World / Asia

Facebook, Google pitch in to help users in flood-hit Chennai 03 Dec 2015 - 04:06 pm

People travel on a boat as they move to safer places through a flooded road in Chennai, India, December 2, 2015. (reuters) New...

Residents resort to self-help as floods grip Chennai 03 Dec 2015 - 01:35 pm

National Disaster Response Force personnel conduct a rescue operation through a flooded road in Chennai, December 3, 2015. Reuters By Rachel Chitra and...

Defamation suit against Abe over Fukushima crisis thrown out: Court 03 Dec 2015 - 01:18 pm

Wearing protective suits and mask, officials discuss about tanks containing radioactive water following Fukushima Daiichi nuclear crisis. Tokyo: A Japanese court on Thursday...

Landslide buries hut in Indonesian village, killing 18: Media 03 Dec 2015 - 12:31 pm

JAKARTA: A landslide in a remote Indonesian hillside village buried a hut on Thursday, killing all 18 people inside, media reported, citing a...

Afghanistan seeks to establish fate of 'injured' Taliban chief 03 Dec 2015 - 12:01 pm

Taliban supremo Mullah Akhtar Mansour Kandahar, Afghanistan: Afghan officials scrambled Thursday to establish the fate of Taliban supremo Mullah Akhtar Mansour, after intelligence...

Pakistan refusing to allow 30 migrants deported from EU to disembark plane 03 Dec 2015 - 11:47 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan refused on Thursday to allow 30 migrants deported from Greece to disembark from a plane at Islamabad airport, the interior ministry...

China pollution pledge hopes to soothe smog fears: Analysts 03 Dec 2015 - 11:44 am

Skies cleared in Beijing on December 2 and 3, after being swathed in choking smog that was nearly 24 times safe levels earlier...

Army on war footing to rescue survivors as flood toll nears 270 03 Dec 2015 - 11:22 am

Rescuers raced to evacuate residents from week-long floods. AFP By Devika Krishna Kumar CHENNAI: The Indian military struggled to evacuate thousands of residents...

Losses top $2.2 billion as crippled Chennai seeks aid on Twitter 03 Dec 2015 - 11:13 am

A bridge is submerged in flood waters in Chennai, India, 02 December 2015. EPA By Anurag Kotoky Chennai: As the flood-ravaged Indian city...

IAF airlifts 200 stranded passengers from Chennai to Hyderabad 03 Dec 2015 - 11:08 am

Press Information Bureau on December 2, 2015, released an aerial view of the submerged Chennai airport taken from an Indian Air Force helicopter...

Modi has clear vision for India: White House 03 Dec 2015 - 10:24 am

Indian PM Narendra Modi with US President Barack Obama at the recent climate summit in Paris. Reuters Washington: White House heaped high praise...

Photos show new North Korea nuclear test tunnel: US think tank 03 Dec 2015 - 09:10 am

Missiles are displayed during a military parade at Kim Il-Sung square in Pyongyang, in October 2015. AFP Recent satellite imagery suggests North Korea...

China's Xi in S.Africa ahead of regional summit 03 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Johannesburg: Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in South Africa on Wednesday ahead of a two-day summit with regional leaders as Africa seeks further...

Afghan Taliban leader injured in firefight: officials, militant sources 02 Dec 2015 - 06:03 pm

Kabul: Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour was injured in a firefight following a verbal dispute at a meeting of militant commanders in...

Scenes from Chennai as seen through social media 02 Dec 2015 - 05:55 pm

Evacuation by boat from TVH Park Villa, Thoraipakkam as captured by KN Arun, formere chief of bureau at the New Indian Express who...

Record rains flood Chennai; more to come 02 Dec 2015 - 03:19 pm

Indian rescue workers and volunteers use an inflatable boat to take residents through floodwaters in Chennaion December 1, 2015, during a downpour of...