World / Asia

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...

Cambodia's former opposition leader calls for election boycott 08 Apr 2018 - 03:24 pm

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia's former opposition leader, Sam Rainsy, called on Sunday for Cambodians to boycott a general election set for July 29 if...

US approves licence for Taiwan submarine plan 08 Apr 2018 - 08:43 am

Taipei: Washington has agreed to allow US defence contractors help Taiwan construct its own submarines, Taipei said, welcoming the breakthrough in long-standing ambitions...

Malaysia's Najib Razak targets key support base at manifesto launch 07 Apr 2018 - 06:43 pm

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak announced a raft of manifesto pledges targeting key voter bases on Saturday as his ruling coalition...

In Kashmir, 2 killings come amid tangles of fear and loyalty 07 Apr 2018 - 05:42 pm

HAJIN, India: The first man disappeared Monday night, when gunmen stormed his in-law's home in small-town Kashmir. The second disappeared two nights later,...

India agrees to open waterways, rail link to Nepal capital 07 Apr 2018 - 05:37 pm

KATHMANDU: India agreed on Saturday to construct a rail link to Nepal's capital, Kathmandu, and to open up inland waterways in the landlocked...

China sperm bank demands loyalty to Communist Party 06 Apr 2018 - 06:12 pm

Beijing: One of the largest sperm banks in Beijing has set loyalty to the Communist Party as a prerequisite for donors, in a...

Salman Khan guilty in blackbuck killing case 05 Apr 2018 - 09:15 am

Jodhpur: Actor Salman Khan was found guilty on Thursday in the 1998 blackbuck poaching case while the other four accused stars -- Sonali...

Airlines cut back flights as Philippine holiday hotspot prepares for closure 05 Apr 2018 - 07:53 am

MANILA: A decision by the Philippines to close the holiday hotspot of Boracay, which President Rodrigo Duterte has called a "cesspool", prompted airlines...

Australia begins privacy investigation into Facebook 05 Apr 2018 - 07:49 am

SYDNEY: Australia on Thursday said it had begun an investigation to decide whether social media giant Facebook Inc breached its privacy laws, after...

Deadly Indonesia oil spill caused by burst pipe: company 04 Apr 2018 - 02:40 pm

Balikpapan, Indonesia: An oil spill off Borneo island that led to five deaths and the declaration of a state of emergency was caused...

Mob burns homes in fresh India caste violence 04 Apr 2018 - 09:48 am

New Delhi: Hundreds of Indian security forces enforced a curfew on a tense district Wednesday after a mob set fire to the homes...

Taiwan protesters charged for vandalising former ruler's tomb 04 Apr 2018 - 08:51 am

Taipei, Protesters who vandalised the tomb of a former nationalist ruler in Taiwan have been charged in a case that highlights divided opinion...

Six found dead in Mali grave had been in military custody - Amnesty 03 Apr 2018 - 04:02 pm

DAKAR: Villagers in central Mali said six people found dead in a mass grave last month had been arrested by the military three...

Pilot dies in Myanmar military plane crash 03 Apr 2018 - 12:24 pm

Yangon: A Myanmar pilot died on Tuesday after a "technical failure" caused his military jet fighter to plummet into a paddy field in...

India withdraws controversial 'fake news' order after backlash 03 Apr 2018 - 12:11 pm

New Delhi: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday reversed an order to punish journalists found guilty of reporting "fake news", after an...

Indonesia's footless goalkeeper kicks home powerful message 03 Apr 2018 - 11:40 am

Indramayu, Indonesia: When Eman Sulaeman begged his parents to let him play football, the couple worried their young son -- born with no...

China ready for proportionate response to U.S. tariffs: envoy 03 Apr 2018 - 08:16 am

BEIJING: China will take counter-measures of the "same proportion" and scale if the United States imposes further tariffs on Chinese goods, China's ambassador...