World / Asia

US missile defence equipment reaches S.Korea site 26 Apr 2017 - 08:39 am

Seoul: US troops began delivering a missile defence system that has infuriated China to a deployment site in South Korea Wednesday, amid heightened...

Thai police to review procedures for taking down content after Facebook killing 26 Apr 2017 - 07:38 am

BANGKOK: Police in Thailand on Wednesday said they would discuss how to speed up taking down "inappropriate online content" after a man broadcast...

N. Korea marks military anniversary with firing drill 25 Apr 2017 - 12:21 pm

Seoul: Nuclear-armed North Korea on Tuesday marked a military anniversary with a massive conventional firing drill, Seoul said, as a US guided-missile submarine...

Another 4 militants executed in Pakistan 25 Apr 2017 - 11:55 am

KARACHI, Pakistan: Another four militants, convicted by military courts for their involvement in terrorism, have been executed at a jail in northwestern Pakistan,...

10 killed in land mine blast in northwest Pakistan 25 Apr 2017 - 11:41 am

KARACHI, Pakistan: At least 10 people were killed and eight injured when a land mine blast struck a passenger van in northwestern Pakistan...

In Jammu and Kashmir, talk of dialogue runs hollow 25 Apr 2017 - 11:05 am

SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir: India’s prime minister met Monday with the top official in Jammu and Kashmir, the disputed Indian-held region which is...

Philippines: 36 Maute terrorists killed in clashes 25 Apr 2017 - 11:02 am

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines: Government forces have killed dozens of IS-linked Maute terrorists in a series of clashes in Central Mindanao, according to the...

26 paramilitary personnel killed in central India 25 Apr 2017 - 10:54 am

NEW DELHI, India: At least 26 paramilitary personnel were killed and six others were injured by suspected Maoist rebels in India’s central state...

Taiwan eyes U.N. health meet, risks setback in China ties 25 Apr 2017 - 10:30 am

TAIPEI: Taiwan faces a more complicated task this year in seeking to attend a U.N. health agency meeting than it has in the...

Roadside bomb kills at least 10 people in minibus, official says 25 Apr 2017 - 09:16 am

PARACHINAR, Pakistan: A remote-controlled roadside bomb targeting a minibus killed at least 10 people and wounded several others on Tuesday in Pakistan's remote...

Maoists massacre 26 CRPF troopers in Chhattisgarh 24 Apr 2017 - 04:47 pm

Raipur: Hundreds of Maoists on Monday massacred at least 26 CRPF personnel in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district in the bloodiest attack in the state...

As Indian Kashmir’s lush valleys turn to concrete, fears of flooding rise 24 Apr 2017 - 04:29 pm

SRINAGAR: Until a few years ago, Mohammad Sultan Parray and his fellow villagers in Zainakote had no shortage of places to fish. They...

Indian court orders police to rescue boys trafficked to sweet shops 24 Apr 2017 - 04:26 pm

CHENNAI: An Indian court on Monday ordered police to rescue 50 boys believed to have been trafficked from Tamil Nadu to sweet shops...

Maoist rebels kill 12 police in central India 24 Apr 2017 - 03:31 pm

New Delhi: Suspected Maoist rebels killed 12 paramilitary commandos on Monday in a remote part of central India, a police official said, the...

Mass murder complaint filed against Filipino president 24 Apr 2017 - 01:47 pm

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines: A Filipino lawyer has filed with the International Criminal Court (ICC) a mass murder complaint against Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte....

Lawyer for Philippines hit-man files complaint against Duterte at ICC 24 Apr 2017 - 12:17 pm

HONG KONG/THE HAGUE: A Philippines lawyer filed a complaint against President Rodrigo Duterte and senior officials at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on...