World / Asia

US warns crackdown in Myanmar could radicalize Rohingya 03 Dec 2016 - 05:59 pm

WASHINGTON: It's a scene straight out of Myanmar's dark past: a military offensive waged beyond world view that forces ethnic minority villagers from...

Afghan Taliban hang university student in public: officials 03 Dec 2016 - 04:50 pm

Ghazni, Afghanistan: Taliban militants publicly hanged a university student after accusing him of killing a senior intelligence officer, Afghan officials said Saturday. The...

Indonesia police plane missing, feared crashed 03 Dec 2016 - 02:29 pm

Jakarta: An Indonesian police plane carrying 13 people went missing Saturday on a short domestic flight and is feared crashed, police said, the...

Police fire teargas outside Sri Lanka parliament 03 Dec 2016 - 01:26 pm

Colombo: Police fired teargas and water cannon to disperse thousands of opposition-backed protestors outside parliament Saturday as law makers debated the annual budget....

Beijing protests to US over Trump Taiwan call 03 Dec 2016 - 01:22 pm

Beijing: Beijing has lodged a protest with the United States over a call between US President-elect Donald Trump and Taiwanese leader Tsai Ing-wen,...

Malaysia hits out at Myanmar over 'ethnic cleansing' 03 Dec 2016 - 01:11 pm

Maungdaw, Myanmar: Malaysia accused Myanmar of engaging in the "ethnic cleansing" of its Rohingya minority Saturday, as former UN chief Kofi Annan visited...

Two migrants killed in accident in Austria 03 Dec 2016 - 01:09 pm

Vienna: Two suspected migrants were killed Saturday and a third was seriously injured in an accident as they hid in a cargo train...

Indonesian police plane with 15 on board goes missing 03 Dec 2016 - 12:50 pm

JAKARTA: A twin-engine Indonesian police plane went missing on Saturday with 15 people on board en route to the island of Batam, south...

Mass protest demands ouster, arrest of S. Korea president 03 Dec 2016 - 12:09 pm

Seoul: Hundreds of thousands of protestors marched in Seoul for the sixth-straight week Saturday to demand the ouster and arrest of scandal-hit President...

Chinese mine disasters kill at least 38 03 Dec 2016 - 11:56 am

BEIJING: At least 38 people have died in two separate coal mine disasters in China in the last five days, state media said,...

Malaysia calls for immediate stop to Rohingya persecution 03 Dec 2016 - 11:17 am

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia today called on Myanmar to immediately stop the persecution of the minority Rohingya community in northern Rakhine, saying it was...

Fed-up MH370 relatives head to Madagascar 03 Dec 2016 - 10:42 am

Kuala Lumpur: Relatives of missing MH370 passengers were headed to Madagascar Saturday, harbouring hopes of finding seaborne debris, 1,001 days since the mysterious...

South Korea opposition introduces bill to impeach scandal-tainted Park 03 Dec 2016 - 10:01 am

SEOUL: South Korea's three opposition parties introduced a bill on Saturday for parliament to impeach President Park Geun-hye who, tainted by a corruption...

Trump says Philippines fighting drugs 'the right way': Duterte 03 Dec 2016 - 09:40 am

Manila: US President-elect Donald Trump told Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte that Manila was conducting its deadly drug war "the right way", Duterte said...

Former astronaut Buzz Aldrin recovering well after Antarctic evacuation 03 Dec 2016 - 09:35 am

SYDNEY: Former U.S. astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon, posted photos on Saturday of his recovery in a...

Thai police arrest suspect in Pakistan factory fire that killed 255 03 Dec 2016 - 09:20 am

Bangkok: A Pakistani man suspected of starting a devastating factory fire in Karachi four years ago that killed 255 people has been arrested...

Trump upends US foreign policy with Taiwan call 03 Dec 2016 - 09:07 am

New York: US President-elect Donald Trump broke with decades of foreign policy to speak with the president of Taiwan, prompting Beijing Saturday to...