World / Asia

Cambodia's Hun Sen says will give speech to UN after "flawed election" 06 Aug 2018 - 12:16 pm

PHNOM PENH, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Monday he will give a speech to the United Nations General Assembly after claiming...

Indonesia evacuates tourists after Lombok quake kills 91 06 Aug 2018 - 11:59 am

Mataram, Indonesia, Indonesia Monday sent rescuers fanning out across the holiday island of Lombok and evacuated hundreds of tourists after a powerful earthquake...

Bangladesh must improve conditions for Rohingya, scrap island plan: HRW 06 Aug 2018 - 11:43 am

Bangkok, Bangladesh should dramatically improve living conditions for Rohingya in the world's largest refugee camp and scrap plans to move many to a...

Bangladesh considers capital punishment for driving deaths 06 Aug 2018 - 10:53 am

DHAKA, Bangladesh's cabinet on Monday will consider capital punishment for traffic accident deaths, a law ministry official said, as thousands of students held...

Quake hits Indonesia's Lombok island; tsunami warning lifted 05 Aug 2018 - 05:08 pm

JAKARTA, Indonesia: A strong earthquake struck Indonesia's popular tourist island of Lombok on Sunday, triggering a brief tsunami warning, one week after another...

Suicide attack kills three NATO soldiers in Afghanistan: official 05 Aug 2018 - 02:54 pm

Kabul: A suicide attack claimed by the Taliban killed three foreign soldiers on patrol in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, the deadliest assault on...

Bangladesh PM urges teen protesters to go home amid violence 05 Aug 2018 - 12:25 pm

Dhaka, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged students Sunday to go home as police fired tear gas during an eighth day of unprecedented...

115 students injured in clashes as Bangladesh teen protests turn violent 04 Aug 2018 - 09:29 pm

Dhaka: More than 100 people were injured in Bangladesh Saturday after police fired rubber bullets at students protesters, a doctor and witnesses said,...

North Korea criticises 'alarming' US behaviour 04 Aug 2018 - 02:22 pm

Singapore: North Korea on Saturday said the US was acting with "alarming" impatience on the issue of denuclearisation, after Secretary of State Mike...

At least 11 workers dead in India quarry blast 04 Aug 2018 - 09:39 am

New Delhi, At least 11 workers were killed and four others injured after a stock of dynamite caught fire and exploded at a...

Indian state's controversial citizens' list unites Modi critics 02 Aug 2018 - 08:53 pm

NEW DELHI: One of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's biggest critics is rallying opposition parties against his government after a new list of...

Nationwide student protests enter fifth day in Bangladesh 02 Aug 2018 - 08:38 pm

Dhaka: Bangladesh shut down high schools across the country Thursday as tens of thousands of students protested for a fifth straight day after...

Indian minister defends citizenship test, citing Muslim growth 02 Aug 2018 - 08:38 pm

NEW DELHI: An Indian minister on Wednesday defended a controversial citizens' list to detect illegal immigrants from mainly Muslim Bangladesh, saying the growth...

Grey is the new black: Turkmen autocrat ditches the dye 02 Aug 2018 - 08:17 pm

Ashgabat, Turkmenistan: The ruler of ex-Soviet Turkmenistan has ditched his signature black hair dye -- a move that will be closely analysed in...

Deadly heatwaves threaten China's northern breadbasket 01 Aug 2018 - 08:54 pm

Paris: The North China Plain, home to nearly 400 million people, could become a life-threatening inferno during future heat waves if climate change...

Powerful bomb in van kills at least 10 in south Philippines 31 Jul 2018 - 12:08 pm

MANILA, Philippines: A Filipino soldier, five militiamen and four villagers were killed by a powerful bomb that exploded in a van the troops...

Gunmen take dozens hostage in eastern Afghan city 31 Jul 2018 - 11:58 am

JALALABAD, Afghanistan: Suspected Islamist militants stormed a government building in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad on Tuesday, taking dozens of people hostage...

Militants hit city of Jalalabad: Afghan official 31 Jul 2018 - 11:04 am

KABUL, Afghanistan: An Afghan provincial official says a coordinated militant attack is underway in the city of Jalalabad, the capital of eastern Nangarhar...