World / Asia

Indian mission in Jeddah working to get back pending arrears of workers 02 Aug 2016 - 11:12 am

Indian officials interacting with stranded workers. (Photo: Consulate General of India, Jeddah) By Irfan Mohammed Jeddah: As India said it will try to...

India to attend regional meet in Pakistan amid Kashmir tension 01 Aug 2016 - 05:47 pm

An Indian paramilitary trooper stands guard during a curfew continued across large parts of Indian-administered Kashmir for the 23rd consecutive day in Srinagar...

In Kerala, women surge into politics -- and fail 01 Aug 2016 - 04:05 pm

A woman voting in a local election. (Reuters file) By Sreedevi R S Over 20 years and five assembly elections -- as women...

Taliban truck bomb rocks hotel for foreigners in Kabul 01 Aug 2016 - 03:53 pm

An Afghan policeman keeps watch near the site where a truck bomb exploded targeting a hotel used by foreign contractors, on the outskirts...

Gujarat Dalits not to lift carcasses, want firearms 01 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

Indian members of the Dalit caste community join attend a protest rally against an attack on Dalit caste members in the Gujarat town...

The dark side of Duterte’s deadly but popular drugs war 01 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

Jennelyn Olaires, 26, cradles the body of her partner, who was killed on a street by a vigilante group, according to police, in...

2 militants, 2 soldiers killed in Kashmir 01 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

A man cries as others offer prayers on a road as a protest in Srinagar against the recent killings in Kashmir, July 30,...

Hong Kong activist candidates disqualified from election 31 Jul 2016 - 05:46 pm

Pro-independence Hong Kong National Party convenor Chan Ho-tin, speaks during a rally to protest against the disqualification of his application for Legislative Council...

Tokyo elects first woman governor as it prepares for its Olympics 31 Jul 2016 - 03:11 pm

Former Japanese defence minister Yuriko Koike (C) and supporters celebrate her win as Tokyogovernor, in Tokyo on July 31, 2016. (AFP / JIJI...

India feeds thousands of workers facing 'food crisis' in Saudi 31 Jul 2016 - 11:12 am

(Photo: Twitter/CGIjeddah) New Delhi:New Delhi was working Sunday to feed more than 10,000 Indian labourers stranded in the Gulf with no wages after...

Afghan troops press offensive against Islamic State 30 Jul 2016 - 04:36 pm

Afghani soldiers enter a house during an operation to neutralize an important Daesh leader in Nangarhar, Afghanistan, ( on July 26, 2016. (...

Bangladesh police identify cafe attack 'mastermind' 30 Jul 2016 - 03:51 pm

Ambulances leave after a police operation on militants on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 26, 2016. (REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain) Dhaka: A Canadian...

Flood water kills at least 14 wedding guests in Pakistan 30 Jul 2016 - 12:46 pm

Peshawar, Pakistan: At least 14 people were killed Saturday when a vehicle carrying wedding guests was washed off a mountainous road by floodwater...

Philippine crime war packs decaying jails 30 Jul 2016 - 10:57 am

A woman cries during the mass candle lighting ceremony to commemorate the souls of the victims of the killings related to drugs since...

India’s new reforestation law ignores indigenous people, analysts say 30 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

Sundarbans mangrove. Wikimedia Commons By Rina Chandran MUMBAI: A new Indian law to boost reforestation across the country ignores the importance of indigenous...

Analysis: China emerges more muscular after ASEAN meetings 29 Jul 2016 - 02:07 am

Japan's Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, South Korea's Foreign Minister Yun Byung-Se, India's Minister of State for External Affairs Vijay Kumar Singh, Russia's Foreign...