A man walks through burning charcoal as he participates in a ritual called “Lianhuo”, or “fire walking”, in Pan’an county, Zhejiang province, yesterday....
A man walks through burning charcoal as he participates in a ritual called “Lianhuo”, or “fire walking”, in Pan’an county, Zhejiang province, yesterday....
Overseas Filipino worker Rommel Garcia looks at furniture inside his house in Tanauan, Leyte, on Monday. Tacloban: The Philippines’ giant band of overseas...
A pile of blue crabs in a shop in Bicol yesterday. Catch of blue swimming crabs in Bicol and other fishing grounds in...
BANGKOK: Thai opposition protesters besieged several more ministries here yesterday to try to topple the government, as Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra faced a...
TOKYO: Japan’s lower house of parliament passed a controversial new state secrets bill yesterday, which critics say is draconian and will impinge on...
WASHINGTON: Two US B-52 bombers flew over a disputed area of the East China Sea without notifying Beijing, despite China’s bid to create...
KATHMANDU: A senior Nepalese Maoist said yesterday that the party would “accept the people’s mandate,” in an apparent retreat from its earlier rejection...
MANILA: One of South Korea’s most wanted fugitives, the alleged head of a major crime syndicate, was arrested in the Philippines yesterday after...
MANILA: The Makati City government suspended its anti-smoke belching operations yesterday following allegations of extortion involving the anti-smoke belching unit (ASBU) enforcers. In...
MANILA: President Benigno Aquino III is prepared to face impeachment charges if the Supreme Court declares the controversial Disbursement Acceleration Programme (DAP) of...
New Delhi: There has been an increase in the number of candidates with criminal cases in the 2013 assembly polls in Delhi. The...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has released three top Taliban leaders in a bid to help start peace talks between the Taliban group and Afghan government,...
JAKARTA: Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said yesterday Australia’s leader had made “important” commitments aimed at ending a row over spying but warned...
Afghan President Hamid Karzai (left) with US National Security Adviser Susan Rice in Kabul on Monday. KABUL: President Hamid Karzai’s shifting stance during...
Afghan men eat their lunch at a roadside restaurant in Kabul yesterday.
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, will this week name a new army chief who, if all goes well, could help the nuclear-armed...
KARACHI: Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif yesterday launched the construction of the country’s biggest atomic power plant and vowed to pursue further projects...
PESHAWAR: Militants released yesterday 11 teachers who had been kidnapped in Pakistan’s lawless northwest during a polio vaccination campaign last week, local officials...
