World / Asia

Chinese couple sells newborn to buy iPhone 09 Mar 2016 - 10:22 am

Beijing: A Chinese couple was sentenced to three years in jail for selling their new-born daughter online to buy an iPhone and a...

Special Report: Death, drugs and detention in Japan’s immigration system 08 Mar 2016 - 05:44 pm

Tokyo detention center. Photo courtesy: PekePON via Wikipedia By Thomas Wilson, Mari Saito, Minami Funakoshi and Ami Miyazaki TOKYO: Niculas Fernando died at...

Kidnapped son of assassinated Pakistan governor found after 5 years: officials 08 Mar 2016 - 05:01 pm

Shahbaz Taseer had been kidnapped by Islamist gunmen, reportedly the Taliban, from the city of Lahore in August 2011, months after his father...

North Korea tried to hack South's railway system: spy agency 08 Mar 2016 - 02:58 pm

AFP/ File photo SEOUL: North Korea has tried to hack into email accounts of South Korean railway workers in an attempt to attack...

“Violent terrorism” in China’s Xinjiang has dropped: Party official 08 Mar 2016 - 02:29 pm

File photo of paramilitary policemen standing on a truck as they travel past the Xinjiang International Grand Bazaar during an anti-terrorism oath-taking rally...

Bangladesh's top court upholds Islamist tycoon's death sentence 08 Mar 2016 - 02:00 pm

Bangladeshi Jamaat-e-Islami party leader Mir Quasem Ali waves as he enters a van at the International Crimes Tribunal court in Dhaka in this...

China says little to cheer in improved ties with "two-faced" Japan 08 Mar 2016 - 12:39 pm

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi gestures as he speaks during a news conference on the sidelines of the National People's Congress, in Beijing,...

Jaitley withdraws provident fund tax proposal 08 Mar 2016 - 11:29 am

Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. Reuters New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said the government was withdrawing one of the much-resisted...

21 militants killed in NW Pakistan offensive: military 08 Mar 2016 - 11:23 am

Islamabad: Pakistan said Tuesday it has killed 21 militants in air strikes and ground operations that began overnight in a northwest border region...

Philippine court shakes up election race by allowing Poe to run 08 Mar 2016 - 11:19 am

Philippine Senator Grace Poe, daughter of late local movie actor Fernando Poe Jr, waves to her supporters during her proclamation rally inside the...

South Korea issues new sanctions against North, bans ships via North ports 08 Mar 2016 - 10:49 am

Lee Suk-joon, chief of the Office for Government Policy Coordination, holds a press conference at the government complex in Seoul, South Korea, 08...

China's foreign minister says not looking to supplant US 08 Mar 2016 - 10:38 am

A file picture of China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi. Reuters BEIJING: China is not looking to supplant the United States or become another...

Saudi foreign minister arrives in India 08 Mar 2016 - 10:00 am

Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir attends an interview in Riyadh, January 4, 2016. Reuters New Delhi: Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Adel Al...

CBI questions staff of Kerjiwal's principal secretary 08 Mar 2016 - 09:51 am

AAP principal secretary Rajendra Kumar New Delhi: The CBI on Tuesday called the staff of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's principal secretary Rajendra...

Girl who complained of molestation set on fire in Aligarh 08 Mar 2016 - 09:46 am

Lucknow: A Class 11 student was set on fire by family members of her harasser in Aligarh, police said on Tuesday. The severely...

Two injured as security force fire in Kashmir 08 Mar 2016 - 09:45 am

Srinagar: Two people were injured when security personnel opened fire at protesters in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district on Tuesday after being attacked...

Australia assures MH370 families they are not forgotten 08 Mar 2016 - 09:43 am

Many of the passengers on board MH370 were their family's primary breadwinners, leaving their families in straitened circumstances (AFP Photo/Fred Dufour) Sydney: Australia...