World / Asia

Indian guru's festival set to go ahead despite outcry 10 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Green activists had filed a petition saying the three-day World Culture Festival, which starts March 11 and is organised by Sri Sri Ravi...

Mumbai women fighting for Right to Pee want men to join campaign 09 Mar 2016 - 04:13 pm

Indian models pose near an eco-friendly toilet during a one of a kind fashion show held at a park in Bangalore in March...

Japan court orders shutdown of two nuclear reactors over safety fears 09 Mar 2016 - 01:06 pm

This file photo taken on February 26, 2016 shows Kansai Electric Power's number 3 (L) and number 4 (R) reactors at the Takahama...

China charity law to forbid activity that 'endangers national security' 09 Mar 2016 - 12:25 pm

Attendants serve tea at the Great Hall of the People during the second plenary session of the National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, ...

Philippine president denies militants in south are linked to Islamic State 09 Mar 2016 - 12:11 pm

Philippine President Benigno Aquino speaks during a news conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo June 5, 2015. Reuters/Thomas Peter MANILA:...

Pain lingers five years on as tsunami-hit Japan town rises from ruins 09 Mar 2016 - 12:06 pm

A survivor walks through debris in Rikuzentakata, Iwate prefecture, where the earthquake and tsunami hit last week, March 18, 2011. REUTERS/Aly Song. By...

Indian teenager dies after being raped and set on fire 09 Mar 2016 - 11:32 am

New Delhi: A 16-year-old Indian girl who was raped and then set on fire on the roof of her home has died, police...

Opposition criticises army use for Art of Living event 09 Mar 2016 - 11:25 am

Workers lay carpet on the steps of a stage at the venue of World Culture Festival on the banks of the river Yamuna...

Total solar eclipse sweeps across Indonesia 09 Mar 2016 - 11:16 am

A partial solar eclipse is seen behind the Hindu's Prambanan Temple in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 09 March 2016. EPA/BIMO SATRIO Ternate, Indonesia: A total...

India, US to deepen collaboration against LeT, JeM 09 Mar 2016 - 11:14 am

By Arun Kumar Washington: India and the US have agreed to deepen their already close collaboration against Pakistan-based terror groups Lashkar-e-Taeba (LeT) and...

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...