World / Asia

Panaji: In a swift move, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders, led by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, met Goa Governor Mridula Sinha yesterday and...

Kabul: At least 16 IS militants were killed in a series of air strikes conducted by the US forces in Afghanistan. The provincial...

Kabul: At least 31 insurgents were killed in a series of air strikes conducted by the Afghan and foreign forces in southern Helmand...

Yangon: The family of Myanmar's last king hit out yesterday at a Thai soap opera inspired by the palace intrigue of their ancestors,...

Islamabad: The Sindh government has taken the lead over other provinces, emerging as the country’s only province to have closed down over 2,300...

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia's deputy prime minister said yesterday that 315 North Koreans are in the country and barred from leaving amid a diplomatic...

Seoul: The front-runner to succeed South Korea's impeached president Park Geun-Hye yesterday called for unity as the country writes a "new history", while...

Tokyo: An elephant whacked a trainer with its trunk and killed him at a Japanese zoo yesterday, police said. Wichai Madee from Thailand...

Sydney: Australia's Prime Minister  Malcolm Turnbull held talks with Elon Musk yesterday after the US innovator offered to solve the energy crisis plaguing...

This was not supposed to happen in South Korea. It was too divided, too corrupt, too much in thrall to the rich and...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's information minister says the country is set to launch a national census for the first time in 19 years. Maryam Aurangzeb...

Dhaka: Bangladesh's highest court Sunday ordered the demolition of a lakeside building occupied by powerful garment groups, a move welcomed by activists who...

BEIJING: China's top statistician said on Sunday anyone caught falsifying economic data would face zero tolerance and be punished under the law. There...

Seoul: South Korea's Acting President and Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn will announce the date of the presidential election this week as the country...

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines: The Philippine government and the National Democratic Front, the political front of the Communist Party of Philippines (CPP), have agreed...

New Delhi: For a brief moment Ishamuddin Khan had the world at his feet: A pioneer of the "Great Indian Rope Trick" --...

SEOUL, South Korea: There was no sign Saturday of now former South Korean leader Park Geun-hye leaving the presidential office, even though Seoul’s...

KABUL, Afghanistan: At least three militants attacked a military air base used by Afghan and U.S. forces in southeastern Afghanistan on Saturday, according...