World / Asia

Australia warns on encrypted apps as Southeast Asia vows terror cooperation 17 Mar 2018 - 12:33 pm

Sydney: Use of encrypted messaging apps to plan terrorist attacks is the greatest threat facing intelligence agencies in modern times, Australia warned Saturday...

Former Vietnam Prime Minister Phan Van Khai dies at 84 17 Mar 2018 - 12:33 pm

HANOI, Vietnam: Phan Van Khai, an architect of Vietnam's economic rise and the country's first prime minister to visit the United States after...

Spring comes to Tokyo with first cherry blossoms 17 Mar 2018 - 12:18 pm

Tokyo: Spring officially arrived in Tokyo on Saturday as Japan's weather agency declared the start of the cherry blossom season, prompting viewers to...

Mass arrests in Maldives as activists defy emergency 17 Mar 2018 - 11:55 am

Colombo: Maldivian authorities arrested more than 140 activists who defied a ban on rallies and demonstrated against a state of emergency imposed by...

7 dead as small plane slams into house in Philippines 17 Mar 2018 - 10:53 am

MANILA, Philippines, Philippine police say a small passenger plane carrying five people crashed into a house shortly after takeoff north of Manila and...

Cows throng Bondi Beach for Australia rural health cause 17 Mar 2018 - 10:30 am

Sydney: Moos sounded across Sydney's Bondi Beach Saturday as drovers on horseback mustered dozens of cows across its famous soft sands to raise...

Taliban claims deadly car bomb attack in Kabul 17 Mar 2018 - 09:47 am

Kabul: A suicide attacker blew up a bomb-laden vehicle in Kabul on Saturday, killing at least two civilians and wounding several others, an...

Baby Donald Trump causes a stir in Afghanistan 17 Mar 2018 - 09:20 am

Kabul: Donald Trump flops over his pink and white baby walker and rolls it around his family's modest home in Kabul, blissfully unaware...

Car bomb rocks Kabul, multiple casualties: official 17 Mar 2018 - 08:44 am

Kabul: A suicide attacker blew up a bomb-laden vehicle in Kabul on Saturday, killing at least two civilians and wounding several others, an...

Cambodia kicks off drills with "great friend" China as U.S. ties sour 17 Mar 2018 - 08:27 am

PHNOM PENH: China and Cambodia on Saturday kicked off military exercises focused on counter-terrorism and rescue operations, highlighting the strong ties between the...

North Korea's top diplomat meets Swedish leaders 16 Mar 2018 - 06:47 pm

Stockholm: North Korea's foreign minister held talks with Swedish officials on Friday amid reports the Scandinavian nation could help pave the way for...

Thai graffiti artists lionise slain panther 16 Mar 2018 - 04:37 pm

Bangkok: Bangkok graffiti artists painted a mural on Friday of panthers seated at a "Last Supper" table, the latest subversive depiction of an...

Hong Kong's judges voice fears over China influence in judiciary 15 Mar 2018 - 09:57 pm

HONG KONG: As Hong Kong's judges and senior lawyers paraded in ceremonial wigs and gowns on Jan 8 to mark the start of...

2 killed during land mine clearance training in Cambodia 15 Mar 2018 - 03:49 pm

Cambodia: A land mine exploded accidently during clearance training at a military base in western Cambodia on Thursday, killing two people, including an...

Afghan hostage shoots Taliban captors, killing seven 15 Mar 2018 - 12:48 pm

Kabul: An Afghan man taken hostage by the Taliban made a dramatic escape by stealing a gun while his captors were praying and...

Nepal plane crash survivors say it's a miracle they're alive 14 Mar 2018 - 01:54 pm

KATHMANDU, Nepal: Survivors of this week's plane crash at Nepal's main airport said Wednesday that it was a miracle they survived an accident...

Vietnamese recruited 2 months before Kim Jong Nam's murder 14 Mar 2018 - 01:41 pm

SHAH ALAM, Malaysia: The lawyer for a Vietnamese woman accused of murdering the estranged half brother of North Korea's leader says she was...

Philippines' Duterte moves to quit International Criminal Court 14 Mar 2018 - 10:47 am

Manila: President Rodrigo Duterte said Wednesday he was pulling the Philippines out of the treaty underpinning the International Criminal Court, which is examining...