World / Asia

US House urges Myanmar sanctions over Rohingya campaign 07 Dec 2017 - 01:11 pm

ISTANBUL: The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday condemned the violent oppression of Myanmar’s Rohingya and called on President Donald Trump to impose...

Indonesian president regrets Jerusalem capital decision 07 Dec 2017 - 12:50 pm

JAKARTA: Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Thursday regrets the U.S. decision to move their embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, acknowledging the contested...

Pakistani President condemns U.S. move on Jerusalem 07 Dec 2017 - 12:14 pm

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Pakistan's President Mamnoon Hussain on Thursday called U.S President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as capital of Israel 'unacceptable to...

Cambodia laughs off Washington threats over democracy 07 Dec 2017 - 11:51 am

Phnom Penh: Cambodia's government on Thursday laughed off rare efforts by Donald Trump's administration to punish it over a clampdown on democracy and...

Myanmar opium crop shrinks by a quarter 06 Dec 2017 - 01:25 pm

Bangkok: The area under opium poppy cultivation in Myanmar has shrunk by a quarter in the last two years, a UN study said...

Bangkok hospital bomber who hated junta jailed for 27 years 06 Dec 2017 - 12:44 pm

Bangkok: A Thai court on Wednesday jailed a former engineer for 27 years for planting a pipe bomb in an army-run hospital, a...

N. Korea missile test raises flight safety concerns 06 Dec 2017 - 12:34 pm

Seoul: A North Korean ballistic missile was seen by the crew of several airliners last week, aviation authorities said Wednesday, raising concerns about...

Indonesia cyclone death toll more than doubles to 41 06 Dec 2017 - 12:28 pm

Jakarta: A tropical cyclone that pounded Indonesia's main island of Java has killed 41 people, the country's disaster agency said Wednesday, more than...

Newborn dies a week after wrongly declared dead 06 Dec 2017 - 12:05 pm

New Delhi, A 22-week premature baby, who was wrongly declared dead by the city's Max Super Specialty Hospital on November 30, died here...

Bomb blast kills nine people in Pakistan, near Afghan border 06 Dec 2017 - 11:49 am

MIRANSHAH, Pakistan: A bomb rigged to a motorcycle exploded in a militant-plagued part of northwest Pakistan near the Afghan border, killing nine people,...

Two charged in Singapore over Airbnb rentals 06 Dec 2017 - 11:44 am

Singapore: Two men have been charged in Singapore with illegally renting out apartments on Airbnb, the first such prosecutions in the city-state under...

Australian dogs trained to sniff out endangered species 06 Dec 2017 - 09:22 am

Sydney, Australian dogs are being trained to sniff out the droppings of endangered animals in a scheme that offers greater understanding of threatened...

Death toll rises in South Korea boat collision 05 Dec 2017 - 01:32 pm

SEOUL: The captain of a chartered fishing boat that collided with a tanker off South Korea’s west coast was confirmed Tuesday as the...

Philippines halts sale of Sanofi's dengue vaccine 05 Dec 2017 - 12:08 pm

Manila: The Philippines has suspended the sale and distribution of Sanofi's dengue vaccine, authorities said Tuesday, after the French pharmaceutical giant last week...

UN envoy heads to North Korea as nuclear tensions soar 05 Dec 2017 - 11:46 am

Beijing: A senior United Nations official travelled to North Korea on Tuesday for a rare visit aimed at defusing soaring tensions over Pyongyang's...

Thailand flood death toll rises to 15 05 Dec 2017 - 11:29 am

Bangkok: Fifteen people have died and one million have been affected by flooding in Thailand's deep south, authorities said Tuesday. The monsoon rains...

Nissan to begin field tests for 'robo-taxis' in Japan 05 Dec 2017 - 10:37 am

Tokyo, Nissan said Tuesday it would begin field tests for driverless "robot taxis" early next year as its rivals around the world step...

US DoJ chief calls Malaysia's 1MDB scandal 'kleptocracy at its worst' 05 Dec 2017 - 10:20 am

KUALA LUMPUR, The US attorney-general described a multi-billion dollar corruption scandal involving a Malaysian state fund as the worst form of kleptocracy, and...