World / Asia

Stori Da Pakhtunkhwa funds released for student scholarship grants 01 May 2016 - 04:01 pm

PESHAWAR: The finance department of Pakistan’s Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province has finally released the much-awaited funds for students of the Stori Da Pakhtunkhwa scholarship grants...

Pakistan's climate change ministry budget likely to be slashed 01 May 2016 - 03:56 pm

A flood victim sits on a boat while being evacuated from her flooded house following heavy rain in Jhang, Punjab province September 10,...

Commission demanded to probe written-off loans in Pakistan 01 May 2016 - 03:52 pm

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has requested the apex court to set up a commission to primarily probe into the loans...

64 militants killed, 50 wounded in Afghanistan 01 May 2016 - 03:30 pm

Afghan security forces are seen in the Gurzivan district of Faryab province, which was controlled by Taliban, after they retake the district from...

India to probe deaths of disabled children at home 01 May 2016 - 02:24 pm

A boy receives treatment at a rehabilitation centre supported by Bhopal Medical Appeal for children who were born with mental and physical disabilities...

Modi gives LPG connections, vows to help poor 01 May 2016 - 12:50 pm

Ballia (Uttar Prdesh): Prime Minister Narendra Modi distributed LPG connections here on Sunday and pledged to ensure a better life for the poor....

Malaysia sends 32 Taiwanese suspects to China, draws protest 01 May 2016 - 12:47 pm

BEIJING: Taiwanese officials have protested Malaysia's deportation of 32 of the self-ruled island's nationals to China this weekend to face wire fraud charges,...

Three held over Bangladesh Hindu tailor's murder 01 May 2016 - 12:36 pm

Dhaka: Bangladesh police detained three people on Sunday over the gruesome murder of a Hindu tailor one day earlier, the latest deadly attack...

Armed guards at India dams as drought leaves farmers dry 01 May 2016 - 12:17 pm

Gunmen patrol at a water reservoir in Tikamgarh in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. AFP / MONEY SHARMA Tikamgarh, India: As...

Diesel, petrol cabs go off roads, owners warn of suicides 01 May 2016 - 11:45 am

By Rupesh Dutta New Delhi: The Supreme Court's ban on plying of diesel and petrol driven taxis in Delhi took effect on Sunday,...

Tens of thousands join May Day rally in S. Korea 01 May 2016 - 10:39 am

South Korean unionized workers stage a May Day rally in front of City Hall in Seoul on May 1, 2016. AFP / YONHAP...

Vietnamese rally against Taiwan firm over mass fish deaths 01 May 2016 - 10:33 am

A Vietnamese boy holds a banner during a rally denouncing recent mass fish deaths in Vietnam's central province, in Hanoi, Vietnam, 01 May...

10 Indonesian hostages freed in Philippines: police 01 May 2016 - 10:31 am

Zamboanga, Philippines: Ten Indonesian sailors abducted by Abu Sayyaf Islamic militants were freed in the southern Philippines on Sunday after five weeks in...

Indian teen shoots himself in head taking selfie with gun 01 May 2016 - 10:23 am

Representational image New Delhi: An Indian teenager accidently shot himself in the head with his father's gun while trying to take a "selfie"...

Feline fascination: A man with 44 cats 01 May 2016 - 08:36 am

File picture for representation By Mohit Dubey Lucknow: Love of pets is not new to this part of the world - be it...

Taiwan sends patrol ships after boat seized by Japan 01 May 2016 - 08:28 am

Taipei: Taiwan Sunday sent two patrol ships to waters surrounding a Japanese atoll amid a dispute over the seizure of one of the...

Fake stones threaten to undermine Sri Lanka's gem trade 01 May 2016 - 12:00 am

n this photograph taken on February 27, 2016, a Sri Lankan artisan produces jewellery in a workshop in Bentota, some 65 kilometres south...

Malaysia deports 32 Taiwanese fraud suspects to China 30 Apr 2016 - 04:42 pm

Taipei: Malaysia deported 32 Taiwanese fraud suspects to China Saturday, Taiwan authorities said, leaving the island's government furious once more in the latest...