World / Asia

Gunmen kill 4 in northwestern Pakistan along Afghan border 28 Apr 2018 - 12:17 pm

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan: Gunmen fatally shot three local tourists and their driver in a tribal region along the Afghanistan border, official said...

"If we vote, we'll be killed" - Afghan villages face election threat 28 Apr 2018 - 10:55 am

CHARBULAK, Afghanistan: Villagers in Afghanistan say the Taliban have been telling them not to vote in elections planned later this year, threatening to...

Officials: Suicide car bomber kills 6 in Afghanistan 28 Apr 2018 - 10:27 am

KABUL, Afghanistan: A Taliban suicide bomber attacked an army base in southern Helmand province Saturday killing four civilians and two soldiers, officials said....

Xi, Modi agree to reduce border tensions 28 Apr 2018 - 10:10 am

Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Narendra Modi ended informal meetings in China Saturday with a promise to reduce border tensions...

S.Korea's spy chief plays key role in historic meeting with North 28 Apr 2018 - 09:57 am

SEOUL: Shedding tears behind South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korea's Kim Jong Un after the two leaders announced a historic agreement...

North and South Korean leaders hold historic summit, but pledges are short on detail 27 Apr 2018 - 08:39 pm

SEOUL: The leaders of North and South Korea embraced on Friday and pledged to work for the "complete denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula"...

Indian journalists say they intimidated, ostracised if they criticise Modi and the BJP 27 Apr 2018 - 08:00 pm

NEW DELHI: India has constitutional guarantees of freedom of speech and by some measures the biggest and most diverse media industry in the...

India's Modi invites China's Xi for an informal summit in 2019 27 Apr 2018 - 07:21 pm

WUHAN, China: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi invited Chinese President Xi Jinping to an informal summit next year as he began an ice-breaking...

Korean leaders aim for end of war, "complete denuclearisation" after historic summit 27 Apr 2018 - 12:54 pm

SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in embraced after pledging on Friday to work for the "complete...

Kim, Moon commit to goal of complete denuclearisation 27 Apr 2018 - 12:44 pm

Seoul: The leader of nuclear-armed North Korea Kim Jong Un and the South's President Moon Jae-in said they were committed to the denuclearisation...

Leaders of North, South Korea discuss denuclearisation, peace in first session 27 Apr 2018 - 08:52 am

SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in had "serious, frank" discussions on the denuclearisation of the Korean...

Pakistani court rules to remove FM for hiding assets 26 Apr 2018 - 03:41 pm

ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani court Thursday disqualified the country's foreign minister from holding office after a petition from a rival politician sought his removal...

China sends bombers around Taiwan in new show of force 26 Apr 2018 - 01:33 pm

Beijing: China flew bombers and fighter jets around Taiwan on Thursday, officials said, in a new show of force that the defence ministry...

13 children dead after train hits school bus in India 26 Apr 2018 - 08:50 am

New Delhi: At least 13 children were killed and five critically injured Thursday after a train smashed into a small school bus in...

Philippines police hold riot drills as Boracay closure challenged 25 Apr 2018 - 12:42 pm

Boracay, Philippines: Philippine police preparing to shut down the Boracay resort island staged drills in riot gear on Wednesday, startling the laid-back beach...