World / Asia

Indonesia looks to stop militants overseas from returning home 19 Jan 2016 - 12:29 pm

Indonesia's national police chief Badrodin Haiti speaks with Reuters during an interview at police headquarters in Jakarta January 18, 2016. REUTERS By Aubrey...

China says Manila exaggerating tensions with aircraft claim 19 Jan 2016 - 12:07 pm

File photo of the Chinese civilian aircraft at newly-constructed runway on Fiery Cross Reef. REUTERS BEIJING: China accused the Philippines on Tuesday of...

A tree or not a tree? Goa rows over coconut status 19 Jan 2016 - 12:03 pm

Coconut tree (representational photo) Mumbai: Politicians in India's Goa are locked in an row over the status of the popular tourist state's beloved...

Visitors to Japan surge to record high, approach 2020 target 19 Jan 2016 - 11:39 am

Japan has set a target of boosting visitors to 20 million by 2020. Tokyo: Japan had a record number of foreign visitors last...

Pakistan has no industrial safety law, government admits 19 Jan 2016 - 11:09 am

File photo of fire at the Ali Enterprises garment factory in Karachi - one of the deadliest industrial accidents in Pakistani history. Islamabad:...

10 killed in Pakistan blast 19 Jan 2016 - 10:38 am

A paramilitary soldier stands guard after a suicide bomber blew himself up in Peshawar, Pakistan January 19, 2016. Reuters/Fayaz Aziz Islamabad: At least...

Dalit student's suicide 'murder of democracy': Kejriwal 19 Jan 2016 - 10:35 am

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday described the suicide of the Hyderabad Dalit student as...

SMAP poll: Japanese MPs happy boy band staying together 19 Jan 2016 - 10:22 am

Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao shaking hands with Japanese pop group SMAP members (R to L) Masahiro Nakai, Takuya Kimura, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi and...

Myanmar's powerful army picks lawmakers as transition moves forward 19 Jan 2016 - 09:41 am

A man selling popular characters balloons rides his bicycle at a street in Yangon, Myanmar, 17 January 2016. By Timothy Mclaughlin and Hnin...

Suicide bomber kills at least five in northwest Pakistan 19 Jan 2016 - 09:35 am

PESHAWAR, Pakistan: A suicide bomber blew himself up close to a police checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least five people...

Jailed Maldives ex-leader Nasheed leaves for UK: party 19 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Malé, Maldives: Jailed Maldivian opposition leader and former president Mohamed Nasheed left the country Monday for urgent medical treatment in Britain despite a...

Pakistan PM in Riyadh on Saudi-Iran mediation bid 19 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Riyadh: Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif held talks with the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia...

Nine Afghan police killed in insider attack, officials say 19 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Representative image KANDAHAR, Afghanistan: Afghan police are looking for rogue policemen who are accused of shooting dead nine colleagues in a so-called insider...

Who will lead CPI-M in Kerala- Achuthanandan or Vijayan? 18 Jan 2016 - 05:35 pm

Thiruvananthapuram: Which of the two stalwarts will lead the CPI-M-led bloc in the upcoming Kerala assembly elections? Former chief minister V.S. Achuthanandan or...

Protests over Dalit student's suicide, central minister booked 18 Jan 2016 - 05:28 pm

Hyderabad/New Delhi: The protests over suicide of a Dalit research scholar rocked University of Hyderabad while police booked central minister Bandaru Dattatreya and...

Pakistan lifts ban on Youtube after launch of own version 18 Jan 2016 - 04:02 pm

By Tommy Wilkes ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said on Monday it had removed a three-year ban on YouTube after the Google-owned video-sharing website launched a...

JYP Entertainment says did not force Tzuyu to apologise over flag 18 Jan 2016 - 02:38 pm

By Ju-min Park SEOUL: A South Korean entertainment agency behind a 16-year-old singer who triggered a fresh rift between China and Taiwan by...

Afghan Taliban flex muscles with new telecom 'tax' 18 Jan 2016 - 02:03 pm

Taliban leadership has demanded a tax from four cellular companies for not damaging their sites or harming their employees. AFP Photo/Jawed Tanveer Kandahar,...