World / Asia

Australia helps Sri Lanka to control dengue fever after 250 die 19 Jul 2017 - 09:54 pm

COLOMBO: Australia announced programmes on Wednesday to help control dengue fever in Sri Lanka, where the mosquito-borne disease killed more around 250 people...

Singapore offers Manila drones, urban warfare training 19 Jul 2017 - 01:22 pm

Singapore: Singapore said Wednesday it has offered surveillance drones and urban warfare training to Philippine troops battling Islamist fighters, to prevent the militants...

Pakistan’s Supreme Court starts hearings to decide PM’s future 17 Jul 2017 - 01:55 pm

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Monday began hearings that will decide the future of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who is fighting for his...

House fire in eastern China kills 22 16 Jul 2017 - 10:12 am

BEIJING: A pre-dawn fire in a two-story house in eastern China on Sunday killed 22 people and injured three, authorities said. The city...

Xi confidant and rising Chinese political star promoted 15 Jul 2017 - 05:24 pm

SHANGHAI/BEIJING: China on Saturday named rising political star Chen Miner as Communist Party boss in southwestern Chongqing, cementing his reputation as a favourite...

China cremates body of Nobel laureate and dissident Liu Xiaobo 15 Jul 2017 - 08:49 am

Shenyang, China: The body of China's late Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo was cremated Saturday after a private ceremony attended by his family, as...

India to get head of state from lowest caste 15 Jul 2017 - 08:08 am

New Delhi: India's next president will emerge from the Dalit caste -- a community so marginalised they were once known as "untouchables" --...

All-girl Afghan robotics team cleared to compete in United States 14 Jul 2017 - 10:29 am

KABUL: A team of Afghan girls are on their way to compete in an academic robotics competition in the United States after American...

China says awarding Nobel Peace Prize to Liu Xiaobo was 'blasphemy' 14 Jul 2017 - 10:29 am

Beijing: Giving the Nobel Peace Prize to Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo was a "blasphemy", China said Friday as it faced a barrage of...

Microsoft's Calibri font at the heart of latest Pakistani scandal involving Maryam Nawaz 14 Jul 2017 - 10:29 am

A typeface is at the heart of a Pakistani scandal after investigators accused Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's daughter of presenting forged documents to...

My fight is against Manuwadi ideology: Meira Kumar 14 Jul 2017 - 10:23 am

Bhopal: Opposition candidate for the President's post Meira Kumar on Thursday said her fight is against those trying to impose on the people...

Assam floods kill 40; endanger rare one-horned rhinos 14 Jul 2017 - 10:18 am

GUWAHATI, India: Floods in northeast India that have killed at least 40 people and displaced nearly 1.5 million have also inundated a national...

India rejects China's mediation offer on Kashmir 14 Jul 2017 - 10:15 am

India has rejected China's offer to mediate and help resolve the Kashmir issue, insisting talks will only take place with Pakistan without the...

Chinese political prisoner Liu Xiaobo dies at age 61 13 Jul 2017 - 06:12 pm

SHENYANG, China: Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, China's most prominent political prisoner, died Thursday at a hospital in the country's northeast, officials...

Calibri in spotlight as Fontgate could leave Pakistan sans Sharif 13 Jul 2017 - 10:18 am

Islamabad: A typeface has sparked uproar in Pakistan after documents using the font were produced in a corruption case against Prime Minister Nawaz...

China ships troops to its first overseas base in Africa 12 Jul 2017 - 12:56 pm

Beijing: China has deployed troops to its first overseas naval base in Djibouti, a major step forward for the country's expansion of its...

10th Anniversary of Pheonix petroleum co. 12 Jul 2017 - 12:52 am

Dennis Uy (second right), chairman and executive officer, and Domingo Uy (centre), chairman of the board of Philippines' Phoenix petroleum company, ring the...

Village women transform into clean energy entrepreneurs in Nepal 12 Jul 2017 - 12:34 am

Khatmandu: Hundreds of rural women in Nepal are turning from housewives to entrepreneurs to bring clean, energy smart products such as solar panels,...