World / Asia

Six killed in blasts as Kabul marks Persian New Year 21 Mar 2019 - 03:37 pm

Kabul: At least six people were killed by blasts in Kabul Thursday during Persian New Year celebrations in a Shiite area of the...

Six dead, dozens injured as blast rocks China chemical plant 21 Mar 2019 - 02:47 pm

Beijing: A huge explosion rocked a chemical plant in eastern China on Thursday, killing at least six people and injuring dozens as it...

Pilots searched for right checklist before Lion Air crash - investigators 21 Mar 2019 - 02:05 pm

JAKARTA: Indonesian investigators said on Thursday the cockpit voice recorder from a crashed Lion Air Boeing Co 737 MAX 8 jet showed pilots...

New Zealand bans assault weapons within days of massacre 21 Mar 2019 - 01:13 pm

Christchurch, New Zealand: New Zealand imposed a ban on assault weapons Thursday, moving swiftly following the Christchurch massacre and triggering renewed calls from...

Forced evictions illegal, slum dwellers have right to city: Delhi court 20 Mar 2019 - 08:01 pm

BANGKOK: The Delhi High Court has ruled that forced and unannounced evictions of slum dwellers without consultations or resettlement plans are illegal, striking...

New Zealand to hold memorial service for terror victims 20 Mar 2019 - 05:05 pm

ANKARA: New Zealand will hold memorial service on Friday for victims of last week's terror attacks on Muslim worshipers, country’s premier said on...

Kazakhstan renames capital as new president takes office 20 Mar 2019 - 04:11 pm

Almaty, Kazakhstan: Kazakhstan's new interim president was sworn in Wednesday following the shock resignation of the country's long-time ruler and in his first...

Pakistan sentences Czech model to 8 years on drug charge 20 Mar 2019 - 03:23 pm

LAHORE, Pakistan: A Pakistani court has sentenced a 22-year-old Czech model to eight years and eight months in prison on charges of drug...

Chasing youth vote, Indian parties blitz smartphones with political cartoons 20 Mar 2019 - 01:30 pm

Pune: Ganesh Bhalerao is a cartoonist hoping to go viral in the battle to secure Prime Minister Narendra Modi's re-election when India votes...

UK police arrest wealthy Indian jeweler Nirav Modi 20 Mar 2019 - 11:42 am

LONDON/NEW DELHI: Fugitive billionaire jeweller Nirav Modi, wanted by Indian authorities over a $2 billion loan fraud at state-run Punjab National Bank (PNB)...

Crisis at India's Jet worsens as it grounds planes, faces strike 20 Mar 2019 - 11:29 am

Mumbai: India's Jet Airways was fighting multiple crises Wednesday after grounding six planes, leaving it with only a third of its fleet flying,...

India's civil aviation minister calls for emergency meeting on Jet Airways 19 Mar 2019 - 10:25 am

NEW DELHI: India's civil aviation minister has called for an emergency meeting about Jet Airways Ltd as the cash-strapped carrier struggles to make...

Indonesia flood death toll rises to 89, dozens missing 19 Mar 2019 - 10:08 am

Sentani, Indonesia, At least 89 people are known to have died after flash floods and landslides tore through Indonesia's Papua region, with the...

Time for N. Korea to take concrete steps: Moon adviser 19 Mar 2019 - 09:50 am

Seoul: North Korea should take "actual action" towards giving up its nuclear weapons to break the deadlock in talks with Washington, a top...

Myanmar court jails Rakhine leader for 20 years for treason 19 Mar 2019 - 09:43 am

Sittwe, Myanmar, A Myanmar court on Tuesday sentenced a prominent ethnic Rakhine leader to 20 years in jail for treason, a verdict likely...

India's richest man helps tycoon brother avoid jail 19 Mar 2019 - 09:32 am

Mumbai, The epic feud between India's Ambani brothers has taken a new twist with the older and now vastly richer brother paying a...

"Our darkest of days": PM Ardern voices New Zealand's grief 19 Mar 2019 - 09:27 am

WELLINGTON/CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Tuesday praised the bravery and courage by mosque worshippers as a lone gunman massacred their...