World / Asia

Police and protesters clash in Indian capital over citizenship law 17 Dec 2019 - 06:08 pm

NEW DELHI: Police fired shots in the air as thousands of protesters took to the streets on Tuesday in the latest clashes in...

Pakistan ex-president Pervez Musharraf gets death sentence for treason 17 Dec 2019 - 10:36 am

Pakistani special court sentenced former president Pervez Musharraf to death in absentia, ending six-year-long high treason proceedings against him for suspending the nation’s...

7 years after Delhi gang rape, brutal India attacks continue 16 Dec 2019 - 10:59 pm

NEW DELHI: Days after an alleged gang-rape victim was set on fire, a note was left at the family home of an 18-year-old...

A workout, a horse ride, a song: a day in Turkmen leader's life 16 Dec 2019 - 10:59 pm

Ashgabat, Turkmenistan: Effortlessly bowling a strike, netting a basketball and riding a horse before thrashing out a new song with his grandson --...

In an Indian village, a woman's killing and alleged rape opens caste divides 16 Dec 2019 - 09:04 pm

HINDU NAGAR, India: When the young woman limped toward shopkeeper Ravindra Prakash, pleading for help on a dark and foggy morning in the...

Across India, opposition building against citizenship law 16 Dec 2019 - 07:05 pm

NEW DELHI: Thousands of university students flooded the streets of India's capital, while a southern state government led a march and demonstrators held...

India court convicts former ruling lawmaker of teen rape 16 Dec 2019 - 07:05 pm

New Delhi: A former ruling party lawmaker was convicted Monday of raping a teenager in a high-profile case that underscored India's rampant sexual...

India's Hindu nationalist trajectory under Modi 16 Dec 2019 - 07:05 pm

New Delhi: India's new citizenship law has stoked fears that Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to remould the world's largest democracy as a...

India says 20 crew kidnapped from tanker off West Africa 16 Dec 2019 - 05:04 pm

NEW DELHI: India's foreign ministry said on Monday that 20 of its nationals had been kidnapped from an oil tanker in West African...

Sri Lanka arrests Swiss Embassy worker who claimed abduction 16 Dec 2019 - 05:04 pm

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka: Sri Lankan police have arrested a Swiss Embassy employee who said she was abducted and then threatened to disclose embassy-related...

Rescuers race to find survivors after deadly Philippine quake 16 Dec 2019 - 11:48 am

Padada, Philippines: Rescuers in the southern Philippines used heavy equipment and their bare hands on Monday in hopes of finding several people feared...

US to announce 4,000-troop drawdown from Afghanistan: media 16 Dec 2019 - 07:53 am

Washington: The Trump administration will announce as early as this week plans to withdraw around 4,000 troops from Afghanistan, US media reported. Talks...

Violence flares at Indian citizenship law protest in Delhi 15 Dec 2019 - 08:14 pm

NEW DELHI: Police fired tear-gas and struck demonstrators with batons on Sunday in India's capital city, where thousands, including students at the Jamia...

Six dead in protests against Indian citizenship law 15 Dec 2019 - 04:41 pm

Guwahati, India: Angry protesters in northeast India vowed Sunday to keep demonstrating against a contentious citizenship law as the death toll from bloody...

Strong quake kills 1, collapses building in Philippines 15 Dec 2019 - 01:18 pm

Davao, Philippines: A strong earthquake jolted the southern Philippines on Sunday, killing at least one person and causing a three-story building to collapse,...

Strong quake causes damage, injuries in southern Philippines 15 Dec 2019 - 11:42 am

Manila: A powerful earthquake struck near the Philippine city of Davao on Sunday, damaging buildings and causing several injuries, officials said, the latest...