World / Asia

North Korea's Kim hails 'successful' submarine missile test 24 Apr 2016 - 10:06 am

Seoul: North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un hailed a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) test as an "eye-opening success", state media said Sunday, declaring Pyongyang...

Japan's Abe orders extra budget for earthquake reconstruction 24 Apr 2016 - 09:16 am

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attends a news conference at his official residence in Tokyo, Japan, March 29, 2016. REUTERS/Yuya Shino Japan's Prime...

India revokes Mallya's passport amid loan scandal 24 Apr 2016 - 09:09 am

File picture of the former airline boss Vijay Mallya New Delhi: India's government has revoked embattled former airline boss Vijay Mallya's passport, after...

China says Brunei, Cambodia, Laos agree sea dispute must not hurt ties 24 Apr 2016 - 08:17 am

Newly elected Laos President Bounnhang Vorachit (R) greets visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (L), during a meeting at the Government House in...

North Korea to halt nuke tests if US stops drills 24 Apr 2016 - 08:06 am

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits the Paektusan Hero Youth Power Station No. 3 in this undated photo released by North Korea's ...

IS says group killed Bangladesh professor 23 Apr 2016 - 05:50 pm

Bangladeshi professor Rezaul Karim Siddique taught at Rajshahi University. Photograph: Mohammad Abdullah Iqbal/AFP Dubai: The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the hacking...

US warns North Korea over latest missile test 23 Apr 2016 - 05:20 pm

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits the Paektusan Hero Youth Power Station No. 3 in this undated photo released by North Korea's...

Pakistani Taliban claim killing of Sikh lawmaker 23 Apr 2016 - 03:39 pm

PESHAWAR: The Pakistani Taliban have claimed the killing of a Sikh lawmaker in the country's northwest. Militant spokesman Mohammad Khurasani said Saturday that...

Philippines: 7 marines injured in new Abu Sayyaf cla 23 Apr 2016 - 03:13 pm

ZAMBOANGA: At least seven soldiers have suffered wounds in a fresh clash with a Daesh-linked group in a troubled Philippines southern province where...

Cambodian passenger bus crash kills eight: police 23 Apr 2016 - 03:09 pm

Phnom Penh: At least eight Cambodians were killed and 33 others injured Saturday when a passenger bus collided into an oncoming crane truck...

N. Korea tests submarine-launched missile: South 23 Apr 2016 - 02:59 pm

Sung Kim, US special representative for North Korea policy, makes brief remarks to media at the Westin Chaoyang Hotel in Beijing city, China,...

Bangladesh professor hacked to death in suspected Islamist attack 23 Apr 2016 - 02:29 pm

Bangladeshi professor Rezaul Karim Siddique taught at Rajshahi University. Photograph: Mohammad Abdullah Iqbal/AFP Dhaka: Unidentified attackers hacked to death a university professor in...

Top Philippine candidate pushes 'kill criminals' message 23 Apr 2016 - 10:21 am

Filipino presidential candidate, Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, speaks to supporters during a campaign rally in Manila, Philippines, 23 April 2016. EPA/FRANCIS R....

A year after Nepal quake, some united in grief; others climb again 23 Apr 2016 - 10:05 am

Rescuers work near damaged buildings after an earthquake at Sankhu, on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal May 1, 2015. REUTERS/NAVESH CHITRAKAR/FILE PHOTO By...

China chemical blaze put out after 16 hours 23 Apr 2016 - 09:56 am

Firefighters and paramilitary policemen carry goods and materials near a site of an explosion at a chemical storage facility in Taizhou, Jiangsu Province, ...

Pakistani Taliban claim killing of minority minister 23 Apr 2016 - 09:49 am

A policeman guards a police vehicle after it was attacked by Taliban gunmen in Karachi, Pakistan April 20, 2016. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro Peshawar, Pakistan:...

Suspected Islamist militants kill Bangladesh teacher: Police 23 Apr 2016 - 08:49 am

File picture used for representation DHAKA: Suspected Islamist militants brutally murdered a university professor on Saturday in northwestern Bangladesh, a police official told...