World / Asia

World court orders review of Pakistan death sentence for alleged Indian spy 17 Jul 2019 - 04:16 pm

THE HAGUE: The World Court on Wednesday ordered Pakistan to review the death penalty given in 2017 to former Indian navy commander Kulbhushan...

Pakistan arrests US-wanted terror suspect in Mumbai attacks 17 Jul 2019 - 03:39 pm

Multan: Pakistan on Wednesday arrested a radical cleric and U.S.-wanted terror suspect implicated in the 2008 Mumbai attacks, officials said, just days ahead...

Millions stranded in India as early monsoon downpours bring flood havoc 17 Jul 2019 - 02:41 pm

GUWAHATI, INDIA: Millions of people are stranded by flooding in northeast India with concern growing about food and water supplies even though the...

Monsoon rains wreak flood havoc across South Asia 17 Jul 2019 - 02:08 am

New Delhi: Survivors scrambled for higher ground as torrential monsoon rains swept away homes and triggered landslides across South Asia Tuesday, with millions...

78 dead in Nepal as flooding wreaks havoc in South Asia 17 Jul 2019 - 02:08 am

GAUHATI, India: Monsoon flooding and landslides continued to cause havoc in South Asia on Tuesday, with the death toll rising to 78 in...

'They bombed our livelihoods': Sri Lanka's tourism firms struggle after attacks 17 Jul 2019 - 02:08 am

UNWATUNA/GALLE, Sri Lanka: Pearl Divers, a diving school on one of Sri Lanka's most popular southern beaches, shut shop for two months after...

Indonesia seizes notorious fishing vessel wanted by Interpol 17 Jul 2019 - 02:08 am

Jakarta: A notorious Panama-flagged vessel wanted by Interpol for illegal fishing has been seized by Indonesia, authorities said Tuesday. The MV NIKA --...

Pakistan reopens airspace to civil aviation after India standoff 16 Jul 2019 - 09:00 pm

ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI: Pakistan reopened its airspace to international civil aviation on Tuesday after months of restrictions imposed because of clashes with India, which...

Google Warns Hong Kong’s Joshua Wong of Government-Backed Hackers 16 Jul 2019 - 01:48 pm

Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong said that Google Inc. warned him about government-backed hacking attempts as the former British colony’s historic protests continue...

Korean tears at breaking goal duck at world water polo 16 Jul 2019 - 11:46 am

Gwangju, South Korea: South Korea's female water polo team have lost their first two games at the world championships by an eye-watering aggregate...

4-story building collapses in Mumbai; several feared trapped 16 Jul 2019 - 11:08 am

MUMBAI: A four-story residential building collapsed Tuesday in a crowded neighborhood in Mumbai, India's financial and entertainment capital, and several people were feared...

Hopes fade for 10 miners trapped underground at Pakistan colliery 15 Jul 2019 - 11:19 pm

Quetta: At least 10 miners are trapped more than a kilometre (nearly a mile) underground after a fire started by an electrical short...

Deadly monsoon destroys 5,000 shelters in Bangladesh Rohingya camps 15 Jul 2019 - 11:19 pm

Balukhali, Bangladesh: At least 10 people have died and thousands of shanty homes have been destroyed by monsoon rains in overcrowded Rohingya refugee...

13 Assam Rifles troopers dead in Himachal building collapse 15 Jul 2019 - 11:19 pm

Shimla: Thirteen soldiers and a civilian were killed and 28 others rescued after a four-storey “unsafe” building in Himachal Pradesh’s Kumarhatti town where...

Shanghai leads battle against China's rising mountain of trash 15 Jul 2019 - 11:19 pm

Shanghai: Nie Feng used to toss his rubbish outside his Shanghai flat without a thought while rushing to work, but saving China from...

Over 100 killed, millions displaced from floods in India, Nepal and Bangladesh 15 Jul 2019 - 09:50 pm

GUWAHATI, India/KATHMANDU, Nepal: Floods have forced more than four million people from their homes across India, Nepal and Bangladesh and killed more than...