A Filipino Muslim helps her daughter sign a placard in support of the passage of a law giving autonomy to minority Muslims, during...
A Filipino Muslim helps her daughter sign a placard in support of the passage of a law giving autonomy to minority Muslims, during...
MANILA: Philippine monetary authorities raised key interest rates yesterday for the second time in six weeks, saying they needed to head off the...
MANILA: A tropical depression is expected to reach the Philippine Area of Responsibility today and intensify before it affects the country. The state...
MANILA: A Canadian Islamic preacher has been detained in the Philippines, where authorities deemed him a potential threat to national security, the immigration...
JAKARTA: Indonesian president-elect Joko Widodo wants the top court to overturn legislation that makes it more difficult to investigate lawmakers for graft, an...
SHANGHAI: About 16,000 workers at two subsidiaries of Taiwanese touch-screen maker Wintek Corp went on strike over holiday benefits this week in southern...
TOKYO: Japanese police yesterday arrested the leader of a particularly brutal yakuza organised crime syndicate for allegedly gunning down a man in public,...
SINGAPORE: Leading Singaporean artists and activists urged the government yesterday to allow the exhibition of a documentary about the city-state’s political exiles which...
Afghan Army soldiers parade during a graduation ceremony in Kabul yesterday. Foreign troops are set to leave by this year-end after handing over...
KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai has decided a lavish residence specially built for his imminent retirement is too big and he will move...
LAHORE: The United States has formally approached Pakistan for extradition of Amer Ahmad, State of Ohio’s former deputy treasurer and Chicago City’s ex-comptroller,...
KABUL: A powerful backer of Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah said yesterday his supporters would launch street protests and occupy government buildings if...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani troops yesterday rushed to protect two major cities from raging floodwaters, using explosives to divert swollen rivers in a crisis which...
ISLAMABAD: After getting out of the uncertain situation and pressure, the PML-N-led government has taken a decision in principle not to take any...
An aerial view taken from an Air Force helicopter shows the flooded Srinagar city. Srinagar: Over four lakh people are still marooned here...
An April 20, 2012 file picture shows boxer Mary Kom working out during a training session for the 2012 London Olympics at the...
Hyderabad: The Telangana government yesterday presented Rs1 crore to tennis star Sania Mirza for training and to meet other expenses to participate in...
New Delhi: Campaigning ended yesterday for three Lok Sabha and 33 assembly by-elections spread across various states with the polls being seen as...