World / Asia

North Korean sends top diplomat to key ally China 06 Dec 2018 - 01:59 pm

BEIJING: North Korea's foreign minister arrived in key ally China on Thursday for talks amid stalled efforts to persuade his government to dismantle...

Sri Lanka's political crisis spurs cancellations at peak tourist period 06 Dec 2018 - 01:42 pm

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's travel industry is starting to suffer the fallout of a political crisis in the middle of its peak tourist season,...

Five Marines missing after two U.S. aircraft collide, crash into sea off Japan 06 Dec 2018 - 10:05 am

TOKYO/WASHINGTON: Five U.S. Marines were missing after two Marine Corps aircraft collided in mid-air and crashed into the sea off the coast of...

As Japan considers allowing more foreigners, tiny rural town wants to go further 06 Dec 2018 - 09:40 am

AKITAKATA: Brazilian Luan Dartora Taniuti settled in the remote municipality of Akitakata in southwest Japan when he was nine. Leonel Maia of East...

New Zealand military braces for climate change battle 06 Dec 2018 - 09:11 am

Wellington: The New Zealand Defence Force identified climate change as one of its biggest security challenges Thursday, warning that responding to global warming...

From dream to nightmare: Afghan 'Little Messi' forced to flee 06 Dec 2018 - 07:59 am

Kabul: Murtaza Ahmadi moved the world with his love for footballer Lionel Messi in 2016. His dream of meeting the Argentinian came true,...

Nepal attempts record with a Dead Sea of plastic bags 05 Dec 2018 - 02:50 pm

Kathmandu: Young Nepalis created a map of the Dead Sea with used plastic bags Wednesday in a bid to set a new international...

Indonesia hunts suspects in alleged Papua mass killing 05 Dec 2018 - 11:33 am

Wamena, Indonesia, Indonesian soldiers hunted Wednesday for rebels suspected of killing as many as 24 construction workers in restive Papua province, as an...

Insurgents kill 4 in attack on Afghan checkpoint 05 Dec 2018 - 10:28 am

Kabul: Taliban targeted a police checkpoint in the western Herat province, setting off a battle in which a policeman and three civilians were...

Singapore lodges "strong protest" with Malaysia over port extension 04 Dec 2018 - 02:20 pm

SINGAPORE: Singapore has lodged a "strong protest" with Malaysia over its plan to extend the limits of a port in Malaysia's southern-most state,...

Making the world hotter: India's expected AC explosion 04 Dec 2018 - 02:19 pm

Behror: Ratan Kumar once battled India's brutal summers with damp bedsheets and midnight baths. Now he is among millions upon millions of Indians...

Australia to pass law granting police access to encrypted messages 04 Dec 2018 - 10:54 am

Australia is set to pass legislation giving police and intelligence agencies access to encrypted messages on platforms such as WhatsApp, despite protests from...

India pollution watchdog fines Delhi over toxic smog 04 Dec 2018 - 10:49 am

New Delhi: India's environmental watchdog has slapped New Delhi's government with a $3.5 million fine for failing to enforce rules to reduce smog...

Afghan official: Taliban storm checkpoint, kill police chief 04 Dec 2018 - 10:27 am

KABUL: An Afghan official says the Taliban stormed a police checkpoint in northern Sari Pul province, killing a district police chief and another...

Walking, talking and separated: Bangladesh conjoined twins go home 04 Dec 2018 - 10:13 am

Dhaka: Bangladeshi twins conjoined at birth have gone home nearly a year and a half after being separated in the country's first such...

Ghosn arrest puts Japan's justice system in the dock 04 Dec 2018 - 10:00 am

Tokyo, The shock arrest of former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn has thrown the international spotlight onto Japan's criminal justice system, where suspects face...