World / Asia

Blindspot to backlash: India’s Modi and party misread the mood 25 Dec 2019 - 07:10 pm

MUMBAI: Huge protests in India against a citizenship law seen by many as anti-Muslim have wrong-footed Prime Minister Narendra Modi and sent his...

Young democrats shake up pro-Beijing stronghold in Hong Kong 25 Dec 2019 - 07:10 pm

HONG KONG: For decades it was known as Little Shanghai, a gritty, waterfront neighbourhood that was the landing spot for many mainland Chinese...

Malware broker behind US hacks is now teaching computer skills in China 25 Dec 2019 - 05:00 pm

LONDON/SHANGHAI: A Chinese malware broker who was sentenced in the United States this year for dealing in malicious software linked to major hacks...

Peace wishes ring in Christmas, but typhoon dampens joy in Philippines 25 Dec 2019 - 04:52 pm

Vatican City: Christmas celebrations kicked off around the world on Wednesday, with Christian leaders sending messages of peace, while festivities were muted for...

Typhoon misery for Philippines on Christmas Day 25 Dec 2019 - 09:10 am

Manila: Typhoon Phanfone pummelled the central Philippines on Christmas Day, bringing a wet and miserable holiday season to millions in the mainly Catholic...

Biryani, bankers and burqas: Inside a sit-in citizenship protest on an Indian highway 24 Dec 2019 - 09:43 pm

NEW DELHI: In a working-class corner of south Delhi, a nearly 1-kilometre (half mile) stretch of a wide, six-lane highway connecting India's capital...

India's ruling party loses key state election amid citizenship protests 24 Dec 2019 - 09:42 pm

NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist party has lost a key state legislature election, a setback for the party as...

China hosts Japan, South Korea with eyes on nuclear North 24 Dec 2019 - 07:33 pm

Chengdu, China: China hosted the leaders of squabbling neighbours South Korea and Japan for their first official meeting in over a year on...

Indian government orders update of population register 24 Dec 2019 - 07:01 pm

ANKARA: Amid mass protests triggered by a new citizenship law, Indian government on Tuesday gave the green light to update the country demographic...

Typhoon Phanfone ruins Christmas for thousands of Filipinos 24 Dec 2019 - 01:45 pm

Manila: Typhoon Phanfone smashed into the central Philippines on Tuesday, ruining Christmas plans as thousands were left stranded at ports or told to...

WhatsApp wars over India protests divide families 24 Dec 2019 - 01:16 pm

New Delhi: With their parents bombarding them on WhatsApp with misinformation and even abuse over their stand on India's new citizenship law, young...

Bus falls into ravine in Indonesia; 24 killed 24 Dec 2019 - 10:41 am

Jakarta: At least twenty-four people were killed and 16 others were seriously injured after a bus carrying 40 passengers fell into a ravine...

Indian states propose land rights amid citizenship fears 23 Dec 2019 - 10:08 pm

MUMBAI: Authorities in the Indian states of Assam and West Bengal have vowed to protect the land rights of indigenous people and refugees...

India's main opposition party stages protest against new law 23 Dec 2019 - 02:04 pm

NEW DELHI: India’s main opposition party staged a silent protest in the capital on Monday against a contentious new citizenship law, a day...

Three university students found dead in flooded Indonesian cave 23 Dec 2019 - 10:24 am

Bandung, Indonesia: Three university students were found dead in a cave in Indonesia after they were trapped inside by floodwaters, officials said Monday....

Fazle Abed, founder of world's biggest non-government organisation BRAC, dies aged 83 22 Dec 2019 - 10:40 pm

LONDON: Fazle Abed, the founder of BRAC, the world's largest non-governmental development organisation, died on Friday at the age of 83 in his...

Australia's leader apologizes for vacation amid wildfires 22 Dec 2019 - 09:31 pm

SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison apologized Sunday for taking a family vacation in Hawaii as deadly bushfires raged across several states, destroying...