World / Asia

Washington: President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe opened two days of talks yesterday looking to cement a decades-old alliance between Japan...

Islamabad: National Security Adviser of Pakistan, retired Lt Gen Nasser Khan Janjua (pictured), yesterday expressed satisfaction over improvement in the security situation in...

Manila: The Philippines will review an order to close two dozen mines, the government said yesterday, after the decision sparked concern over jobs...

BEIJING: President Donald Trump reaffirmed Washington's long-standing "one China" policy in a call with Beijing's leader, a move that could ease anger in...

New Delhi: There appears no clear front-runner among the three major contestants - BJP, SP-Congress and BSP - in the 73 seats going...

Shanghai: A Chinese court said yesterday it had sentenced eight people to jail for selling the personal data of more than 5,000 newborns....

Mumbai: An Egyptian believed to be the world's heaviest woman will fly to India for weight reduction surgery Saturday after intervention from the...

Dhaka: Bangladesh is working with Myanmar security forces to stop Rohingya militants crossing their shared border, but will continue to allow women, children...

Colombo: Sri Lanka opened its first hybrid power plant yesterday which will generate 60MW of electricity, a spokesman said. The Power and Energy...

Myanmar: The human rights group Amnesty International is urging Myanmar's government to suspend operations at a copper mine jointly owned by its army...

Chennai: AIADMK General Secretary V K Sasikala suffered a huge setback in the tussle for Tamil Nadu chief ministership as Governor C Vidyasagar...

Beijing: China is investigating seven people, mostly security officials, in the restive deep south of troubled Xinjiang region on suspicion of graft, the...

Jakarta: Twelve Indonesians, including three children, have been killed on the holiday island of Bali after landslides triggered by heavy rains engulfed several...

Bangkok: Thai authorities are trying to clean up a massive, one-kilometre long tangle of trash, officials said yesterday, calling it the largest garbage...

Bangkok: A prominent student activist was indicted yesterday in the first royal defamation case brought under Thailand's new monarch, his lawyer said, after...

Kabul: The Afghan Defence Ministry welcomed yesterday suggestions by the commander of international forces in Afghanistan that more troops were needed to train...

Sydney: Major energy users in Australia shut down yesterday, and the public were asked not to go home and cook or watch television,...

Islamabad: An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) of Islamabad yesterday issued perpetual warrants of arrest for former president retired General Pervez Musharraf in the case...