World / Asia

Jallikattu: Tamil Nadu's 'Arab Spring' enters third day 19 Jan 2017 - 01:13 pm

Chennai: Tamil Nadu experienced a sort of 'Arab Spring' as thousands of youth rallied at the Marina beach here on Wednesday for the...

Samsung boss back at work after avoiding arrest 19 Jan 2017 - 12:47 pm

SEOUL: Samsung Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong returned to work Thursday morning, having spent the previous day and night in detention awaiting news of...

Death toll in Mali attack rises to 60, with 115 injured 19 Jan 2017 - 12:42 pm

BAMAKO, Mali: The death toll from a suicide attack that targeted a military base in Mali’s northern city of Gao has risen to...

India school bus crash kills at least 15 children 19 Jan 2017 - 09:51 am

New Delhi: At least 15 children were killed and dozens more injured when a school bus collided with a truck in northern India...

With drought looming, Sri Lanka tries something new: preparing 18 Jan 2017 - 08:30 pm

COLOMBO: With rainfall in many areas just a third of that last year and many water reservoirs far below normal levels, Sri Lankans...

Air India says women-only seats for comfort after reported in-flight sex attacks 18 Jan 2017 - 08:02 pm

NEW DELHI: Air India will introduce women-only seats on its domestic flights to give female passengers more choice and comfort, said a senior...

Indian girls win award for tricking traffickers and busting cross-border racket 18 Jan 2017 - 07:44 pm

DARJEELING, India: Two Indian schoolgirls will be awarded national bravery awards next week for helping police bust a cross-border human trafficking racket, leading...

Used to whizzing bullets, Kashmir border farmers now hit by drought 18 Jan 2017 - 07:24 pm

KEERNI, India: The past three decades have not been kind to the residents of Keerni. This village in the Poonch district of Jammu...

Wang Jianlin, China's richest man & Hollywood investor, warns Trump against trade war 18 Jan 2017 - 06:32 pm

Davos, Switzerland: China's richest man, Hollywood investor Wang Jianlin, warned Donald Trump Wednesday against dragging the entertainment industry into a trade war --...

Suicide attack on pro-govt militia camp in Mali kills 37 fighters 18 Jan 2017 - 01:33 pm

Bamako: A suicide bomb attack on a camp housing former rebels and pro-government militia in northern Mali on Wednesday killed 37 fighters, a...

Philippine police murdered SKorean businessman: authorities 18 Jan 2017 - 01:23 pm

Manila: Philippine police kidnapped and murdered a South Korean businessman, then led his wife to believe he was alive for months to extort...

Minors given 2 years over church bombing 18 Jan 2017 - 01:18 pm

TUBAN, Indonesia: An Indonesian court Wednesday gave two years in prison apiece to two minors convicted of a terror attack on a church...

Explosion kills dozens in Malian military camp : witness 18 Jan 2017 - 01:14 pm

GAO, Mali: A vehicle exploded at a military camp in the northern Mali city of Gao on Wednesday, killing dozens of people, according...

Two killed in clashes over land for power station in eastern India 18 Jan 2017 - 12:22 pm

KOLKATA, India: Two people were killed and about a dozen wounded in eastern India when villagers protesting the takeover of their land for...

Bail in murder of Indian Muslim raises concerns 17 Jan 2017 - 03:36 pm

SRINAGAR, Jammu Kashmir: The release on bail of three men accused of the sectarian murder of a Muslim man in Mumbai has caused...

Pakistani mother sentenced to death for burning daughter alive in “honour killing” 16 Jan 2017 - 06:13 pm

LAHORE, Pakistan: A court in Pakistan sentenced a mother to death on Monday for burning her daughter alive as punishment for marrying without...

Akhilesh wins 'cycle' war, blow to Mulayam 16 Jan 2017 - 05:33 pm

New Delhi: The Election Commission on Monday recognized the faction led by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav as the Samajwadi Party and...

Elite Bangladesh police among 26 sentenced to death for 2014 murders 16 Jan 2017 - 05:13 pm

DHAKA: A Bangladeshi court on Monday sentenced 26 people, including 16 members of the country’s elite anti-terrorism force, to death, after a former...