World / Asia

Philippines: 1 hostage escapes, another drowns and 3rd shot 06 Apr 2019 - 06:01 pm

MANILA, Philippines: An Indonesian hostage held by Muslim militants in the southern Philippines swam his way to freedom but another drowned, and a...

Maldives votes in crucial ballot to elect new parliament 06 Apr 2019 - 05:17 pm

MALE, Maldives: People in the Maldives voted in a crucial parliamentary election on Saturday that many hope will help President Ibrahim Mohammed Solih...

Face off: Chinese official gives Seoul mayor portrait of rival 06 Apr 2019 - 02:48 pm

Seoul: A visiting Chinese official sought to impress Seoul's powerful mayor with a gift of a hand-drawn portrait on Friday -- only to...

India weighs ban on popular online game after deaths 06 Apr 2019 - 11:54 am

New Delhi: A boy's suicide this week in southern India after his mother scolded him for playing a popular online game has inflamed...

Film icons bring star power to India's monumental election 04 Apr 2019 - 07:04 pm

Coimbatore, India: On a humid evening in India's south, drummers and dancers heave to Kamal Haasan's blockbuster hits, whipping a huge crowd into...

Flamboyant funeral sees off Myanmar monk in costly style 04 Apr 2019 - 06:38 pm

Mudon, Myanmar: Thousands of devotees flocked to a mock palace of kaleidoscopic colours in Myanmar this week to dance, sing and pay their...

South Korea to launch world's first national 5G networks 04 Apr 2019 - 01:29 am

Seoul: South Korea on Friday launches the world's first nationwide 5G mobile networks -- a transformational leap that has superpowers sparring for control...

Indian low-caste leader says statues of herself reflect popular will 04 Apr 2019 - 12:16 am

NEW DELHI: A powerful leader of India's low-caste community on Tuesday told a court that setting up dozens of statues of herself reflected...

India's Modi takes election fight to battleground state 04 Apr 2019 - 12:06 am

Kolkata: Prime Minister Narendra Modi staged a massive rally in India's east on Wednesday, stepping up the battle with a local rival who...

UN experts call on India to stop Rohingya deportation 04 Apr 2019 - 12:01 am

CHANDIGARH, India: United Nation human rights experts have expressed dismay over forced deportation of Rohingya Muslims by India, according to a statement by...

India declines comment on NASA's anti-satellite criticism 04 Apr 2019 - 12:01 am

NEW DELHI: India on Wednesday declined to comment on a statement by a U.S. space official that India's recent test of an anti-satellite...

Sugar rush fades for Indian farmers ahead of vote 04 Apr 2019 - 12:01 am

Painga, India: India is vying to become the world's top sugar producer, but for its millions of sugarcane growers life is far from...

India's Congress promises to halve unemployment; Kashmir plan criticised 04 Apr 2019 - 12:01 am

NEW DELHI: India's main opposition Congress party made election pledges on Tuesday to halve unemployment in five years, but its promise to change...

India election body struggles with scale of fake information 03 Apr 2019 - 11:26 pm

BHIMTAL, India: When India's Election Commission announced last month that its code of conduct would have to be followed by social media companies...

Facebook, Twitter sucked into India-Pakistan information war 03 Apr 2019 - 10:25 pm

ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI: Pakistani social media campaigner Hanzala Tayyab leads about 300 ultra-nationalist cyber warriors fighting an internet war with arch-foe India, in a...

India's Hindu groups quietly put controversial temple plan on backburner 03 Apr 2019 - 08:01 pm

NEW DELHI: Millions of Hindus will wake up at the crack of dawn this Saturday, five days before the start of India's general...

Bangladesh stops 27 Rohingya trying to get to Malaysia 03 Apr 2019 - 06:09 pm

DHAKA, Bangladesh: Bangladesh’s border guard on Wednesday stopped 27 Rohingya refugees, including women and children, from trying to get to Malaysia via sea...