World / Asia

S. Korea's STX for sale with French unit 19 Oct 2016 - 12:53 pm

Seoul: South Korea's troubled STX Offshore and Shipbuilding Co. was put up for sale by public tender Wednesday along with its profitable French...

Man crushed to death behind Seoul subway screen door 19 Oct 2016 - 12:11 pm

Seoul: A passenger was crushed to death Wednesday after getting stuck between a subway train and a platform screen door in South Korea....

Indian capital's zoo closes over bird flu scare 19 Oct 2016 - 11:46 am

New Delhi: New Delhi zoo has temporarily closed after two birds died of bird flu, its curator said Wednesday, a month after India...

Thais step up web surveillance after king's death 19 Oct 2016 - 11:29 am

Bangkok: Thai "cyber-scouts" have flagged scores of websites for alleged royal defamation since the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej and are monitoring all...

Black shirts bright spot in Thai economy as mourning for king begins 19 Oct 2016 - 11:02 am

BANGKOK: Thais are crowding shopping malls and department stores to stock up on black clothes, as they begin a year of mourning for...

Earthquake Shakes Indonesia's Java 19 Oct 2016 - 10:56 am

Jakarta: An earthquake measuring 6.5 magnitude shook western parts of Indonesia’s Java island including the capital Wednesday morning, but no tsunami warning was...

Vietnam recovers bodies of 3 crew on crashed helicopter 19 Oct 2016 - 10:15 am

HANOI, Vietnam: Rescuers have recovered the bodies of three military personnel on a helicopter that crashed into a mountain during a training flight...

Thailand sees a jump in royal defamation cases after death of king 19 Oct 2016 - 09:54 am

BANGKOK: Thai police are investigating 12 new complaints of royal defamation found on social media lodged since the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej...

Rat race: Jakarta offers 20,000 rupiah to catch rodents 19 Oct 2016 - 08:06 am

Jakarta: The Indonesian capital Jakarta, one of the world's most overcrowded and polluted megacities, has launched a new bid to rid its streets...

Twin fires kill at least 22 in India 18 Oct 2016 - 09:07 am

New Delhi: At least 22 people have been killed in two separate fires in India, most of them patients who were trapped in...

Filipinos trust United States much more than China - survey 18 Oct 2016 - 08:38 am

MANILA: People in the Philippines still trust the United States far more than China, an opinion poll showed on Tuesday, despite President Rodrigo...

Tears and tortoises - Chinese TV unveils graft secrets 18 Oct 2016 - 08:32 am

BEIJING: With a tale of a dead pet tortoise given Buddhist rites and a senior official shedding tears for his crimes, state television...

Bangladesh arrests suspect in secular activist murders 17 Oct 2016 - 01:44 pm

Dhaka: Bangladesh police said Monday they have arrested the main suspect in the murders of a gay activist and a secular blogger who...

Refugees being driven to suicide on Nauru, rights group Amnesty says 17 Oct 2016 - 12:30 pm

SYDNEY: Many of the 410 asylum seekers held on a tiny Pacific Island are being driven to attempt suicide to escape the prison-like...

Man 'blows himself up' at TV centre in Georgian breakaway region 17 Oct 2016 - 12:17 pm

Moscow: An unidentified man on Monday blew himself up at the state-owned TV centre in Abkhazia, a tiny Russian-backed breakaway region of Georgia,...

Who is Thailand's 96-year-old royal regent? 17 Oct 2016 - 11:52 am

Bangkok: A 96-year-old former general has become temporary regent after Thailand's Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn, in a surprise move, delayed his own proclamation...

Powerful earthquake hits Papua New Guinea 17 Oct 2016 - 11:28 am

Sydney: A powerful earthquake measuring 6.9 magnitude struck off the coast of New Britain island in Papua New Guinea on Monday, the US...

6.4 magnitude earthquake hits northwest China: USGS 17 Oct 2016 - 11:05 am

Beijing: A 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck China's northwestern province of Qinghai on Monday, the US Geological Survey reported, in an area frequently plagued...