World / Asia

Lancome faces growing anger and protests in Hong Kong 08 Jun 2016 - 11:14 am

Protesters display posters on a Lancome outlet display in a shopping mall. AFP / ANTHONY WALLACE Hong Kong: Cosmetics giant Lancome closed some...

China blasts 'unilateral' Philippine move ahead of ruling 08 Jun 2016 - 10:00 am

Beijing: China accused the Philippines Wednesday of ignoring requests for dialogue about their maritime dispute, as tensions rise before an international tribunal's ruling...

China miners accused of multiple murders in extortion scam 08 Jun 2016 - 09:50 am

Beijing: Chinese prosecutors have charged 74 people in connection with a series of grisly murders aimed at extorting compensation from coal mining firms,...

Malaysian gets one year in jail for insulting royalty 08 Jun 2016 - 08:53 am

Kuala Lumpur: A Malaysian was sentenced to a year in prison Tuesday after he admitted 14 charges of insulting one of the country's...

Thailand first in Asia to eliminate mother-to-baby HIV: WHO 08 Jun 2016 - 08:26 am

Anya Nopalit combs her son's hair at her home in Chanthaburi Province, Thailand, January 18, 2016, in this handout provided by UNAIDS. UNAIDS/Watsamon...

India says will work toward implementing Paris climate pact this year 08 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office with US President Barack Obama at the White House...

Magnitude 6.6 earthquake strikes off Indonesia's Moluccas: USGS 08 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

LONDON: An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 struck off the eastern coast of Indonesia on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The...

US warns banks on cyber threat after Bangladesh heist 08 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

Commuters pass by the front of the Bangladesh central bank building in Dhaka. REUTERS / Ashikur Rahman By Jim Finkle and Jonathan Spicer ...

Hundreds left homeless after Sri Lanka depot blast 07 Jun 2016 - 01:17 pm

Sri Lankan residents wait at a relief camp after being evacuated from their homes near an ammunition depot in Salawa, on the edge...

Hong Kong culls thousands of birds after positive test for H7N9 virus 07 Jun 2016 - 12:51 pm

HONG KONG: Hong Kong authorities culled 4,500 birds at a wholesale market on Tuesday, two days after a suspension in trade of live...

Make Afghan lapis lazuli a 'conflict' mineral: watchdog 07 Jun 2016 - 11:20 am

Kabul: Afghan lapis lazuli must be classified a "conflict mineral", an international watchdog says, warning the Taliban and other insurgents are earning some...

Indonesian sect leaders detained for blasphemy, treason 07 Jun 2016 - 11:14 am

Indonesian Navy personnel assist a member of the Gafatar sect disembark from the KRI Teluk Banten naval ship after it transported more than...

US returns ancient artefacts, Modi expresses thanks 07 Jun 2016 - 11:14 am

Washington: From a bronze Ganesh to a Jain figure of Bahubali, the US has returned more than 200 pieces of rare cultural artefacts...

South Korea courts isolated North's old friends in push for change 07 Jun 2016 - 10:48 am

South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se (2nd R) exchanges documents with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov (L) during a memorandum of understanding signing...

Japanese boy left in forest was crying so hard, he walked the wrong way - media 07 Jun 2016 - 10:09 am

Seven-year-old Yamato Tanooka, who was found by authorities in the woods nearly a week after his parents abandoned him for disciplinary reasons, waves...

Bangladesh kills 3 in deadly crackdown on Islamists 07 Jun 2016 - 09:27 am

File photo of Bangladesh police on alert. Reuters Dhaka: Three Islamist militants were killed Tuesday in gunfights with police as authorities launched a...