World / Asia

BEIJING: An explosion at a coal mine in China has killed 33 people, media reported on Wednesday after rescuers recovered the bodies of...

Peshawar, Pakistan: A Pakistani court refused bail Wednesday to an Afghan woman immortalised on a National Geographic cover after she was arrested in...

JAKARTA: A boat carrying 96 people from Malaysia to Indonesia sank on Wednesday, killing at least 18, Indonesian police said. The boat, from...

SEOUL: South Korea's presidential office on Wednesday named a new prime minister and finance minister, the highest-level shake-up since President Park Geun-hye's administration...

Dhaka: The wife of a British Bangladeshi man arrested over the South Asian country's deadliest attack says her husband is innocent and unaware...

Srinagar, India: Hundreds of schools were ordered to close indefinitely in Kashmir Wednesday after a flare-up in violence between Indian and Pakistani security...

Bhopal/New Delhi: A united opposition on Tuesday sought an impartial probe into the death of eight undertrial SIMI activists in an alleged shootout...

WASHINGTON: The U.S. State Department halted the planned sale of some 26,000 assault rifles to the Philippines’ national police after Senator Ben Cardin...

Srinagar, India: India said one more civilian had been killed late Tuesday by Pakistani mortar shelling in the disputed Kashmir region, taking the...

Controversial Indian television anchor Arnab Goswami has resigned as the Editor-in Chief of Times Now. Goswami was not seen on his prime time...

Beijing: Chinese president Xi Jinping met the leader of Taiwan's opposition party Tuesday as Beijing's relations with the island's new president worsen. Xi...

SEOUL: Seoul and Tokyo revived efforts to sign a pact aimed at sharing military intelligence Tuesday, as South Koreans appeared to be distracted...

BEIJING: China and Malaysia signed 14 agreements on Tuesday, including one on navy vessels, after a meeting between Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak...

Quetta, Pakistan: At least nine people were killed and 59 wounded Tuesday when a gas cylinder exploded and started a fire inside an...

Hong Kong: British banker Rurik Jutting was so consumed by his personality disorders and addictions that he was not in control of his...

BEIJING: Rescuers searched for 20 missing coal miners in southwestern China on Tuesday, a day after an explosion killed at least 13 workers...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan opposition leader Imran Khan backed down from his threat to shut down the capital on Wednesday, vowing instead to hold a...

Kuala Lumpur: An Australian hiker who went missing for nearly two weeks after losing his bearings in remote Malaysian jungle was found by...