World / Asia

Pakistan army courts sentence nine militants to death 01 Jan 2016 - 05:50 pm

Islamabad: Pakistan military courts have sentenced nine men to death for terrorism-related offences or attacks on minority Shiites, the army said Friday. Pakistan...

China's new two-child policy law takes effect 01 Jan 2016 - 05:44 pm

Beijing: Married couples in China will from Friday be allowed to have two children, after concerns over an ageing population and shrinking workforce...

Kim Jong-Un vows to raise living standards, warns foreign 'provocateurs' 01 Jan 2016 - 05:38 pm

A South Korean soldier walks past a television screen showing a broadcast of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un's New Year speech, at a...

PM Abe pledges to keep Japan out of war 01 Jan 2016 - 05:02 pm

Tokyo: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday promised he will keep his nation out of war following the introduction of contentious new...

Nepal's ex-child soldier blazes ultra running trail 01 Jan 2016 - 04:40 pm

Kathmandu: As a child soldier with Nepal's Maoists, Mira Rai learned to fire guns, disarm opponents and race down trails, little imagining her...

China arrests 11 for deadly landslide, death toll now 12 01 Jan 2016 - 04:35 pm

File photo BEIJING: Chinese authorities have formally arrested 11 people for their role in a deadly landslide last month in the southern boomtown...

INSIGHT: Microsoft failed to warn victims of Chinese email hack: former employees 01 Jan 2016 - 03:46 pm

By Joseph Menn SAN FRANCISCO: Microsoft Corp experts concluded several years ago that Chinese authorities had hacked into more than a thousand Hotmail...

China says extremism losing grip in restless Xinjiang 01 Jan 2016 - 03:11 pm

A local woman on a crutch shouts at Chinese paramilitary police wearing riot gear as a crowd of angry locals confront security forces...

Philippine New Year mayhem kills two, injures hundreds 01 Jan 2016 - 01:52 pm

A resident throws water from a bucket on the roof of a house as he tries to extinguish a fire at a residential...

North Korea's Kim blames South for mistrust in New Year speech 01 Jan 2016 - 01:11 pm

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends the 3rd Meeting of Activists in Fisheries under the Korean People's Army (KPA) in this undated...

Smog-shrouded Delhi pulls cars off roads 01 Jan 2016 - 11:46 am

Indian civil defence volunteers hold placards reading: 'I will make the Delhi pollution free', at a traffic light during the first day of...

US-trained commandos in Philippines kill 10 militants: army 31 Dec 2015 - 06:42 pm

A file photo of US Marines taking positions after exiting an amphibious assault vehicle (AAV) during a beach exercise at San Antonio in...

Modi hits out at opposition over stalled reforms 31 Dec 2015 - 01:20 pm

File photo of Indian PM Narendra Modi New Delhi: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hit out at the main opposition Congress party Thursday,...

India ranks third in issuing passports 31 Dec 2015 - 01:03 pm

Agartala: India has ranked third in the world after China and the US for issuing 12 million passports this year, an official from...

Pakistani national among two militants killed in Kashmir 31 Dec 2015 - 12:54 pm

File photo for representation only Srinagar: Two separatist guerrillas were killed on Thursday in an overnight gunfight between holed up militants and security...

Centre revokes AAP government's suspension of two officials 31 Dec 2015 - 12:52 pm

New Delhi: The union Home ministry on Thursday declared null and void the suspension of two officers belonging to the 'DANICS' cadre by...

Pakistan, India can't live as enemies: Nawaz Sharif 31 Dec 2015 - 12:46 pm

File photo of Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi Islamabad: Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has invited India to...

Restrictions in Hyderabad on New Year's eve 31 Dec 2015 - 12:34 pm

File photo for representation only Hyderabad: Police in Hyderabad have imposed restrictions on movement of traffic on several key roads and flyovers in...