World / Asia

Rescued Thai soccer team unable to attend World Cup final 10 Jul 2018 - 05:38 pm

Moscow: The youth soccer team rescued from a cave in Thailand will be unable to accept FIFA's invitation to attend the World Cup...

All 13 rescued from flooded Thai cave: Navy SEAL unit 10 Jul 2018 - 03:23 pm

CHIANG RAI, Thailand: All 12 boys and their soccer coach trapped for more than two weeks deep inside a flooded Thai cave have...

An ambulance leaves from the Tham Luang cave area as the operations continue for those still trapped inside the cave in Khun Nam Nang Non Forest Park in the Mae Sai district of Chiang Rai province on July 10, 2018. (AFP / YE AUNG THU)

Tenth person rescued from Thai cave on third day of operation 10 Jul 2018 - 12:27 pm

CHIANG RAI, Thailand: A tenth person was rescued on Tuesday from a flooded Thai cave complex where 12 boys and their soccer coach...

Giant crocodile captured in Australia to stop it going to town 10 Jul 2018 - 11:58 am

SYDNEY: Authorities in Australia have caught a saltwater crocodile measuring almost 5 metres (16.4 ft), one of the biggest on record, to stop...

Widow of Nobel dissident Liu Xiaobo 'leaves China' 10 Jul 2018 - 11:18 am

Beijing: Liu Xia, the widow of Chinese Nobel dissident Liu Xiaobo who had been under de facto house arrest in China, left the...

Suicide bomber kills 10 in Afghanistan's city of Jalalabad 10 Jul 2018 - 11:01 am

Kabul: A suicide bomber blew himself up on Tuesday in the Afghan city of Jalalabad, killing at least 10 people, government officials said,...

Third mission underway at Thai cave, aims to rescue all left 10 Jul 2018 - 09:26 am

MAE SAI, Thailand: Divers have begun the third phase of the rescue of a youth soccer team trapped for more than two weeks...

Japan struggles to deliver relief to victims of worst flood in decades 10 Jul 2018 - 08:49 am

KURASHIKI, Japan: Japan struggled on Tuesday to restore utilities and bring relief to the victims of its worst floods in 36 years, facing...

Eight rescued from Thai cave, but five remain trapped 09 Jul 2018 - 06:12 pm

Mae Sai, Thailand: Elite divers hauled four more young footballers out of a flooded Thai cave on Monday, authorities said, bringing to eight...

Ambulance leaves Thai cave on 2nd day of rescue operation 09 Jul 2018 - 01:47 pm

MAE SAI, Thailand: An ambulance with flashing lights left the site of a flooded cave in northern Thailand where a youth soccer team...

Indian court upholds death sentences over 2012 gang-rape 09 Jul 2018 - 12:11 pm

New Delhi: India's Supreme Court on Monday upheld death sentences handed down to three men over the gang-rape and murder of a woman...

Taiwan issues warning as Typhoon Maria approaches 09 Jul 2018 - 12:02 pm

Taipei: Ferries were suspended and farmers rushed for last-minute harvests Monday as Taiwan braced for Typhoon Maria, with warnings of possible mudslides and...

Raising the standard: women outdo men at India's official flag maker 09 Jul 2018 - 11:35 am

Tulasigeri, India: When top Indian officials salute the national flag anywhere in the world, women in a village at the other end of...

New Zealand lawmaker fined for making phone call from plane 09 Jul 2018 - 09:56 am

WELLINGTON, New Zealand: New Zealand's transport minister said Monday he will pay a small fine for violating aviation rules by making a cellphone...

Massive fire rips through Bali port 09 Jul 2018 - 09:43 am

Benoa, Indonesia: A massive fire laid waste to dozens of boats at a Bali port on Monday as firefighters battled to bring the...

Thai minister blames tour operators for boat disaster; 11 still missing 09 Jul 2018 - 09:17 am

BANGKOK, A Thai government minister on Monday blamed Chinese tour operators for the deaths of more than 40 people, most of them Chinese...

Modi lauds Indian gymnast for first gold in world event 09 Jul 2018 - 09:11 am

New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the tributes Monday for woman gymnast Dipa Karmakar who bagged India's first ever gold medal in...

Ex-Pakistani PM's son-in-law jailed to serve one-year term 09 Jul 2018 - 07:50 am

Islamabad: Pakistani authorities have sent the son-in-law of the former prime minister to jail after a court sentenced him to one-year imprisonment in...