World / Asia

South Korea: North's attack drill on presidential office off 15 May 2016 - 02:33 pm

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un provides field guidance to the Tree Nursery No. 122 of the KPA, successfully built as a gift...

China says Pentagon report 'severely damaged' relations 15 May 2016 - 11:57 am

Beijing: China on Sunday accused the US of deliberately distorting the facts in a report on the Asian giant's defence policy, warning Washington...

South Korea's President names new chief of staff, reshuffles top aides 15 May 2016 - 11:47 am

South Korean President Park Geun-hye poses for a photo with the new floor leaders and top policymakers of South Korea's three major political...

Straight-talking Swamy takes aim at India's old elite 15 May 2016 - 11:01 am

File photo of right-wing leader Subramanian Swamy. AFP New Delhi: He's been called India's Donald Trump: a media-savvy right-wing populist who is unafraid...

India eases red tape but foreign firms still struggle 15 May 2016 - 10:43 am

(FILES) This file photo taken on July 5, 2014 shows an Indian shopper using an elevator during a visit to a mall in...

Beijing blasts Pentagon report on Chinese military as damaging trust 15 May 2016 - 09:20 am

China's President Xi Jinping (L) and US President Barack Obama in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington September 25, 2015....

Suspected militant arrested over Bangladesh activist murders 15 May 2016 - 09:11 am

Dhaka: Bangladesh police have arrested a suspected Islamic militant over the hacking to death of two gay rights activists, one of a spate...

Photos: Coffee art of Philippine President-elect Rodrigo Duterte 14 May 2016 - 05:19 pm

Filipino graphic artist and barista Zach Yonzon, applies finishing touches to the face of Philippine President-elect Rodrigo Duterte on a coffee latte called...

3 Philippines soldiers killed, 2 injured in clash 14 May 2016 - 05:13 pm

(file photo) Phillippines soldiers By Hader Glang ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines: Three soldiers died and two others were injured early Saturday in a shootout...

Modi reforms flicker in rural India, other big challenges remain 14 May 2016 - 04:58 pm

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during an event on financial inclusion in Mumbai April 2, 2015. (Reuters/Danish Siddiqui/File photo) By Tommy Wilkes...

Indonesia port city battles to save homes from floods 14 May 2016 - 01:57 pm

By Ainur Rohmah TUBAN, Indonesia: Parts of the Indonesian port city of Semarang remained underwater Saturday, after high seasonal tides flooded coastal areas...

Lufthansa plane blocks Mumbai airport runway, flights hit 14 May 2016 - 01:06 pm

(file photo / Reuters) Mumbai: The main runway at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport here was closed for operations after a Lufthansa flight suffered...

Policeman in Telangana killed as gun goes off accidentally 14 May 2016 - 12:56 pm

Hyderabad: A police constable was killed when his gun accidentally went off in Telangana's Adilabad district on Saturday, police said. B. Gangadhar was...

Peace deal expected with armed Afghan group 14 May 2016 - 11:39 am

Afghan border police secure their side of Pakistan-Afghanistan borders, also known as the Durand Line, after three consecutive days of its closure, Toorkham,...

Two Indian reporters shot dead in less than 24 hours 14 May 2016 - 09:50 am

New Delhi: Gunmen shot dead two journalists in 24 hours in separate incidents in eastern India, police and local reports said Saturday, the...

Buddhist monk hacked to death in Bangladesh 14 May 2016 - 09:26 am

File photo of Bangladesh policemen outside Supreme Court. DHAKA: An elderly Buddhist monk was hacked to death on Saturday at a temple in...

Singapore reports first Zika case 13 May 2016 - 05:42 pm

An Aedes aegypti mosquito is seen at the Laboratory of Entomology and Ecology of the Dengue Branch of the US Centers for Disease...

China says some in US trying to “disturb” Hong Kong 13 May 2016 - 02:36 pm

BEIJING: China’s Foreign Ministry on Friday accused unidentified people in the United States of trying to “disturb” social order in Hong Kong, after...