World / Asia

Azeri president's supporters heckle as observers declare election unfair 12 Apr 2018 - 05:51 pm

BAKU: Supporters of Azerbaijan's president forced election monitors to halt a news conference on Thursday where they were announcing they had found the...

Taliban attack on Afghan government compound kills 15 12 Apr 2018 - 11:34 am

KABUL, Afghanistan: The Taliban stormed a government compound in central Afghanistan early on Thursday, triggering an hours-long gunbattle that killed 15, including three...

Child's rape, killing in India mired in religious politics 12 Apr 2018 - 11:03 am

Srinagar, India: The girl, just 8 years old, was grazing her family's ponies on a chilly January day in the forests of the...

Inuka, first polar bear born in the tropics, may be put down 12 Apr 2018 - 10:51 am

Singapore: An elderly polar bear at Singapore zoo, one of the site's most beloved animals, may be put down after its health deteriorated...

India's top court to provide daycare facilities, after years of requests 12 Apr 2018 - 10:37 am

CHENNAI, India: India's Supreme Court will set-up a daycare centre for its staff, which advocates said will increase the number of women in...

Hunger games: India PM to fast as politics gets gutsy 11 Apr 2018 - 07:50 pm

New Delhi: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lead a day-long fast on Thursday in a tit-for-tat protest against the opposition, whose leaders...

Kin of Japanese abducted by North Korea ask US envoy to help 10 Apr 2018 - 11:08 pm

TOKYO: Families of Japanese abducted by North Korea decades ago have asked the U.S. ambassador to Japan to urge President Donald Trump to...

Go home to vote: Malaysian Twitter users, firms offer to pay travel costs 10 Apr 2018 - 11:08 pm

KUALA LUMPUR: With a general election called for midweek on May 9, Malaysians took to social media on Tuesday to offer funding to...

Russia's foreign minister to visit North Korea 10 Apr 2018 - 01:47 pm

MOSCOW: Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said he has accepted any invitation to visit North Korea. Lavrov said in televised comments on Tuesday...

India charity's joy at Harry, Markle wedding gesture 10 Apr 2018 - 12:34 pm

Mumbai, An Indian charity championing menstrual hygiene is over the moon at being chosen as one of seven organisations to benefit from Prince...

Motorcycle bombs injure 12 in southern Thailand 10 Apr 2018 - 11:25 am

BANGKOK, Police in Thailand say they believe three bombs that injured 12 people in a town on the border with Malaysia were planted...

Philippine high court hears arguments to remove Duterte 'enemy' Sereno 10 Apr 2018 - 10:13 am

Manila: The Philippine Supreme Court began hearing arguments on Tuesday on a government bid to invalidate the appointment of the court's top judge,...

21 children die in India when school bus plunges into gorge 09 Apr 2018 - 06:00 pm

NEW DELHI: Indian police say at least 21 children were killed when their school bus skidded off a mountain road and plunged into...

Wind topples giant statue of China's first emperor 09 Apr 2018 - 05:59 pm

Beijing: A strong gale-force wind has toppled a giant statue of China's first emperor Qin Shi Huang and flattened its face at a...

Indonesia jails bus terminal bombing mastermind for nine years 09 Apr 2018 - 12:06 pm

JAKARTA, An Indonesian court on Monday jailed the mastermind behind last year's Islamic State-linked suicide bombings at a Jakarta bus terminal for nine...

100 injured in major student protests in Bangladesh 09 Apr 2018 - 09:59 am

Dhaka: Thousands of students across Bangladesh staged protests and sit-ins Monday after clashes at the country's top university left at least 100 people...

Bangladesh police fire tear gas at student protesters 08 Apr 2018 - 08:18 pm

Dhaka: Bangladesh police Sunday fired tear gas at thousands of students who gathered in the capital demanding cuts in "discriminatory" job quotas. The...