World / Asia

China hails brotherly Africa relations after “racist” ad outcry 30 May 2016 - 01:01 pm

BEIJING: China and Africa are “good brothers” and China respects all people regardless of race, the government said on Monday after a detergent...

African nationals stage protest against growing attacks 30 May 2016 - 12:52 pm

Jantar Mantar New Delhi: Several African students on Monday staged a protest at Jantar Mantar here against increasing attacks on them and demanded...

Duterte snubs his proclamation as Philippine president 30 May 2016 - 11:50 am

File photo of Rodrigo Duterte. AFP Manila: The Philippine parliament on Monday proclaimed Rodrigo Duterte the nation's next president following his landslide election...

Endangered tigers under threat in Indian forest that inspired 'Jungle Book' 30 May 2016 - 11:34 am

A tiger snarls at Pench Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh, India. (Photo: Sanjay Shukla) By Annie Gowen PENCH TIGER RESERVE, India: The tigress...

For many Chinese migrants, the lure of the city is fading 30 May 2016 - 10:58 am

Residential buildings in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, May 12, 2016. REUTERS/Brenda Goh By Brenda Goh and Clare Jim WENZHOU, China/HONG KONG: After two ...

Uganda switches sides, dumping North Korea for South 30 May 2016 - 10:29 am

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni (C), first lady Janet Museveni (R) and South Korea's President Park Geun-Hye (L) drink a toast after a meeting...

Japan rescuers expand forest search for missing boy 30 May 2016 - 10:26 am

Tokyo: Japanese rescuers on Monday expanded the search for a seven-year-old boy missing for three days after his parents left him in a...

India police arrest two after gang-rape, hanging of teenager 30 May 2016 - 10:00 am

Lucknow, India: India police have arrested two men over the gang-rape of a teenage girl whose body was found hanging from a tree,...

Fujimori says ready for presidency in final debate 30 May 2016 - 09:28 am

Peruvian presidential candidate for the Pupolar Force Party Keiko Fujimori gestures during the final electoral debate before elections in Lima, Peru, 29 May...

Indian missiles, copters, subs - Anil Ambani's ambitious defense plan 30 May 2016 - 08:42 am

Anil Ambani, chairman of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, poses for photographers before addressing the annual shareholders meeting in Mumbai August 27,...

Airstrikes kill 29 militants in Afghanistan 30 May 2016 - 08:39 am

File photo of UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters over Afghanistan. Lucas Jackson/Reuters Kabul: At least 29 militants were killed in separate airstrikes in northern Baghlan...

UN concerned about rising political tensions in Cambodia 30 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Mao Hoeun (C-L), Chay Sarith (C-R), two Cambodian men suspected of attacking opposition lawmakers Kong Saphea and Nhay Chamroeun, walk while guarded by...

ANALYSIS: US takes out Taliban leader at critical time 29 May 2016 - 04:15 pm

By Aamir Latif, Sinan Polat, Mohammad Fahim Abed and Sayed Khodaberdi Sadat KABUL/KARACHI, Pakistan: Pakistani police have lodged a criminal case against unnamed...

Next Philippine leader seeks early talks with communist rebels 29 May 2016 - 12:50 pm

Philippines' president-elect Rodrigo Duterte speaks during a press conference in Davao City, in southern island of Mindanao on May 26, 2016. AFP /...

Missing Japan boy was left in mountains as punishment: police 29 May 2016 - 12:26 pm

Tokyo: The parents of a seven-year-old Japanese boy missing in the mountains confessed on Sunday they had left him as a punishment and...

Missing Pakistani boy found in India two years later 29 May 2016 - 12:00 pm

Five-year-old Tufail Ismail. Photo by ALI AKBAR/Dawn Islamabad: A Pakistani boy who went missing from his home in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan...

Media-savvy Thai monks wage PR war to defend scandal-hit abbot 29 May 2016 - 10:14 am

Communications head of Wat Dhammakaya Buddhist temple in one of the meditation halls in Bangkok. AFP / LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA Pathum Thani, Thailand: An...