World / Asia

Indian railways ask again for safety funds after crash kills 150 23 Nov 2016 - 01:35 pm

NEW DELHI: The track where an Indian train derailed on Sunday, killing 150 people, was inspected just two days earlier and found to...

Dalai Lama has 'no worries' about Trump 23 Nov 2016 - 01:24 pm

Beijing: The Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said Wednesday he had "no worries" about US President-elect Donald Trump and looked forward to...

Madame Tussauds to open branch at Regal Cinema in Delhi 23 Nov 2016 - 01:21 pm

New Delhi: Lifelike wax statues of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar and pop icon Kim Kardashian will vie for attention...

Indonesia agrees to help solve mystery of missing shipwrecks 23 Nov 2016 - 01:11 pm

Jakarta: Indonesia has agreed to work with the Netherlands to investigate the mysterious disappearance of several World War II shipwrecks -- considered war...

10 killed as India shells Pakistan boundary 23 Nov 2016 - 12:48 pm

KARACHI, Pakistan: At least 10 people have been killed and 18 others injured in shelling by Indian forces along the dividing boundary of...

S.Korea raises bird flu alert as three more cases found at poultry farms 23 Nov 2016 - 12:44 pm

SEOUL: South Korea raised the country's bird flu alert status on Wednesday to its second-highest level following three more outbreaks of the highly...

Indian police kill six Maoists in shootout 23 Nov 2016 - 12:17 pm

New Delhi: Six heavily armed Maoist rebels were killed Wednesday in a jungle gunbattle with police in eastern India, an officer said. Police...

Nine people killed in indian firing on Kashmir bus 23 Nov 2016 - 12:03 pm

Islamabad: At least nine people were killed and seven others wounded in cross-border fire which hit a Pakistani bus in disputed Kashmir on...

7 trapped in coal mine flooding in east China 23 Nov 2016 - 11:25 am

BEIJING: Seven miners remain trapped after a coal mine flooded in eastern China. Xinhua news agency reported Wednesday that 21 miners were working...

Pakistan army chief retirement prompts guessing game 23 Nov 2016 - 11:19 am

KARACHI, Pakistan: With Pakistan’s popular army chief Gen. Raheel Sharif retiring next week, the capital Islamabad has become the playing field for a...

Court upholds life sentences for Khmer Rouge leaders 23 Nov 2016 - 09:24 am

Phnom Penh: Cambodia's UN-backed court upheld life sentences for two top former Khmer Rouge leaders on Wednesday for crimes against humanity, in a...

Spice of life: Saffron harvest offers jobs, opportunity in Afghanistan 23 Nov 2016 - 09:06 am

HERAT, Afghanistan: It is early morning in a saffron field outside the western Afghan city of Herat and dozens of women are harvesting...

S. Korea, Japan sign controversial intelligence deal 23 Nov 2016 - 08:18 am

Seoul: Japan and South Korea signed a controversial agreement on Wednesday to share defence intelligence on North Korea, despite protests from opposition parties...

India’s cash chaos by the numbers: guide to banknote revamp 22 Nov 2016 - 07:58 pm

Serpentine queues spilling from banks. Parents worried that they can’t provide for their families. Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealing to Indians to bear...

UK group delivers Rohingya petition to Myanmar embassy 22 Nov 2016 - 07:35 pm

LONDON: A U.K.-based pressure group has delivered a thousands-strong petition to Myanmar’s London embassy calling on the country’s government to confront the crisis...

India may ease rules for cash withdrawals for weddings: official 22 Nov 2016 - 05:18 pm

NEW DELHI: India may soon relax conditions for cash withdrawals for weddings, a top government official said on Tuesday, the day after the...

Carnatic musician Balamuralikrishna passes away 22 Nov 2016 - 05:06 pm

Carnatic vocalist, playback singer and composer Mangalamapalli Balamuralikrishna died on Tuesday, reports The Hindu. He was 86 and is survived by his wife,...