World / Asia

Demonetisation will hit agriculture, informal workers worst: study 15 Nov 2016 - 09:52 pm

The demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes will hurt agriculture, informal sector workers -- about 482 million people who earn cash...

Facing cash crunch, many foreign tourists cutting short their visit 15 Nov 2016 - 09:43 pm

New Delhi: Linda, a 34-year-old tourist from Sweden, has been facing a traumatic time standing in bank queues for the past few days...

Senior Pakistan official says to visit India, hints at detente 15 Nov 2016 - 09:00 pm

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s top foreign policy official said on Tuesday he plans to attend the Heart of Asia conference in India and suggested the...

China supplies Uighur translator for Bangkok bomb trial 15 Nov 2016 - 02:13 pm

BANGKOK: Suspects in a Bangkok bombing in which 20 people died have rejected Turkic translators provided to the court by the Chinese government...

Taiwan to punish fraudsters abroad after China deportations 15 Nov 2016 - 02:09 pm

Taipei: Taiwan passed a bill Tuesday to crack down on swindlers committing crimes overseas following a spate of deportations of Taiwanese fraud suspects...

Bangladesh siege cafe to become family home 15 Nov 2016 - 01:51 pm

Dhaka: The owner of the Bangladeshi restaurant where Islamist extremists killed 22 hostages, mostly foreigners, said Tuesday he would turn the building into...

Japan street swallowed by giant hole reopens 15 Nov 2016 - 12:55 pm

Tokyo: A Japanese city on Tuesday reopened a busy street that collapsed into a giant sinkhole, with the efforts of workers who toiled...

Myanmar army says 86 killed in fighting in northwest 15 Nov 2016 - 12:50 pm

YANGON: As many as 69 members of what Myanmar's government has described as a Rohingya Muslim militant group and 17 security forces have...

Indelible ink to prevent multiple cash withdrawals: FM 15 Nov 2016 - 12:43 pm

New Delhi: The government will use indelible ink like during elections to prevent people from making more than the permissible number of times...

Say how you will deal with cash chaos: SC tells government 15 Nov 2016 - 12:34 pm

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to explain the steps it has taken or will take to deal with...

Japan gives troops in South Sudan new security role 15 Nov 2016 - 12:28 pm

TOKYO: Japan’s government decided Tuesday to assign its troops involved in peacekeeping missions in South Sudan a new security duty under a recently...

Anti-China lawmakers disqualified from Hong Kong parliament 15 Nov 2016 - 11:37 am

Hong Kong: A Hong Kong court on Tuesday ruled to disqualify two pro-independence lawmakers from parliament, a week after Beijing said it would...

Bangkok bomb trial starts after months of delays 15 Nov 2016 - 11:10 am

Bangkok: The long-delayed trial of two Uighur men accused of bombing a Bangkok shrine finally kicked off Tuesday as a military court allowed...

Sri Lanka probes military links to Jaffna violence 15 Nov 2016 - 10:54 am

Colombo: Sri Lanka is investigating whether the army was involved in a recent wave of violence in the minority Tamil heartland of Jaffna,...

Climate change fuels insurgency in Afghanistan 15 Nov 2016 - 09:43 am

Kabul: After two winters without snow, Kabul residents are anxiously scouring the hills for the first flakes, wary that the depletion of this...

New Zealand evacuates quake-hit town, fears of Wellington building collapse 15 Nov 2016 - 08:48 am

WELLINGTON: New Zealand emergency services and defence personnel began evacuating hundreds of tourists and residents from a small South Island town amid more...