World / Asia

Delhi witnesses coldest December day in 5 years 25 Dec 2016 - 10:34 pm

New Delhi: The national capital yesterday experienced coldest day of December in last five years with the maximum temperature settling at 15.4 degrees...

40 injured in Sabarimala stampede 25 Dec 2016 - 10:31 pm

At least 40 pilgrims were injured, three of them seriously, in a stampede at the Sabarimala temple in Kerala after a barricade gave...

Typhoon Nock-ten lashes central Philippines, cuts power 25 Dec 2016 - 07:39 pm

MANILA: A typhoon slammed into central Philippines late on Sunday, bringing strong winds and heavy rains and cutting off power, but there were...

Powerful typhoon slams into Philippines, spoiling Christmas 25 Dec 2016 - 05:33 pm

MANILA: A powerful typhoon slammed into the eastern Philippines on Christmas Day, spoiling the biggest holiday in Asia's largest Catholic nation, where a...

Powerful typhoon slams into the Philippines 25 Dec 2016 - 02:34 pm

Manila: A powerful typhoon with gusts reaching 235 kilometres (146 miles) an hour made landfall in the eastern Philippines late on Sunday, the...

N. Korea doubled coal exports ahead of UNSC resolution 25 Dec 2016 - 12:54 pm

Seoul: North Korea doubled its coal exports to China just before the United Nations Security Council adopted tougher economic sanctions last month, a...

Pakistan frees 220 Indian fishermen 25 Dec 2016 - 12:48 pm

Karachi: Pakistan on Sunday released 220 Indian fishermen held for trespassing into its territorial waters as a "goodwill gesture" to its nuclear-armed rival...

Indonesian police shoot dead two terror suspects 25 Dec 2016 - 12:44 pm

Jakarta: Indonesian police Sunday shot dead two terror suspects and arrested two more, only days after foiling separate plans by an IS-linked group...

Indonesian police kill 2 militants after raid on house in Java 25 Dec 2016 - 11:43 am

JAKARTA: Indonesian police killed two suspected Islamist militants on Sunday in a gunfight during a raid on a house in West Java, a...

China’s 1st aircraft carrier heads for Pacific drills 25 Dec 2016 - 11:03 am

BEIJING: China's first aircraft carrier and its accompanying naval formation have set off for the Western Pacific for blue water training, according to...

12 hurt in blast during Christmas Eve mass 25 Dec 2016 - 10:58 am

ZAMBOANGA CITY, the Philippines: At least 12 people have been injured after a grenade exploded outside a Catholic church during Christmas Eve mass...

Powerful typhoon approaches Philippines 25 Dec 2016 - 10:40 am

Manila: A powerful typhoon strengthened on Sunday as it approached the central Philippines and authorities issued warnings of destruction as they moved thousands...

Another refugee dies in Australian detention 25 Dec 2016 - 10:24 am

MELBOURNE, Australia: A 27-year-old Sudanese refugee has died in a hospital on the Australian mainland from injuries sustained after "a fall and seizure"...

Thousands flee coastal villages as typhoon approaches Philippines 24 Dec 2016 - 12:19 pm

MANILA: Philippine authorities on Saturday evacuated thousands in coastal villages in the country's central region where a category 4 typhoon is expected to...

China uncovers 500,000 food safety violations in nine months 24 Dec 2016 - 10:24 am

SHANGHAI: China, rocked in recent years by a series of food safety scandals, uncovered as many as half a million illegal food safety...

Fourteen dead in 'horrific' Malaysian bus crash 24 Dec 2016 - 09:45 am

Kuala Lumpur: An interstate bus in Malaysia carrying passengers from Singapore and Myanmar careered off a highway early Saturday, killing 14 people and...

Zardari returns, vows freedom for Kashmir 23 Dec 2016 - 11:23 pm

Karachi: Former Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari who returned to the country on Friday from self-imposed exile after a year-and-half, has vowed that...