World / Asia

Tower crane collapse kills 3, injures 4 workers in S. Korea 10 Dec 2017 - 09:39 am

Seoul: Three workers were killed and four others injured after a high-rise crane collapsed at a construction site in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province in...

Indian trooper opens fire, kills four comrades 10 Dec 2017 - 09:25 am

New Delhi, A paramilitary soldier has killed four of his comrades and injured another inside a camp in central India, an official said...

China looks to nuclear option to ease winter heating woes 10 Dec 2017 - 09:14 am

SHANGHAI: With its smog-prone north desperate to slash coal consumption, China is looking to deploy nuclear power to provide reliable winter heating, raising...

Japanese man kills wife and priestess sister with sword in bizarre family feud-media 10 Dec 2017 - 08:32 am

TOKYO, A Japanese man wielding a sword killed his sister, a Shinto priestess, on the grounds of a Tokyo shrine, then stabbed his...

India's Modi faces test in home state as Gujarat votes 09 Dec 2017 - 03:31 pm

Ahmedabad, India: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state of Gujarat went to the polls on Saturday, in a key electoral test of...

N. Korean crew members arrested in Japan after items vanish 09 Dec 2017 - 09:16 am

Tokyo, Japanese police on Saturday arrested three North Korean crew members for suspected theft, a spokesman said, amid a fresh wave of North...

Vietnam police arrest ex-politburo member over misconduct 09 Dec 2017 - 08:48 am

Hanoi, Vietnamese police arrested on Friday a former top Communist Party official suspected of misconduct while he was chairman of the main state...

India's PM Modi faces test as his home state votes 09 Dec 2017 - 08:40 am

Ahmedabad, India, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state of Gujarat began voting on Saturday, in a key electoral test of his popularity...

North Korea says U.S. threats make war unavoidable as China urges calm 07 Dec 2017 - 08:36 pm

SEOUL: Two American B-1B heavy bombers joined large-scale combat drills over South Korea on Thursday amid warnings from North Korea that the exercises...

US House urges Myanmar sanctions over Rohingya campaign 07 Dec 2017 - 01:11 pm

ISTANBUL: The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday condemned the violent oppression of Myanmar’s Rohingya and called on President Donald Trump to impose...

Indonesian president regrets Jerusalem capital decision 07 Dec 2017 - 12:50 pm

JAKARTA: Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Thursday regrets the U.S. decision to move their embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, acknowledging the contested...

Pakistani President condemns U.S. move on Jerusalem 07 Dec 2017 - 12:14 pm

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Pakistan's President Mamnoon Hussain on Thursday called U.S President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as capital of Israel 'unacceptable to...

Cambodia laughs off Washington threats over democracy 07 Dec 2017 - 11:51 am

Phnom Penh: Cambodia's government on Thursday laughed off rare efforts by Donald Trump's administration to punish it over a clampdown on democracy and...

Myanmar opium crop shrinks by a quarter 06 Dec 2017 - 01:25 pm

Bangkok: The area under opium poppy cultivation in Myanmar has shrunk by a quarter in the last two years, a UN study said...

Bangkok hospital bomber who hated junta jailed for 27 years 06 Dec 2017 - 12:44 pm

Bangkok: A Thai court on Wednesday jailed a former engineer for 27 years for planting a pipe bomb in an army-run hospital, a...

N. Korea missile test raises flight safety concerns 06 Dec 2017 - 12:34 pm

Seoul: A North Korean ballistic missile was seen by the crew of several airliners last week, aviation authorities said Wednesday, raising concerns about...

Indonesia cyclone death toll more than doubles to 41 06 Dec 2017 - 12:28 pm

Jakarta: A tropical cyclone that pounded Indonesia's main island of Java has killed 41 people, the country's disaster agency said Wednesday, more than...