World / Asia

Chinese, N.Korean envoys talk up ties despite nuclear tensions 18 Nov 2017 - 11:10 am

Shanghai, A senior Chinese envoy has met an aide to North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un in Pyongyang, the two sides said Saturday, stressing...

Sri Lanka police arrest 19 over racial violence 18 Nov 2017 - 10:54 am

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka's police say 19 persons have been arrested following racial violence in the country's south that started over a...

Sri Lanka deploys troops to prevent communal riots 18 Nov 2017 - 10:33 am

Colombo: Sri Lanka deployed troops and ordered a night-time curfew in a southern town to end violent clashes between two ethnic communities, the...

Shanghai police see no foul play in Russian teen model's death 18 Nov 2017 - 09:53 am

Shanghai: Shanghai police have ruled out foul play and cast doubt on allegations that overwork contributed to the death of a 14-year-old Russian...

Earthquake hits Southwest China 18 Nov 2017 - 09:35 am

Beijing: An earthquake measuring 5 on the Richter scale hit southwest China's Tibet Province on Saturday. The epicenter of the quake is located...

Australian medical group wants access to Manus Island asylum seekers 18 Nov 2017 - 09:15 am

MELBOURNE, Australia’s main medical association called on Saturday for the government to allow independent doctors and other health experts to help more than...

Pakistan issues “last warning” to Islamists blocking route into capital 17 Nov 2017 - 07:29 pm

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani authorities issued a final warning on Friday to members of an Islamist party blocking a main road into the capital, raising...

From Malaysian backrooms, Rohingya send what little they can to fleeing relatives 16 Nov 2017 - 07:56 pm

KUALA LUMPUR: In a dimly lit shop in Kuala Lumpur, where dried fish, herbs and pickled tea leaves imported from Myanmar are on...

Panama opens embassy in China after cutting Taiwan ties 16 Nov 2017 - 02:59 pm

Beijing: Panama opened its first embassy in China on Thursday five months after cutting ties with Taiwan, which has seen its allies dwindle...

Indonesia unveils plan to roll out 1,000 eco-mosques by 2020 16 Nov 2017 - 02:10 pm

KUALA LUMPUR: W orshippers in Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim-majority country, are set to go green with a new initiative that aims to...

China denounces US call to register Chinese journalists as agents 16 Nov 2017 - 12:13 pm

BEIJING: China denounced on Thursday a US congressional commission that accused its state media of involvement in spying and propaganda and called for...

"We're praying" - Officials say India will not act on smog this year 16 Nov 2017 - 12:07 pm

NEW DELHI, As pollution level climbed to 12 times above the recommended limit this week in India’s capital, government officials said they knew...

Angelina Jolie condemns violence against Rohingya women refugees 16 Nov 2017 - 11:30 am

DHAKA, Filmstar Angelina Jolie has condemned sexual violence inflicted on Rohingya women in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, where a military counter-insurgency operation has sent...

Tillerson says broad Myanmar sanctions won't solve Rohingya crisis 15 Nov 2017 - 02:33 pm

Naypyidaw, Myanmar: Washington's top diplomat on Wednesday said he would not yet push for sanctions against Myanmar over the Rohingya refugee crisis, but...