World / Asia

UN concerned about rising political tensions in Cambodia 30 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Mao Hoeun (C-L), Chay Sarith (C-R), two Cambodian men suspected of attacking opposition lawmakers Kong Saphea and Nhay Chamroeun, walk while guarded by...

ANALYSIS: US takes out Taliban leader at critical time 29 May 2016 - 04:15 pm

By Aamir Latif, Sinan Polat, Mohammad Fahim Abed and Sayed Khodaberdi Sadat KABUL/KARACHI, Pakistan: Pakistani police have lodged a criminal case against unnamed...

Next Philippine leader seeks early talks with communist rebels 29 May 2016 - 12:50 pm

Philippines' president-elect Rodrigo Duterte speaks during a press conference in Davao City, in southern island of Mindanao on May 26, 2016. AFP /...

Missing Japan boy was left in mountains as punishment: police 29 May 2016 - 12:26 pm

Tokyo: The parents of a seven-year-old Japanese boy missing in the mountains confessed on Sunday they had left him as a punishment and...

Missing Pakistani boy found in India two years later 29 May 2016 - 12:00 pm

Five-year-old Tufail Ismail. Photo by ALI AKBAR/Dawn Islamabad: A Pakistani boy who went missing from his home in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan...

Media-savvy Thai monks wage PR war to defend scandal-hit abbot 29 May 2016 - 10:14 am

Communications head of Wat Dhammakaya Buddhist temple in one of the meditation halls in Bangkok. AFP / LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA Pathum Thani, Thailand: An...

Philippine police kill three more drug suspects 29 May 2016 - 10:13 am

Manila: Philippine police have killed three drug suspects in a shootout, officials said Sunday, the latest such deaths after the election of tough...

In Asia Pacific, a tense game of political brinksmanship 29 May 2016 - 09:29 am

Chinese coastguard ships give chase to Vietnamese coastguard vessels (not pictured) after they came within 10 nautical miles of the Haiyang Shiyou 981,...

Japan's Abe may leave tax hike to next PM: reports 29 May 2016 - 09:14 am

Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (L) shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) following their joint press announcement at the ...

Accused Italian marine returns home from India 29 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Italian Marine Salvatore Girone arrives on May 28, 2016 at the Ciampino airport in Rome. India's top court on May 26, 2016 allowed...

Nepal unveils $9 billion budget focused on quake reconstruction 28 May 2016 - 05:34 pm

Nepalese Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel carries a briefcase with the new government's budget for the fiscal year 2016/2017 in Kathmandu on May...

US military restricts troops after murder in Okinawa 28 May 2016 - 05:00 pm

Activists, including some who are covered in mock shrounds, take part in a demonstration to protest against the US military presence in Okinawa,...

At G7, Cameron keeps lid on press pack’s “Brexit” probing 28 May 2016 - 04:51 pm

British Prime Minister David Cameron delivers a press conference after the closing of the G7 Ise-Shima Summit in Shima, Mie prefecture, Japan, 27...

UNESCO chief Irina Bokova sees threat from cultural destruction 28 May 2016 - 04:44 pm

“I have to say that at the beginning of the Syrian crisis we were not taken that seriously when we started denouncing this...

News Analysis: Pinarayi Vijayan in firm control of Kerala 28 May 2016 - 03:12 pm

Pinarayi Vijayan stands alongside Kerala governor P. Sathasivam while swearing-in as the chief minister of Kerala. AFP By Sanu George Thiruvananthapuram: The red...