World / Asia

Overcrowded bus plunges into gorge in India, killing 48 01 Jul 2018 - 03:00 pm

LUCKNOW, India: At least 48 people were killed on Sunday when an overcrowded bus plunged off a mountain road into a gorge in...

44 dead in bus crash in northern India: police 01 Jul 2018 - 09:51 am

Dehradun, India, At least 44 people were killed in northern India Sunday when a passenger bus crashed into a gorge in the Himalayan...

Thai rescuers establish base deep inside cave where boys trapped 01 Jul 2018 - 09:42 am

Mae Sai, Thailand, Thai officials leading a massive effort to rescue 12 boys and their assistant football coach from a flooded cave said...

Eleven people killed in India's capital, police probe link to gang war 01 Jul 2018 - 09:38 am

MUMBAI, Eleven members of a family were found dead in India's capital on Sunday, most of them hanging from the ceiling of their...

Mudslide kills 5 Indian paramilitary soldiers in northeast 30 Jun 2018 - 05:18 pm

GAUHATI, India: Five Indian paramilitary soldiers were killed and another six injured as huge boulders rolled down on their bus following a mudslide...

Thailand cave rescue efforts pick up pace as flooding eases 30 Jun 2018 - 04:04 pm

MAE SAI, Thailand: The effort to locate 12 boys and their soccer coach missing in a cave in Thailand for a week picked...

Afghan forces resume offensive operations after govt ceasefire ends 30 Jun 2018 - 03:22 pm

Kabul: Afghan security forces resumed offensive operations on Saturday after President Ashraf Ghani declared an end to the government's unilateral ceasefire with the...

Indian fan dies in car crash in Russia near World Cup city Sochi, Interfax says 30 Jun 2018 - 03:03 pm

MOSCOW: An Indian soccer fan, in Russia for the World Cup, died in a car crash on Saturday on a road near the...

Mumbai's Victorian Gothic and Art Deco buildings win UNESCO status 30 Jun 2018 - 12:40 pm

Manama: Mumbai's Art Deco buildings -- believed to be the world's second largest collection after Miami -- were added on Saturday to UNESCO's...

Five dead as plane plunges into Mumbai building site 28 Jun 2018 - 02:58 pm

Mumbai: A small plane crashed into a construction site in a densely populated part of India's financial capital Mumbai on Thursday, killing five...

Xi refuses to budge on South China Sea in talks with US defense chief 27 Jun 2018 - 07:54 pm

Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping stiffly defended his country's claim to disputed islands in the South China Sea after US Defense Secretary James...

Flooding complicates cave search for Thai football team 26 Jun 2018 - 06:14 pm

MAE SAI, Thailand: Efforts to rescue 12 boys and their football coach who have been missing inside a flooded cave in northern Thailand...

Pakistan air force training aircraft crashes at Peshawar air base 26 Jun 2018 - 03:51 pm

Islamabad: A small aircraft for the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) crashed during a routine training exercise at the Peshawar Air Base on Tuesday,...

Peak Japan: Hello Kitty bullet train debuts this week 26 Jun 2018 - 11:20 am

Tokyo, Resplendent in shocking pink, a sleek "Hello Kitty" bullet train, complete with special carriages festooned with images of the global icon from...

Desperate search for 12 children trapped in Thailand cave 26 Jun 2018 - 11:10 am

Mae Sai, Thailand, Desperate parents led a prayer ceremony outside a flooded cave in northern Thailand where 12 children and their football coach...

Two dead, including policeman, in rare Japan violent crime 26 Jun 2018 - 11:00 am

Tokyo, Two people, including a policeman, were killed in Japan Tuesday, officials said, when a man stabbed the officer and grabbed his gun...

Laos torches narcotics stockpile on World Drug Day 26 Jun 2018 - 10:28 am

Xam Neua, Laos: Laos drug officials torched around 40 kilogrammes of heroin and tens of thousands of "yaba" pills Tuesday, a small but...

Philippine soldiers accidentally kill six police in jungle clash 25 Jun 2018 - 04:03 pm

MANILA: Philippine soldiers mistakenly killed six police officers and wounded nine on Monday during an operation against Maoist guerrillas in thick jungle, an...