World / Asia

At least 40 killed in China construction accident - Xinhua 24 Nov 2016 - 09:00 am

BEIJING: At least 40 people have died and others are still trapped after a platform under construction at a power plant's cooling tower...

Analysis: Asia outbreaks prompt question: Is all Zika dangerous? 23 Nov 2016 - 09:55 pm

CHICAGO/BANGKOK: Zika’s rampage last year in Brazil caused an explosion of infections and inflicted a crippling neurological defect on thousands of babies -...

Court upholds life sentences for Khmer Rouge leaders 23 Nov 2016 - 08:29 pm

Phnom Penh: Cambodia's UN-backed court upheld life sentences for two top former Khmer Rouge leaders on Wednesday for crimes against humanity, in a...

As crops fail, savings could stop women hitting the road in Myanmar 23 Nov 2016 - 06:43 pm

MEIKTILA, Myanmar: Ma Nwe places a rock the size of a baseball at her feet, then tightens the string holding her bamboo hat...

Landless Cambodian farmers look to International Criminal Court for justice 23 Nov 2016 - 06:24 pm

SRE AMBEL DISTRICT, Cambodia: A group of farmers who survived the Khmer Rouge’s notorious “Killing Fields” genocide in Cambodia are at the centre...

India to be site of NBA league elite training center 23 Nov 2016 - 05:52 pm

New York: An elite NBA Academy training center for India's top male and female players will open next April near Delhi, the league...

Gurugram groom arranges 'helicopter palanquin' for bride 23 Nov 2016 - 03:49 pm

Gurugram: Amid raging debates over demonetisation, black money and a withdrawal limit of Rs 2.5 lakh for weddings, a man in Gurugram has...

Bangladesh to send back Rohingya fleeing Myanmar unrest 23 Nov 2016 - 03:21 pm

Teknaf, Bangladesh: Bangladesh police on Wednesday detained dozens of Rohingya migrants, some of them children, and said they would return them to Myanmar...

Indian railways ask again for safety funds after crash kills 150 23 Nov 2016 - 01:35 pm

NEW DELHI: The track where an Indian train derailed on Sunday, killing 150 people, was inspected just two days earlier and found to...

Dalai Lama has 'no worries' about Trump 23 Nov 2016 - 01:24 pm

Beijing: The Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said Wednesday he had "no worries" about US President-elect Donald Trump and looked forward to...

Madame Tussauds to open branch at Regal Cinema in Delhi 23 Nov 2016 - 01:21 pm

New Delhi: Lifelike wax statues of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar and pop icon Kim Kardashian will vie for attention...

Indonesia agrees to help solve mystery of missing shipwrecks 23 Nov 2016 - 01:11 pm

Jakarta: Indonesia has agreed to work with the Netherlands to investigate the mysterious disappearance of several World War II shipwrecks -- considered war...

10 killed as India shells Pakistan boundary 23 Nov 2016 - 12:48 pm

KARACHI, Pakistan: At least 10 people have been killed and 18 others injured in shelling by Indian forces along the dividing boundary of...

S.Korea raises bird flu alert as three more cases found at poultry farms 23 Nov 2016 - 12:44 pm

SEOUL: South Korea raised the country's bird flu alert status on Wednesday to its second-highest level following three more outbreaks of the highly...

Indian police kill six Maoists in shootout 23 Nov 2016 - 12:17 pm

New Delhi: Six heavily armed Maoist rebels were killed Wednesday in a jungle gunbattle with police in eastern India, an officer said. Police...

Nine people killed in indian firing on Kashmir bus 23 Nov 2016 - 12:03 pm

Islamabad: At least nine people were killed and seven others wounded in cross-border fire which hit a Pakistani bus in disputed Kashmir on...

7 trapped in coal mine flooding in east China 23 Nov 2016 - 11:25 am

BEIJING: Seven miners remain trapped after a coal mine flooded in eastern China. Xinhua news agency reported Wednesday that 21 miners were working...

Pakistan army chief retirement prompts guessing game 23 Nov 2016 - 11:19 am

KARACHI, Pakistan: With Pakistan’s popular army chief Gen. Raheel Sharif retiring next week, the capital Islamabad has become the playing field for a...