World / Asia

Philippines recovers $4.63 million stolen from Bangladesh 31 Mar 2016 - 03:24 pm

Solaire is one of the Philippine capital's gleaming billion-dollar casinos ©Jay Directo (AFP/File) Manila: More than $4.5 million of tens of millions recently...

Pakistan city announces rat-killing bounty after infestation 31 Mar 2016 - 01:43 pm

Picture for representation only. Peshawar, Pakistan: Authorities in Pakistan's northwest announced a bounty for killing rats after receiving hundreds of complaints of rodents...

India flyover collapse kills 14, with scores feared trapped 31 Mar 2016 - 01:31 pm

A general view of the collapsed flyover in Kolkata, India, March 31, 2016. REUTERS/ Rupak De Chowdhuri By Supriyo Hazre KOLKATA: A flyover...

Can imams drive action on climate change in Pakistan? 31 Mar 2016 - 01:16 pm

Tahir Ashrafi, head of the powerful Ulema Council of clerics, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Islamabad December 13, 2013. REUTERS/MIAN KHURSHEED/FILES ...

Mass casualties feared as flyover collapses in Indian city 31 Mar 2016 - 12:30 pm

Photo credit: Twitter Kolkata: A partially built flyover collapsed in India's eastern city of Kolkata on Thursday, killing at least one person and...

Japanese police raid elite 'tiger blowfish' supper club 31 Mar 2016 - 12:19 pm

Tokyo: A members-only Japanese restaurant serving the banned and deadly delicacy "tiger blowfish" liver has been raided, police said Thursday. Blowfish -- also...

Myanmar's untested new ministers handed huge rebuilding job 31 Mar 2016 - 12:11 pm

Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and appointed ministers for the new Myanmar cabinet member swear in during the oath taking ceremony...

Vietnam elects first chairwoman of parliament 31 Mar 2016 - 11:50 am

Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, 62, takes the oath of office after being elected chairwoman of the National Assembly in Hanoi, Vietnam, 31 March...

India flyover collapse kills 10, 150 feared trapped 31 Mar 2016 - 11:34 am

Photo credit: ABP News KOLKATA: At least 10 people were killed on Thursday and 150 were feared trapped when a flyover under construction...

Myanmar's NLD seeks to bolster Suu Kyi's dominant cabinet role 31 Mar 2016 - 11:12 am

National League for Democracy (NLD) party leader Aung San Suu Kyi leaves the parliament building after a meeting with members of her party...

South Korea constitutional court upholds strict anti-prostitution law 31 Mar 2016 - 11:06 am

Skyline of Seoul, seen at dusk on November. AFP /Ed Jones Seoul: South Korea's Constitutional Court on Thursday upheld a strict anti-prostitution law...

One dead, dozens wounded in wave of bombs in south Thailand 31 Mar 2016 - 11:05 am

PATTANI: Several bombs have gone of in Thailand’s insurgency-plagued south killing one person and wounding dozens in a new wave of violence, the...

Malaysian PM Najib's brother received funds before 2013 elections: WSJ 31 Mar 2016 - 10:44 am

Malaysia's CIMB Chairman Nazir Razak reacts at the launch of the report ''Re-drawing the ASEAN Map: How companies are crafting new strategies in...

Suspended Gurdaspur SP to be quizzed by NIA again 31 Mar 2016 - 10:27 am

New Delhi: Suspended Gurdaspur Superintendent of Police Salwinder Singh and his cook were on Thursday brought to the NIA headquarters for questioning even...

Japan nuclear dilemma to undercut power reforms 31 Mar 2016 - 09:41 am

Members of the media wear protective suits at the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima prefecture in this March 2013 file...

India has important role in nuclear weapon stewardship: US 31 Mar 2016 - 09:25 am

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) is welcomed by European council President Donald Tusk and EU commission President Jean-Claude Juncker (R) at the...