World / Asia

Indonesians to vote in world's biggest single-day election 14 Apr 2019 - 10:26 am

JAKARTA, Tens of millions of Indonesians will vote in presidential and parliamentary elections this week after campaigns focused on the economy, but with...

Three killed in aircraft runway accident near Everest 14 Apr 2019 - 09:56 am

Kathmandu: A small plane veered off the runway and hit two helicopters while taking off near Mount Everest on Sunday, killing three people...

North Korea's Kim ready for third summit with Trump 13 Apr 2019 - 07:49 pm

ANKARA: If the U.S. offers a plan by the end of 2019 that both countries can accept, North Korea’s leader can again meet...

China denounces protectionism in swipe at US trade policy 13 Apr 2019 - 07:13 pm

WASHINGTON: Protectionism has harmed mutual trust among countries and limited the scope for multilateral cooperation, a vice governor of China's central bank said...

The Wangjing SOHO development (L), designed by the late Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid, is seen in Beijing on April 13, 2019. AFP / NICOLAS ASFOURI

Indonesians flock to final presidential campaign rallies 13 Apr 2019 - 06:45 pm

JAKARTA, Indonesia: Tens of thousands of Indonesians flocked to presidential campaign rallies Saturday ahead of a final debate between the two candidates, and...

Fighting across Afghanistan as Taliban opens offensive before talks 13 Apr 2019 - 05:12 pm

KABUL: Taliban forces attacked the northern Afghan city of Kunduz on Saturday, a day after the launch of their annual spring offensive, as...

Modi allies in soup over threats to Indian voters 13 Apr 2019 - 04:52 pm

New Delhi: Two top members of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party including an estranged member of the Gandhi dynasty were in hot water...

'Mikhail Gorbachev' running for office in Indonesia polls 12 Apr 2019 - 06:54 pm

Jakarta: Mikhail Gorbachev is running for office in Indonesian elections next week, but it's not the octogenarian ex-Soviet leader who helped bring an...

Pakistan vegetable market bomb kills 16, half of them minority Hazaras 12 Apr 2019 - 11:30 am

QUETTA: A bomb hidden between bags of potatoes at an outdoor Pakistani market killed at least 16 people on Friday, half of them...

Inside the Pakistani madrasa where India said it killed hundreds of "terrorists" 11 Apr 2019 - 12:14 pm

JABA, Pakistan: A madrasa, or Islamic school, on a remote hilltop in northeastern Pakistan that was the target of an Indian air strike...

Modi favourite as India's incredible election begins 11 Apr 2019 - 07:41 am

New Delhi: India's gargantuan election, the biggest in history, kicked off on Thursday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking a second term from...

Philippines bans workers' deployment to Libya amid fighting 10 Apr 2019 - 01:59 pm

MANILA, Philippines: The Philippine labor secretary says the government has imposed a total ban on the deployment of Filipino workers to Libya because...

Singapore in second major pangolin seizure in a week 10 Apr 2019 - 12:28 pm

Singapore: Singaporean authorities said Wednesday they had discovered nearly 13 tonnes of pangolin scales worth about $38 million in a shipping container, the...

India bans Modi film until after election: officials 10 Apr 2019 - 12:09 pm

New Delhi: A biopic about Prime Minister Narendra Modi described by his opponents as propaganda has been barred from release during the national...

Disabled Myanmar teen football champ defies the odds 10 Apr 2019 - 09:39 am

Yangon: Football-obsessed Myanmar teen Kaung Khant Lin roots for Manchester United, worships star Lionel Messi and was honoured as the best player in...

Dalai Lama recovering from chest infection in hospital 10 Apr 2019 - 08:56 am

NEW DELHI: The Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, is doing fine after he was admitted to a New Delhi hospital with a...

Seoul cancels permit for new Japanese embassy building 10 Apr 2019 - 08:47 am

Seoul: Authorities in Seoul have cancelled the permit for a new Japanese embassy building citing construction delays, local officials said Wednesday, with relations...