World / Asia

India's Hindu groups quietly put controversial temple plan on backburner 03 Apr 2019 - 08:01 pm

NEW DELHI: Millions of Hindus will wake up at the crack of dawn this Saturday, five days before the start of India's general...

Bangladesh stops 27 Rohingya trying to get to Malaysia 03 Apr 2019 - 06:09 pm

DHAKA, Bangladesh: Bangladesh’s border guard on Wednesday stopped 27 Rohingya refugees, including women and children, from trying to get to Malaysia via sea...

Children in South Asia hardest hit by air pollution, says study 03 Apr 2019 - 11:07 am

Hong Kong: Air pollution will shorten the life expectancy of children born today by an average of 20 months and will have the...

Malaysia ex-PM Najib goes on trial over 1MDB mega-scandal 03 Apr 2019 - 10:48 am

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia's disgraced former leader Najib Razak pleaded not guilty to all charges against him as he went on trial Wednesday over...

Outnumbered and elderly, Okinawa protesters oppose U.S. military runway 03 Apr 2019 - 09:41 am

OKINAWA: A month after Jinshiro Motoyama's five-day hunger strike forced a referendum over a new U.S. military runway on Japan's island of Okinawa,...

Shelter for man and beast: Can India's cyclone refuges protect all? 02 Apr 2019 - 09:23 pm

BENTAPUR, India: When forecasters predict a cyclone is about to blast into India’s coastal state of Odisha, livestock owners face several bad choices....

Despite being exposed, fake news thrives on social media ahead of India polls 02 Apr 2019 - 06:51 pm

MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: Two weeks after a suicide bombing in Kashmir in February killed 40 Indian policemen, a Facebook user called Avi Dandiya posted...

Single Indian rocket puts satellites in three orbits, in first for nation 02 Apr 2019 - 08:09 am

NEW DELHI: An Indian rocket on Monday placed domestic and foreign satellites in three different orbits on a single flight, a first for...

Cambodia urged to boost funding for 'bride trafficking' pacts 01 Apr 2019 - 10:21 pm

PHNOM PENH: New agreements reached between Phnom Penh and Beijing to combat the trafficking of Cambodian 'brides' to China will be useless without...

Pakistani court orders Musharraf to appear or forfeit rights 01 Apr 2019 - 03:50 pm

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's top court has ordered the country's former military ruler to appear before a special tribunal hearing a treason case against him...

Philippines protests over Chinese vessels in disputed waters 01 Apr 2019 - 02:31 pm

MANILA: The Philippines has filed a diplomatic protest over the presence of more than 200 Chinese boats near an island occupied by Manila...

Afghan officials: Taliban attacks on checkpoints kill 8 01 Apr 2019 - 02:25 pm

KABUL, Afghanistan: The Taliban stormed checkpoints in northern and western Afghanistan, killing at least eight members of the country's security forces and in...

Sri Lanka destroys cocaine, to resume capital punishment 01 Apr 2019 - 02:16 pm

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka authorities publicly destroyed 770 kilograms (1,695 pounds) of cocaine on Monday as the president announced that dates have...

27 killed, hundreds injured, in Nepal storm 01 Apr 2019 - 12:45 pm

Kathmandu: A freak storm tore down houses and overturned cars and trucks as it swept across southern Nepal killing at least 27 people...

Johnson & Johnson's baby shampoo samples fail Indian quality test; company rejects findings 01 Apr 2019 - 12:14 pm

NEW DELHI: Johnson & Johnson's baby shampoo samples failed quality tests conducted by the northwestern Indian state of Rajasthan, according to a public...