World / Asia

Insight: Stranded trucks, unpaid workers: India Inc counts cost of cash crunch 21 Nov 2016 - 04:39 pm

MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: Like millions of Indians fed up with corruption and counterfeiting, Vimal Somani cheered Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s shock move to replace...

Rescuers end search for India train survivors as toll hits 146 21 Nov 2016 - 03:44 pm

Pukhrayan, India: Rescuers on Monday ended their search for survivors amongst the twisted remains of a derailed train as the death toll from...

Alarm over proposed Philippine law to jail 9-year-olds 21 Nov 2016 - 01:27 pm

Manila: Children as young as nine could be jailed in the Philippines for certain crimes under a proposed law backed by the president,...

Suicide blast at Kabul mosque kills 27, wounds 35 21 Nov 2016 - 12:41 pm

Kabul: A massive suicide blast at a Shiite mosque in Kabul killed at least 27 people Monday and wounded 35 as worshippers gathered...

15 Militants killed, 5 wounded in airstrikes in Afghan Laghman 21 Nov 2016 - 12:26 pm

Kabul: At least 15 militants were killed and five others were wounded in a series of airstrikes conducted in eastern Laghman province of...

'I was the only one alive' says India train survivor 21 Nov 2016 - 11:44 am

Pukhrayan, India: The last thing Uttam Kumar remembers is a huge bang as his carriage was violently crushed. When he came to, he...

Cambodia charges Australian nurse for running surrogacy clinic 21 Nov 2016 - 11:36 am

PHNOM PENH: A Cambodian court charged an Australian nurse on Monday for allegedly operating an illegal fertility clinic, police said, weeks after the...

Gas explosion kills 4 at coal mine in central China 21 Nov 2016 - 11:23 am

BEIJING: A gas explosion at a coal mine in central China has left at least four people dead and one seriously injured. State...

Thailand to begin building late king's funeral pyre next year 21 Nov 2016 - 11:01 am

BANGKOK: Thailand will begin building the funeral pyre for late King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who died last month at the age of 88, next...

S. Korea, Japan to sign Intel-Sharing pact 21 Nov 2016 - 10:57 am

Seoul: South Korea and Japan plan to sign a military intelligence-sharing pact this week to better counter mounting threats from North Korea, South...

India train disaster toll rises to 142, more dead feared 21 Nov 2016 - 09:53 am

Pukhrayan, India: The death toll from India's rail disaster rose to 142 on Monday after workers toiled through the night removing victims from...

India crash raises concerns of underinvestment in railway as toll hits 133 21 Nov 2016 - 08:42 am

PUKHRAYAN, India/NEW DELHI: Indian rescue workers picked their way through the last of the mangled carriages of a derailed train on Monday to...

Fed-up MH370 families to hunt for debris in Madagascar 21 Nov 2016 - 08:32 am

Kuala Lumpur: Relatives of MH370 passengers will travel to Madagascar next month in hopes of re-kindling efforts to find and recover seaborne debris...

Taiwan says sees exchange with China's leader in APEC as positive 21 Nov 2016 - 08:18 am

TAIPEI: A brief exchange between representatives from Taiwan and China at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders' meeting is a "positive" development for...

Stop the sprawl, teach slum dwellers to build skywards: leading Pakistani architect 20 Nov 2016 - 05:17 pm

LONDON: Architects and planners in rapidly growing cities must work with slum dwellers to build skywards and create high-rise, self-built housing blocks, a...