EAST CHINA SEA: Boats carrying about 20 members of a Japanese nationalist group headed back to port yesterday after sailing near tiny islands...
EAST CHINA SEA: Boats carrying about 20 members of a Japanese nationalist group headed back to port yesterday after sailing near tiny islands...
SEOUL: North Korea said yesterday it has agreed to South Korea’s proposal to resume reunions for families separated since the 1950-53 war, in...
LABUHAN RUKU: Up to 30 prisoners escaped from an overcrowded jail on Indonesia’s Sumatra island yesterday after riots erupted, in the country’s third...
BEIJING: Chinese authorities have detained a policeman accused of grabbing a seven-month-old baby girl from her parents and throwing her on the ground,...
BEIJING: The trial of disgraced senior Chinese politician Bo Xilai will start on Thursday, when he will face charges of bribery, corruption and...
TALISAY: As rescuers plucked more bodies from the sea after a Philippine ferry and a cargo ship collided late last week, a vexing...
A rescuer carrying a baby following the disaster, in this handout photograph released yesterday. CEBU: Philippine divers hauled bodies out of rough seas...
Megan Young after being crowned Miss World-Philippines 2013 during the pageant coronation night in Manila, yesterday. MANILA: Actress Megan Young was named the...
MANILA: Severe flooding is expected in Metro Manila and nearby provinces in Luzon as Tropical Storm “Maring” was expected to continue to pound...
People affected by floods wait for relief outside their temporary shelters in Muzaffargarh, Pakistan, yesterday. ISLAMABAD: Heavy monsoon rains have triggered floods affecting...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan yesterday ordered a temporary stay of executions following objections from the president and rights groups, days before they were due to...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is scheduled to make a formal speech to the nation today. A senior official at the Prime...
LAHORE: The investigation wing of Lahore police has launched a mapping programme to identify the most dangerous areas and tackle crime. Police officials...
ISLAMABAD: A court acquitted a Muslim cleric who accused a Christian girl of blasphemy before he was arrested on similar charges, a lawyer...
QUETTA: Two gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire yesterday on a check-point of the paramilitary Frontier Corps in Pakistan’s troubled southwest, killing one...
ISLAMABAD: The export of live animals, instead of processed meat, has caused a loss of hundreds of millions of dollars to Pakistan in...
ISLAMABAD: Afghan refugees can open bank accounts and obtain driving licences and mobile phone SIM cards in Pakistan now that Islamabad has agreed...
Members of the Rajput community are hit by police water cannon during a protest in New Delhi yesterday. Thousands of Rajput community members...
