World / Asia

French fighter jet deal: an Indian saga 25 Sep 2016 - 11:00 am

New Delhi: The less-than-supersonic sale of French Rafale fighter jets to India has highlighted the obstacles facing foreign arms firms seeking to do...

World's largest radio telescope starts operating in China 25 Sep 2016 - 09:16 am

Beijing: The world's largest radio telescope began operating in southwestern China Sunday, a project which Beijing says will help humanity search for alien...

Indian ministers approve Rafale fighter jet deal 21 Sep 2016 - 07:37 pm

New Delhi: An Indian cabinet commitee gave its approval Wednesday to a long-delayed deal for the purchase of 36 fighter jets from France's...

China court hears case over Tesla fatal crash 21 Sep 2016 - 09:57 am

File photo of Tesla logo. Reuters Beijing: The father of a Chinese man killed while driving a Tesla sedan has sued the US...

Red Cross seeks $15.5 mn to help flood-hit N. Korea 21 Sep 2016 - 09:53 am

In this handout photo by UNICEF DPRK shows heavily damaged homes due to heavy flooding of the Tumen river in late August 2016...

US bombers fly over S.Korea for second time since North nuclear test 21 Sep 2016 - 08:40 am

A US B-1B Lancer makes a landing at the Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek on September 21, 2016. SouthKorea OUT / AFP /...

Chinese men jailed in Cambodia for major drug haul 20 Sep 2016 - 10:42 am

The two Chinese men -- Ly Yong, 43, and Deng Yuan Ping, 53 -- were arrested in June last year alongside a Cambodian...

Captain of doomed Thai pilgrim boat had 'expired licence' 20 Sep 2016 - 08:26 am

Rescue workers look for missing persons on a ferry which capsized the day before in the province of Ayutthaya on September 19, 2016. ...

India's Modi thrashes out response to deadly Kashmir raid 19 Sep 2016 - 05:17 pm

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during a joint press conference with Nepalese Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal following a meeting in New...

India weighs response to deadly raid on Kashmir base 19 Sep 2016 - 11:08 am

An Indian army soldier takes up a position near the site of a gunbattle between Indian army soldiers and rebels inside an army...

Exploding phone battery: Samsung begins S.Korea exchange 19 Sep 2016 - 10:10 am

South Korean employee works to provide replacement Samsung Galaxy Note7 smartphones at a shop in Seoul on September 19, 2016. Jung Yeon-Je /...

India steps up Kashmir patrols after army base attack it blames on Pakistan 19 Sep 2016 - 10:04 am

Indian army soldier guards the site of a gunbattle near the border with Pakistan, known as the Line of Control (LoC), in Uri....

Cambodia PM vows to 'eliminate' opponents who protest 19 Sep 2016 - 09:57 am

File picture of Cambodia's prime minister Hun Sen. Reuters Phnom Penh: Cambodia's strongman premier vowed Monday to "eliminate" his opponents if they push...

Boat in fatal Thai accident was overcrowded, piloted recklessly - police 19 Sep 2016 - 08:14 am

Residents look at a capsized boat on the Chao Phraya river, in the ancient tourist city of Ayutthaya, Thailand September 19, 2016. REUTERS/Chaiwat...

Indian PM Modi condemns Kashmir attack, 17 soldiers dead 18 Sep 2016 - 11:45 am

File photo of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi. Reuters By Fayaz Bukhari SRINAGAR, INDIA: Militants attacked an Indian army brigade headquarters near the...

Norwegian, Indonesians, savour first day of freedom in Philippines 18 Sep 2016 - 10:23 am

Government Peace Adviser Jesus Dureza sits on the tarmac shortly after arriving at the airport in Jolo town in Sulu province on the...

Death toll in Pakistan suicide bombing rises to 36 18 Sep 2016 - 10:16 am

Pakistani mourners gather for the funeral prayers of victims of a sucide bombing in Bajaur Agency near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border on September 17,...

Seventeen Indian soldiers, 4 militants killed in Kashmir attack 18 Sep 2016 - 08:48 am

File photo of Indian army soldiers in Uri. Reuters By Fayaz Bukhari SRINAGAR, India: Militants attacked an Indian army brigade headquarters near the...