World / Asia

Car bomb hits checkpoint in rebellious Thai south 05 Jul 2016 - 09:19 am

File photo of a railroad damaged by a bomb planted by suspected separatist militants in the Rueso district in Thailand's restive southern province...

Bangladesh politician 'stunned' by son's role in attack 05 Jul 2016 - 08:47 am

Combination pictures of five men, allegedly the gunmen who carried out an attack in the capital Dhaka on July 1, 2016, posing with...

Aide to former Chinese president Hu Jintao jailed for life: media 04 Jul 2016 - 01:03 pm

Ling Jihua, then vice chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), during a meeting in Beijing March 11, 2013. (REUTERS/Jason Lee/File...

Bangladesh police trying to confirm ID of Dhaka attackers 04 Jul 2016 - 08:55 am

A relative mourns after receiving the body of a victim killed in the attack on the Holey Artisan Bakery and the O'Kitchen Restaurant,...

PM Modi to fill cabinet vacancies Tuesday 04 Jul 2016 - 08:01 am

NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will "expand" his cabinet on Tuesday, a government spokesman said, largely filling up vacancies caused by...

Kerry offers Bangladesh FBI help as police probe attackers' links 04 Jul 2016 - 07:48 am

File photo of US Secretary of State John Kerry. Reuters DHAKA: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has offered Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh...

Bangladesh denies IS link after hostage bloodbath 03 Jul 2016 - 06:58 pm

A Bangladeshi child leaves a floral arrangement on a road block leading to the Holey Artisan Bakery, the scene of a fatal attack...

Thousands protest Myanmar govt's new term for Rohingya 03 Jul 2016 - 02:50 pm

In this photograph taken on July 2, 2016, a Muslim Rohingya children are seen at one of the displacement camp in Sittwe located...

At least 40 feared dead in rains, landslides in northern India 03 Jul 2016 - 02:29 pm

This handout photograph released on July 2, 2016 by the Indian Army shows Indian soldiers searching for survivors of a landslide following torrential...

China eyes hunt for alien life with giant telescope 03 Jul 2016 - 01:51 pm

The last panel of China's world largest radio telescope named "FAST", is installed in Pingtang county, Guizhou Province, China, July 3, 2016. China...

31 killed in northern Pakistan flash floods 03 Jul 2016 - 01:26 pm

Islamabad: At least 31 people were on Sunday killed after torrential rain hit Chitral’s Arsoon area in northern Pakistan, triggering flash floods in...

Flash floods kill 33 in northern Pakistan: officials 03 Jul 2016 - 12:08 pm

A shopkeeper tries to save belongings as residents use a bridge covered with floodwater after heavy rain in Nowshera District on the outskirts...

Bangladesh had tried to arrest five of the gunmen behind restaurant killings before 03 Jul 2016 - 11:00 am

Three Bangladeshi policemen look into the back garden of an upscale cafe in Dhaka on July 03, 2016 a day after a bloody...

Three US students, one a US citizen, killed in Bangladesh attack 03 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

Relatives of a hostage are seen walking away from an upscale restaurant in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka on June 2, 2016, following a...

Nine Italians killed, one missing in Bangladesh attack 02 Jul 2016 - 06:05 pm

A Bangladeshi armoured military tank makes its way past a police barricade near an upscale restaurant inDhaka on July 2, 2016, following a...

Philippine police kill 10 in Duterte's war on crime 02 Jul 2016 - 04:11 pm

The dead body of a suspected drug dealer lies on the ground with a placard reading "Chinese Drug Lord" in Manila on July...

Italy PM says Italians killed in "madness" of Dhaka attack 02 Jul 2016 - 02:17 pm

Army soldiers take their positions near the Holey Artisan restaurant after Islamist militants attacked the upscale cafe in Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 2, 2016....