World / Asia

S. Korea scandal widens as presidential aides arrested 06 Nov 2016 - 11:50 am

Seoul: South Korean prosecutors arrested two former top presidential aides Sunday in a snowballing influence-peddling scandal which has seen tens of thousands of...

Death toll rises to 26 in Pakistan shipbreaking blast 06 Nov 2016 - 11:36 am

Quetta, Pakistan: The death toll from an explosion and fire at a Pakistan shipbreaking yard last week has risen to 26, officials said...

Delhi government orders three-day school shutdown over smog 06 Nov 2016 - 11:10 am

New Delhi: Schools in the Indian capital will be closed for the next three days, the Delhi state government said Sunday, as the...

More arrests in SKorean presidential crisis 06 Nov 2016 - 11:00 am

SEOUL: A Seoul court issued arrest warrants Sunday for a pair of now ex-aides to South Korean President Park Geun-hye. Park could herself...

Death toll rises to 20 in Pakistan shipbreaking blast 05 Nov 2016 - 02:16 pm

Quetta, Pakistan: The death toll from a recent explosion and fire at a Pakistan shipbreaking yard has risen to 20, officials said Saturday,...

Tens of thousands protest in South Korea, call for president to quit 05 Nov 2016 - 12:34 pm

SEOUL: Tens of thousands of South Koreans protested in central Seoul on Saturday in one the largest demonstrations in the country's capital for...

Japanese man dies in India paragliding accident 05 Nov 2016 - 11:39 am

New Delhi: A Japanese man died in a paragliding accident in north India's Himachal Pradesh state, popular with both domestic and foreign tourists...

British PM heads to India with eye on post-Brexit ties 05 Nov 2016 - 11:20 am

New Delhi: British Prime Minister Theresa May will lead a major business delegation to India this week, using her first trip outside Europe...

Protesters urge scandal-hit S. Korea president to quit 05 Nov 2016 - 10:34 am

Seoul: Thousands of South Koreans took to the streets Saturday to demand embattled President Park Geun-Hye resign over a crippling corruption scandal. Protesters...

Australia's far-right groups protest Syrian refugee housing 05 Nov 2016 - 09:29 am

MELBOURNE: Several hundred people rallied in the suburbs of Melbourne on Saturday, after a proposal to house refugees locally drew protest by far...

One dead, 12 hurt at Indonesia protest against Jakarta governor: police 04 Nov 2016 - 07:30 pm

JAKARTA: Indonesian police said one person had died and 12 were wounded during clashes on Friday, after tens of thousands of hardline Muslims...

Hospital staff in India arrested for stealing babies for illegal adoption 04 Nov 2016 - 05:39 pm

CHENNAI, India: Six hospital staff in southern India have been charged with stealing babies and young children and selling them to childless couples...

Indonesian police fire tear gas, water cannon at Muslim protesters in Jakarta 04 Nov 2016 - 05:32 pm

JAKARTA: Indonesian police fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse hardline Muslims protesters on Friday, after tens of thousands had rallied to...

Kerry says confident on Philippines ties, hopes to visit again 03 Nov 2016 - 08:09 pm

WASHINGTON: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday he remained confident about the future of the U.S.-Philippines relationship in spite of...

Renault to open plant in Pakistan by 2018: Govt 03 Nov 2016 - 06:19 pm

Islamabad: French carmaker Renault is set to break into the Pakistan's rapidly growing car market with a manufacturing plant to open there by...

US airstrikes kill 30 Afghan civilians, officials say 03 Nov 2016 - 05:28 pm

Kunduz, Afghanistan: US airstrikes early Thursday killed at least 30 Afghan civilians, including women and children, in the volatile northern province of Kunduz,...

China launches first heavy-lift rocket 03 Nov 2016 - 05:07 pm

Beijing: China launched its most powerful rocket ever on Thursday, state media said, as the country presses on with a program which has...

30 Afghan civilians killed in Kunduz NATO airstrike: officials 03 Nov 2016 - 03:40 pm

Kunduz, Afghanistan: At least 30 Afghan civilians, including women and children, were killed in a NATO airstrike Thursday in the volatile northern province...