World / Asia

Hyderabad: A 34-year-old woman from Andhra Pradesh has entered the Limca Book of Records for giving birth to two children on the same...

New Delhi: The CISF has decided to do away with stamping of hand baggage tags at seven major airports in the country from...

New Delhi: African students in the capital are still shocked over the violent attack on some Nigerian students earlier this week in Greater...

JAKARTA: An Indonesian farmer has been found dead inside a 7-meter (23-foot) python after being  reported missing on his failure to return home...

TUBAN, Indonesia: President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo hailed a one-day visit by French President Francois Hollande Wednesday as a momentous event.  "This visit is...

YANGON, Myanmar: A delegation of 10 EU officials arrived in a part of Myanmar wracked by alleged atrocities committed by security forces against...

KABUL, Afghanistan: Female judges on Tuesday called for at least one of their number to be appointed to Afghanistan’s Supreme Court. “There should...

Ayr, Australia: Torrential rain hampered relief efforts Thursday after a powerful cyclone wreaked havoc in northeast Australia, with floods sparking emergency rescues as...

Phnom Penh: Self-exiled opposition leader Sam Rainsy was sentenced to 20 months in prison by a Cambodian court Thursday for accusing the government...

Ayr, Australia: Torrential rain hampered relief efforts Thursday after a powerful cyclone wreaked havoc in northeast Australia, with floods sparking emergency rescues as...

New Delhi: A senior Tibetan lama at the centre of a long-running row over one of Buddhism's most important titles has abandoned the...

Manila: A young fisherman flew home to the Philippines on Wednesday after being given up for dead at sea, battling hunger, thirst and...

KATHMANDU: Nepal is urging climbers on Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak, to help remove garbage from a camp abandoned two years ago...

Colombo: Exiled Maldives opposition leader Mohamed Nasheed vowed Wednesday to keep up the pressure on the government after it deployed troops to remove...

Manila: China and the Philippines will hold direct talks on their maritime dispute in May, Filipino officials said Wednesday, as President Rodrigo Duterte...

Seoul: South Korean authorities faced a deluge of criticism Wednesday for announcing that human remains had been found from the sunken Sewol ferry,...

ANKARA: Speaker of Pakistan’s parliament, Serdar Ayaz Sadiq, told Anadolu Agency on Monday it was difficult for many countries to “digest” successful Muslim...

SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir: Indian security forces allegedly opened fire on unarmed civilian protesters, killing two of them and wounding over a dozen...