World / Asia

Death toll hits 38 as Indian Kashmir clashes spread 15 Jul 2016 - 06:55 pm

An Indian Kashmiri youth with an eye injury sits in a hospital after being hit by pellets fired by Indian security forces during...

Datta Phuge, India's 'gold man' beaten to death: report 15 Jul 2016 - 06:31 pm

In this photograph received on January 31, 2013, Indian businessman Datta Phuge poses for a photograph wearing a shirt made of gold, worth...

Malaysia's Mahathir to launch party to challenge PM Najib 14 Jul 2016 - 06:00 pm

Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad is pictured during an interview at his office in Kuala Lumpur, October 18, 2013. (REUTERS/Samsul Said/File photo) ...

India firm gifts Trump 6,000 tea bags to cleanse his soul 14 Jul 2016 - 04:46 pm

New Delhi: An Indian company Thursday said it had sent 6,000 green tea bags to White House hopeful Donald Trump, believing they would...

Minister in South Sudan to evacuate Indians 14 Jul 2016 - 03:56 pm

Indian citizens getting into the aircraft. (Photo: MEAindia / twitter) New Delhi: Minister of State for External Affairs V.K. Singh on Thursday reached...

Man chokes daughter to death with onion for not learning alphabets 13 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

At one point when she couldn't recite her alphabets, an enraged Kute thrashed her and then forced her to swallow an onion as...

Embattled Nepal PM refuses to budge after Maoists pull support 13 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

Nepalese PM KPSharma Oli during an interview with AFP at his home in Balkot in Kathmandu on September 30, 2015 By Gopal Sharma...

US urges all countries to adhere to South China Sea ruling 13 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

Chinese dredging vessels are purportedly seen in the waters around Mischief Reef in the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, May...

Beijing's South China Sea claims rejected by Hague tribunal 12 Jul 2016 - 12:58 pm

Demonstrators display a part of a fishing boat with anti-China protest signs during a rally by different activist groups over the South China...

Singapore jails four Bangladeshi men for terrorism financing 12 Jul 2016 - 10:48 am

A motorcade of armoured police vehicles, used to transport four Bangladeshi nationals prosecuted under aSingaporean anti-terror law, are seen outside the State court...

Thomas Issac doles out sops for NRIs from Kerala 12 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

Kerala Finance Minister Thomas Issac Thiruvananthapuram: There has been an increased allocation for the diaspora in the revised budget presented in the assembly...

Tropical storm kills 10 in China, 11 missing 12 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

A woman sits on the ruins after typhoon Nepartak swept through Minqing county, Fujian province, China, July 10, 2016. Picture taken July 10,...

Why the Philippines’ South China Sea legal case matters 11 Jul 2016 - 06:53 pm

Demonstrators chant slogans during a protest over the South China Sea disputes outside the Chinese Consulate by members of "Bayan" (Nationalist) activist group...

Protesters try to storm airbase in Kashmir 11 Jul 2016 - 06:30 pm

Indian police clash with Kashmiri protestors in Srinagar on July 11, 2016. Police said 30 people had now died in three days of...

Philippine troops kill 40 rebels as new government goes after Abu Sayyaf 11 Jul 2016 - 03:45 pm

A Philippine national flag flutters as a resident fishes in bad weather due to Typhoon Nepartak in Manila Bay,Philippines July 8, 2016. (REUTERS/Erik...

Japan's ruling bloc wins landslide in upper house election 10 Jul 2016 - 05:41 pm

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd L), who is also leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), smiles with LDP policy chief...

Bangladesh bans Zakir Naik's Peace TV 10 Jul 2016 - 03:35 pm

Zakir Naik Dhaka: Bangladesh moved to counter a deadly wave of Islamist attacks Sunday, ordering an Islamic television station to stop broadcasting and...