World / Asia

Missing Japanese boy found safe after forest ordeal 03 Jun 2016 - 02:53 pm

This picture shows a house in a military exercise area where missing boy Yamato Tanooka was found by Self-Defense Forces personnel in the...

17 abducted minority Hazaras freed in Afghanistan 03 Jun 2016 - 02:41 pm

Kabul: Seventeen Shiite Hazaras kidnapped in northern Afghanistan have been released, officials said Friday, after gunmen hauled them out of their vehicles in...

Thai tiger temple monk caught fleeing with skins, fangs 03 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

Dead tiger cubs are displayed by Thai officials after they were found during a raid on the controversial Tiger Temple, a popular tourist...

Crew families sue Malaysia Airlines over downing of jet 02 Jun 2016 - 11:55 am

Malaysian lawyer Balan Nair (C), representing families of the ill-fated Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crew members, speaks with journalists prior to filing the...

Myanmar set to release data on religion in months 02 Jun 2016 - 11:37 am

By Kyaw Ye Lynn YANGON, Myanmar: After being withheld for over a year for political reasons, controversial census data on religion in Myanmar...

6.5 Quake Hits off Sumatra Coast 02 Jun 2016 - 10:42 am

Washington: A strong 6.5 earthquake hit the western Indonesian island of Sumatra on Thursday. The epicenter of the quake was about 40km (25...

India court convicts 24 over 2002 Gujarat riots massacre 02 Jun 2016 - 09:54 am

Buildings damaged during religious riots are seen in Ahmedabad on June 1, 2016. AFP / SAM PANTHAKY Ahmedabad, India: An Indian court convicted...

Xi calls for calm as North Korean official visits China 01 Jun 2016 - 04:56 pm

By Mahmut Atanur BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for calm and restraint on the Korean Peninsula during a meeting Wednesday with...

2 dead, 18 injured after blast at battery plant in China 01 Jun 2016 - 02:47 pm

By Mahmut Atanur BEIJING: A plant worker and a firefighter have been killed and 18 others injured after an explosion rocked a battery...

Indian court set to rule on deadly Gujarat riots 01 Jun 2016 - 12:50 pm

A house that was burnt and damaged in the riots at the Gulbarg Society in 2002. Reuters Ahmedabad, India: An Indian court is...

Six killed as Taliban bombers raid Afghan courthouse 01 Jun 2016 - 12:10 pm

Afghan security force personnel stand alert at the entrance to a provincial court in Ghazni on June 1, 2016, after a group of ...

North Korea takes a shine to Donald Trump 01 Jun 2016 - 11:20 am

A combination photo shows a Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) handout of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Republican US presidential candidate...

China to prosecute Xinjiang judge for letting off terror suspects 01 Jun 2016 - 11:12 am

BEIJING: Authorities in China’s violence-prone western region of Xinjiang will prosecute a former judge who reduced penalties and let off people suspected of...

Insight: Indian central bank chief wins over Modi despite broad mistrust 01 Jun 2016 - 10:20 am

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures to Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan at an event on financial inclusion in Mumbai...

Dead tigers found in Thai temple amid trafficking fears 01 Jun 2016 - 09:43 am

Dead tiger cubs displayed by Thai officials after they were found during a raid on the controversial Tiger Temple in Kanchanaburi province, west...

Outrage after Duterte justifies Philippine journalists' murders 01 Jun 2016 - 09:38 am

Philippines' president-elect Rodrigo Duterte (C) meets his National Security officials in Davao City, southern island of Mindanao on June 1, 2016. AFP PHOTO...

Hong Kong police in court over 'beating' protester 01 Jun 2016 - 09:17 am

File photo of riot police as they charge at protesters during a clash at Mongkok district in Hong Kong. Reuters / Bobby Yip ...

Philippines' Duterte endorses killing corrupt journalists 31 May 2016 - 05:55 pm

Philippines' president-elect Rodrigo Duterte speaks during a press conference in Davao on May 31, 2016. Philippine president-elect Rodrigo Duterte's war on crime appears...