World / Asia

S. Korea president urges 'strong' UN response to North rocket launch 07 Feb 2016 - 08:06 am

Seoul: South Korean President Park Geun-Hye on Sunday urged a tough UN response to North Korea's long-range rocket launch that came barely a...

Rescuers race to save over 100 buried after Taiwan quake 07 Feb 2016 - 08:02 am

Tainan, Taiwan: Rescuers raced against time Sunday to free more than 100 people still buried beneath the rubble of apartment blocks felled by...

Japan PM Abe calls N.Korean launch 'absolutely intolerable' 07 Feb 2016 - 07:50 am

Tokyo: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe condemned North Korea's launch Sunday of a long-range rocket and said it was a violation of UN...

North Korea launches long-range rocket 07 Feb 2016 - 07:46 am

Seoul: North Korea launched a long-range rocket on Sunday, violating UN resolutions and doubling down against an international community already determined to punish...

Pakistan police arrest six over child wedding 06 Feb 2016 - 06:26 pm

This photograph shows the traditional, formal presentation of the bride price (also known as "sin sot" or "dowry") at an engagement ceremony in...

North Korea says rocket launch early as Sunday 06 Feb 2016 - 06:19 pm

Seoul: North Korea's widely-condemned launch of a long-range rocket could happen within a matter of hours, after Pyongyang shortened and brought forward the...

Sri Lankan nationalists protest U.N. rights chief’s visit on war crimes 06 Feb 2016 - 05:54 pm

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein follows comments by Sirisena saying that foreign particiaption was not needed for an...

Thirteen dead after powerful Taiwan quake fells buildings 06 Feb 2016 - 05:03 pm

Tainan, Taiwan: Relatives of missing residents from a 16-storey apartment complex felled by a powerful earthquake in Taiwan that killed 13 people were...

Suicide bomb kills at least nine in SW Pakistan: officials 06 Feb 2016 - 04:49 pm

Quetta, Pakistan: Nine people were killed and more than 35 injured Saturday when a suicide bomber on a bicycle blew himself up near...

Facebook activates ‘safety check’ for Taiwan 06 Feb 2016 - 04:14 pm

Facebook has activated its ‘safety check’ feature for Taiwan that allows users to let their friends and loved ones know they're safe after...

Sushma briefs Sri Lankan president on bilateral meeting 06 Feb 2016 - 12:45 pm

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj (L) poses for a photograph with Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe during their meeting in Colombo, Sri ...

IIT-Delhi alumnus Soumitra Dutta to head Cornell's new business college 06 Feb 2016 - 12:39 pm

An academician, author and businessman, Soumitra Dutta is actively involved in policy development at national and European levels By Arun Kumar Washington: Soumitra...

Striking civic employees burn PM's, CM's effigies 06 Feb 2016 - 12:31 pm

New Delhi: The striking employees of Delhi's civic bodies on Saturday burnt the effigies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Delhi Chief Minister...

Pakistan wants as many Taliban groups as possible to join talks 06 Feb 2016 - 10:52 am

Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani, left, speaks with Pakistan's Adviser to the Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sartaj Aziz, during a joint news...

Efforts to revive Afghan peace talks continue in Pakistan 06 Feb 2016 - 10:08 am

An Afghan policeman stands guard at the site of an explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan, in this January 4, 2016 file photo. Reuters/Omar Sobhani ...

INSIGHT: Unpaid and angry, some Chinese workers ditch holidays to protest 06 Feb 2016 - 09:28 am

Migrant workers at the offices of a subcontractor company at the construction site of Zixia Garden development complex in Qianan, Tangshan City, Hebei...