World / Asia

Philippine police say 10 killed in bloody night of drug busts 23 Feb 2018 - 12:56 pm

MANILA, Philippine police killed 10 suspected drug peddlers and arrested 63 people in dozens of operations during the single deadliest night of the...

Global watchdog puts Pakistan back on terrorist financing watchlist - media 23 Feb 2018 - 12:12 pm

ISLAMABAD, A global money-laundering watchdog has placed Pakistan back on its terrorist financing watchlist, Indian media and a diplomatic source said on Friday,...

Maldives warns India against interfering as ties fray 23 Feb 2018 - 11:43 am

Malé, Maldives, The Maldives has warned India against interfering in its political crisis, deepening a rift with the country once seen as its...

Modi hugs Trudeau amid Indo-Canada invitation embarrassment 23 Feb 2018 - 11:25 am

NEW DELHI Prime, Minister Narendra Modi greeted his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau on Friday with a hug, one day after embarrassed Canadian diplomats...

PML nominees to run in Senate election independently 23 Feb 2018 - 10:22 am

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan on Thursday announced that all the ruling party nominees for the upcoming Senate election would be running...

Hillside crashes onto Indonesian farmers; 5 dead, 18 missing 23 Feb 2018 - 10:14 am

BREBES, Indonesia: Farmers were working in their rice paddies on the Indonesian island of Java, when the soggy hillside above them collapsed under...

India seizes billionaire jeweller's Rolls-Royce, Porsche in bank fraud probe 22 Feb 2018 - 03:54 pm

MUMBAI: An Indian financial crime-fighting agency said on Thursday it has seized a Rolls-Royce Ghost, a Porsche Panamera and some half a dozen...

Duterte bans reporter from presidential palace compound 22 Feb 2018 - 03:36 pm

MANILA, Philippines: The Philippine president has banned a reporter from entering the presidential palace compound to attend news briefings because her online news...

Drug overdose at private school hospitalizes Australian boys 22 Feb 2018 - 11:24 am

Gold Coast, Australia: Five teenage boys remained in an Australian hospital on Thursday, a day after suffering drug overdoses at a private school....

Soul-searching as symbol of 70s Singapore faces demolition 22 Feb 2018 - 11:02 am

Singapore: The looming demolition of a horseshoe-shaped tower block that symbolised Singapore's growth from a port town to an affluent city-state has sparked...

Blinded investigator to Indonesia graft fighters: Stay brave 22 Feb 2018 - 10:35 am

JAKARTA, Indonesia: An anti-corruption investigator blinded by an acid attack is urging graft fighters to "stay brave" as he returns to Indonesia after...

Afghan official: Taliban attack local police, killing 8 22 Feb 2018 - 10:28 am

KABUL, Afghanistan: An Afghan official says Taliban fighters have attacked a police security post in central Ghazni province, killing eight local police. Arif...

Amnesty says Rohingya crisis consequence of society "encouraged to hate" 22 Feb 2018 - 07:51 am

LONDON: The crisis in Myanmar and reported massacres of Rohingya Muslims are the consequence of a society encouraged to hate and a lack...

Trudeau "assures" India Canada won't support Sikh separatists 21 Feb 2018 - 03:55 pm

NEW DELHI: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau travelled to the holiest site of Sikhism in northern India on Wednesday where government leaders said...

Bank bomb kills two in northern Myanmar: security officer 21 Feb 2018 - 03:28 pm

Yangon: Two people were killed and several wounded when a bomb exploded Wednesday at a bank in northern Myanmar, a security officer said....

Philippines to court: Declare communist groups as terrorists 21 Feb 2018 - 01:57 pm

MANILA, Philippines: Justice officials asked a court Wednesday to formally designate the Communist Party of the Philippines and its armed wing, the New...