World / Asia

Rajan leaves unprecedented bank reforms for Successor to finish 30 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

Raghuram Rajan in New Delhi, March 12, 2016. REUTERS / Anindito Mukherjee Anto Antony The Indian central-bank governor who takes over from Raghuram...

Drug pusher deaths jump as Philippine leader takes office 29 Jun 2016 - 12:13 pm

This photo taken on June 27, 2016 shows Philippines president-elect Rodrigo Duterte gesturing as he speaks before city hall employees in Davao City,...

Murders, violence on rise as parched central India battles for water 29 Jun 2016 - 12:05 pm

By Shuriah Niazi BHOPAL, India: Imrat Namdev and her younger sister Pushpa Namdev were neighbors in Chhatarpur district, in the drought-hit Indian region...

Mongolians vote for new parliament with economy on the rocks 29 Jun 2016 - 11:19 am

Villagers leave a polling station after voting for the parliamentary elections in Mandalgovi. AFP / JOHANNES EISELE By Terrence Edwards ULAANBAATAR: Mongolians voted...

Indonesia plans peat monitoring system to curb choking haze 29 Jun 2016 - 11:16 am

A passenger wearing a mask stands in thick haze as he waits for his ferry. Reuters Jakarta: Indonesia is planning a hi-tech monitoring...

Cambodia’s opposition faces second pay cut for demo 28 Jun 2016 - 04:02 pm

By Lauren Crothers PHNOM PENH: Opposition lawmakers in Cambodia are facing the possibility of having their salaries slashed for the second time as...

Shortage of safe land blocks Sri Lanka disaster relocation efforts 28 Jun 2016 - 12:29 pm

By Amantha Perera GAMTHUNA, Sri Lanka: Every time the wind picks up in the night, the Karunadasas get the shivers. The couple has...

Grenade attack on Malaysian pub wounds 8, police rule out terrorism 28 Jun 2016 - 07:55 am

KUALA LUMPUR: A grenade attack on a bar in Malaysia wounded eight people, including a Chinese national, police said on Tuesday, ruling out...

India PM Modi slams party colleague Swamy for attacks on central bank chief 28 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (file photo/The Peninsula) New Delhi: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday slammed a party colleague for "inappropriate"...

Myanmar official says peace needed to curb drug problem 27 Jun 2016 - 12:46 pm

By Kyaw Ye Lynn YANGON, Myanmar: A senior Myanmar government official stressed Monday that peace with ethnic armed groups is vital to the...

Malaysia’s Najib appoints new ministers to strengthen coalition 27 Jun 2016 - 12:26 pm

In this picture taken on June 25, 2016, Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak (R) looks on during a Ramadan event at the Putra...

Fire engulfs plane's wing after emergency landing in Singapore 27 Jun 2016 - 11:22 am

This handout image taken from video and received from passenger Lee Bee Yee on June 27, 2016 shows the right wing of a ...

Police to probe possible Honda airbag death in Malaysia 27 Jun 2016 - 10:57 am

File photo of a TAKATA logo in Michigan. Reuters Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian police are investigating the death of a driver after a minor...

India cuts RBI governor shortlist to 4 - officials 27 Jun 2016 - 08:56 am

File photo of State Bank of India (SBI) chairwoman Arundhati Bhattacharya in Mumbai, India. Reuters/Danish Siddiqui/Files By Douglas Busvine and Rupam Jain NEW...

Malaysian plane intercepted by Indonesian fighter jets: official 26 Jun 2016 - 04:51 pm

Kuala Lumpur: A Malaysian military transport plane was intercepted by two Indonesian jet fighters while flying a regular route over Indonesia's Natuna Islands,...

Indian women in workforce fell 10% in last decade 26 Jun 2016 - 12:14 pm

New Delhi: The participation of Indian women in the workforce fell 10 per cent in the past decade as India recorded the lowest...

Myanmar torches drugs worth nearly $60 million 26 Jun 2016 - 12:05 pm

A pile of seized drugs burn after being set on fire during a ceremony to mark the UN's "International Day against Drug Abuse...

US base worker held for drink-driving on Japan's Okinawa 26 Jun 2016 - 12:00 pm

Tokyo: An American base employee on Japan's Okinawa was arrested for suspected drink-driving Sunday, a week after tens of thousands of angry residents...