09:43 am

Dead tiger cubs displayed by Thai officials after they were found during a raid on the controversial Tiger Temple in Kanchanaburi province, west...

Outrage after Duterte justifies Philippine journalists' murders 01 Jun 2016 - 09:38 am

Philippines' president-elect Rodrigo Duterte (C) meets his National Security officials in Davao City, southern island of Mindanao on June 1, 2016. AFP PHOTO...

Hong Kong police in court over 'beating' protester 01 Jun 2016 - 09:17 am

File photo of riot police as they charge at protesters during a clash at Mongkok district in Hong Kong. Reuters / Bobby Yip ...

Philippines' Duterte endorses killing corrupt journalists 31 May 2016 - 05:55 pm

Philippines' president-elect Rodrigo Duterte speaks during a press conference in Davao on May 31, 2016. Philippine president-elect Rodrigo Duterte's war on crime appears...

Taliban kill ten in Afghanistan’s Kunduz: Officials 31 May 2016 - 05:52 pm

Afghan security personnel prepare for an operation against Taliban militants at the Aliabad district of Kunduz province on May 31, 2016. AFP /...

4 Bangladeshi terror suspects plead guilty in Singapore 31 May 2016 - 04:15 pm

Caption By Kirsten Han SINGAPORE: Four Bangladeshi workers detained in Singapore for alleged radical activity and an intention to set up an “Islamic...

Pakistani men arrested in Germany as 18 women report sex assaults 31 May 2016 - 01:06 pm

Berlin: German police have arrested three Pakistani suspects as 18 women have reported becoming victims of sexual assaults at a music festival, authorities...

Thai wildlife officials start removing tigers from temple 31 May 2016 - 12:57 pm

A sedated tiger is stretchered as officials start moving tigers from Thailand's controversial Tiger Temple, a popular tourist destination which has come under...

Bangladesh sentences six militants to death for bank robbery 31 May 2016 - 12:13 pm

By Ruma Paul DHAKA: Six men were sentenced to death in Bangladesh on Tuesday for killing eight people during a bank robbery in...

Pakistani prime minister undergoes open heart surgery in London 31 May 2016 - 12:02 pm

File photo of Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif speaks during a joint news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 12, 2015. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani ISLAMABAD:...