World / Asia

Cambodia arrests man wanted for Bangkok Spaniard killing 08 Feb 2016 - 01:38 pm

A handout photo released by the Royal Thai Police on 08 February 2016 shows Artur Segarra Princep (C), a Spanish national from Barcelona,...

Eight-year-old girl pulled alive from Taiwan quake rubble 08 Feb 2016 - 01:18 pm

A crane is used in the rescue and search operations that continue at the site where a building complex which collapsed in the...

US trekker dies in Nepal, police say 08 Feb 2016 - 12:55 pm

Kathmandu: An American trekker has died of suspected altitude sickness after falling unconscious in Nepal, police said Monday. The 53-year-old was hiking with...

Thai father murders 4 children following spat with wife 08 Feb 2016 - 12:12 pm

Bangkok: Police negotiators laid siege to a house in the country's south Monday after a man allegedly shot dead four of his children...

Headley bares two failed attempts before 26/11 08 Feb 2016 - 12:02 pm

Flames and smoke from the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel during Mumbai attacks in 2008. Mumbai: Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) made two unsuccessful attempts before wreaking...

China offers rewards for online "terrorist" tip-offs: Xinhua 08 Feb 2016 - 11:26 am

A hand is silhouetted in front of a computer screen in this picture illustration taken in Berlin May 21, 2013. Reuters/Pawel Kopczynski Shanghai:...

Suicide bomber in Afghan city kills 3, wounds 14 08 Feb 2016 - 10:45 am

MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan: At least three people were killed and 14 wounded on Monday when a suicide bomber attacked a bus filled with Afghan...

Myanmar presidential vote to start on March 17 as transition talks drag on 08 Feb 2016 - 10:33 am

Myanmar's NLD leader Aung San Suu Kyi talks to journalists during her meeting with the media in her office at the parliament in...

Battling doctor shortage, Indian hospitals offer intensive care from afar 08 Feb 2016 - 10:21 am

Doctors remotely monitor live footages of patients inside an electronic intensive care unit (eICU) at Fortis hospital in New Delhi, India, January 20,...

Over 2,000 Pakistanis stranded in Jeddah as PIA strike continues 08 Feb 2016 - 09:41 am

Imran Khan head of opposition political party Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf speaks with workers of Pakistan International Airline (PIA) during an anti-government protest, in Karachi, ...

Six killed in Hyderabad factory blast 08 Feb 2016 - 09:35 am

Hyderabad: Six employees were burnt to death when a reactor exploded in manufacturing unit of a pharmaceutical firm in Maheswaram on the outskirts...

18 soldiers injured in Afghan bombing 08 Feb 2016 - 09:34 am

Kabul: At least 18 army personnel were injured in a bombing targetted at their bus in Afghanistan's Balkh province on Monday, police said....

Delhi sanitation workers end strike 08 Feb 2016 - 09:32 am

New Delhi: The employees of three civic bodies here on Monday agreed to call of their strike and will resume work after the...

Two survivors rescued from rubble of Taiwan quake 08 Feb 2016 - 09:24 am

A 40-year-old man (C), identified by local media as Lee Tsung-tian, is transferred by rescue workers after being rescued from the rubble at...

US missile shield spotlights divisions on handling N. Korea 08 Feb 2016 - 09:22 am

Seoul: Official moves towards the deployment -- fiercely opposed by China -- of a US missile defence system in South Korea highlight the...

26/11 attacks: Headley deposes before Mumbai court 08 Feb 2016 - 09:21 am

David Headley is one of the conspirators in 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks that left 166 dead on November 26-28, 2008. Mumbai: Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist...

Cambodia arrests man wanted for Bangkok Spaniard killing 08 Feb 2016 - 09:15 am

Lead investigator Pol Gen Panya Mamen (left) and police spokesman Pol Gen Dechnarong Suticharnbancha hold photos of a Spanish national Artur Segarra from...