World / Asia

S.Koreans fearful of 'nightmare' US troop withdrawal 24 Feb 2019 - 09:31 am

Pyeongtaek: Sales at Kim Chang-bae's hardware shop in South Korea rise every year thanks to Camp Humphreys, an enormous US military base he...

20 killed in China mining accident 23 Feb 2019 - 04:11 pm

Shanghai: Twenty mining staff were killed in northern China on Saturday and another 30 injured when a vehicle that was transporting them underground...

One dead, two injured in Nepal bomb blast 23 Feb 2019 - 03:29 pm

Kathmandu: A man died and two were injured in a bomb attack outside a telecom company office in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepali police...

India police arrest Kashmir activists amid rising tensions 23 Feb 2019 - 02:38 pm

SRINAGAR, India: Police have arrested at least 200 activists seeking the end of Indian rule in disputed Kashmir, escalating fears among already wary...

Fire at government-run airshow in India destroys hundreds of cars 23 Feb 2019 - 01:18 pm

NEW DELHI: A fire at an airshow in India destroyed three hundred cars on Saturday, a senior fire official said, the latest accident...

US, Russia to find ways to lift travel ban on Taliban leaders for peace talks 23 Feb 2019 - 01:16 pm

KABUL, The United States and Russia have agreed to explore options on securing travel waivers for Taliban negotiators to participate in talks to...

Vietnam arrests two ex-ministers suspected of mismanaging public investment 23 Feb 2019 - 12:18 pm

HANOI, Police in Vietnam arrested two former information ministers on Saturday on suspicion of mismanaging public investment, they said on their website. Nguyen...

Bootleg liquor kills at least 84 in northeast India, 200 hospitalised 23 Feb 2019 - 09:50 am

GUWAHATI, India, At least 84 people have died from drinking toxic bootleg liquor in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, and around 200...

Long wait for families of missing in Bangladesh fire 22 Feb 2019 - 11:50 pm

DHAKA, Bangladesh: Rubina Yasmin is carrying a photograph of her missing son outside a morgue in capital Dhaka where bodies from a deadly...

Bootleg liquor kills at least 41 on Indian tea plantation as dozens fall ill 22 Feb 2019 - 07:37 pm

GUWAHATI, India: At least 41 Indian tea plantation workers have died from drinking toxic bootleg liquor after receiving their weekly wages, and 20...

India rape victims demand dignity at first public rally 22 Feb 2019 - 07:37 pm

New Delhi: Teju Bai walked for a month to join a rally in India's capital by thousands of sexual assault survivors who came...

World Court to issue opinion in Chagos Islands case on Monday 22 Feb 2019 - 07:37 pm

AMSTERDAM: The World Court will issue an advisory opinion on Monday on whether Britain unduly pressured Mauritius to give up the Chagos Islands,...

Deadly Bangladesh fire that killed at least 78 shows lapses in development 22 Feb 2019 - 12:23 am

Dhaka, Bangladesh: A fire in Bangladesh that killed at least 78 people in the oldest part of the capital shows the lapses in...

India reiterates plan to stop sharing of excess water with Pakistan: minister 22 Feb 2019 - 12:23 am

NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD: An Indian government minister reiterated on Thursday the country's plan to restrict the flow of water to Pakistan from its share...

Indian commuters make their way through a flooded street after a heavy downpour in Amritsar on February 21, 2019. AFP / Narinder Nanu

Ex-FM Bishop retires in new blow to Australian government 21 Feb 2019 - 11:20 pm

Sydney: Former Australian foreign minister Julie Bishop announced her retirement from politics Thursday in a fresh blow to the conservative government already struggling...

Pakistani-held Kashmir on alert as tensions with India rise 21 Feb 2019 - 11:20 pm

Chakothi, Pakistan: Bunkers are being rebuilt and a blackout has been ordered, but schools and bazaars remained open Thursday in Chakothi, a border...