A Filipina store worker arranges a display of wrist watches in Manila, yesterday. The Philippine economy grew 6.4 percent in the second quarter...
A Filipina store worker arranges a display of wrist watches in Manila, yesterday. The Philippine economy grew 6.4 percent in the second quarter...
BEIJING: China’s military yesterday told the United States to end air and naval surveillance near its borders, saying it was damaging relations between...
Australia’s Foreign Minister Julie Bishop (right) shakes hands with her Indonesian counterpart Marty Natalegawa before their bilateral meeting in Nusa Dua on Indonesia’s...
Educator Randy Halasan poses beside a bust in Manila, Philippines, yesterday. Halasan is a 2014 Ramon Magsaysay Award recipient for emergent leadership in...
TOKYO: Japanese health officials said yesterday that three young people have contracted dengue fever, the first such infections in the country in nearly...
BANGKOK: A Thai court yesterday dismissed murder charges against former premier Abhisit Vejjajiva and his ex-deputy over a bloody 2010 protest crackdown, months...
HONG KONG: Anti-corruption officers in Hong Kong yesterday raided the home of Jimmy Lai, a media magnate and outspoken critic of Beijing who...
TOKYO: Japan’s coastguard is to ask for a doubling of its budget to boost patrols around islands that are the focus of a...
JAKARTA: Indonesian president-elect Joko Widodo’s drive to fast-track an increase in fuel prices, one of his key election pledges, have stumbled after incumbent...
MANILA: The Philippines’ largest Muslim rebel group has condemned extremist jihadis in Iraq and Syria, and vowed to stop the spread of their...
MANILA: Malacañang is confident President Aquino will survive the impeachment complaints against him without having to move his allies in the House of...
MANILA: After the fall of retired army general Jovito Palparan, President Benigno Aquino III hinted at the possible arrest of another high-profile fugitive....
MANILA: President Benigno Aquino III said yesterday that he will visit four European countries and the United States next month to seek more...
MANILA: The new traffic management scheme covering provincial buses coming from Southern Luzon, Bicol and Visayas Regions has sown confusion among commuters during...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi (second left) presents one of the first five bank account opening kits to beneficiaries while Finance Minister Arun Jaitley...
New Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) recruits perform drills during the passing out parade in Humhama, in Srinagar yesterday. A total of 368...
NEW DELHI: India is hoping to win Japanese backing for a nuclear energy pact during a visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and...
Bangalore: In a fresh controversy for the Modi government, the son of Railway Minister D V Sadananda Gowda has been booked for rape...
