World / Asia

Thai junta appeals for calm after car bomb plot alert 11 Oct 2016 - 12:08 pm

Bangkok: Thailand's junta chief appealed for calm Tuesday after police warned of a plot to target Bangkok with car bombs, sparking a security...

Pakistan bans leading journalist from leaving country 11 Oct 2016 - 10:19 am

Islamabad: Pakistan's government has imposed a travel ban on a leading journalist after he sparked an uproar by reporting that civilian officials had...

Thais wear auspicious pink to help hospitalised king recover 11 Oct 2016 - 08:41 am

BANGKOK: Thais on Tuesday wore pink for 88-year-old King Bhumibol Adulyadej, a colour they believe will help improve the monarch's health, two days...

China raps US interventions in Asia at regional forum 11 Oct 2016 - 08:29 am

Beijing: Beijing rapped Washington Tuesday for its interventions in Asia, as tensions grow between the two powers over territorial disputes in the South...

Most Afghan women serve sentences in elders' homes, not prisons 11 Oct 2016 - 08:09 am

SHARANA, AFGHANISTAN: When 18-year-old Fawzia was convicted of elopement and adultery, a local Afghan court in the southeastern province of Paktika sentenced her...

Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan may have to take a tough call on nepotism charges 10 Oct 2016 - 08:53 pm

Thiruvananthapuram: In a bind already over charges of nepotism following appointment of a number of friends and relatives of state CPI-M leaders to...

Suspects in first IS attack in Malaysia change plea 10 Oct 2016 - 05:11 pm

KUALA LUMPUR: Two suspects accused of executing the first Islamic State in Malaysia changed their plea in relation to various terrorism charges to...

Seven killed in India after truck rams into crowd 10 Oct 2016 - 04:29 pm

New Delhi: At least seven people have been killed and eight more injured after a truck rammed into a crowd near a busy...

Vietnamese activist arrested for 'anti-state propaganda' 10 Oct 2016 - 02:43 pm

Hanoi: A Vietnamese activist was arrested Monday outside a prison where she was visiting a fellow dissident, her family told AFP, blaming the...

Famed war journalist celebrates 105th birthday in Hong Kong 10 Oct 2016 - 02:16 pm

HONG KONG: Clare Hollingworth, the British war journalist widely credited for breaking the news about the start of World War Two, celebrated her...

Car bomb kills at least 10 police in besieged Afghan city 10 Oct 2016 - 02:11 pm

LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan: A suspected car bomb on Monday killed at least 10 police amid increased Taliban attacks on the besieged capital of...

China: 8 dead after houses collapse in industrial area 10 Oct 2016 - 01:50 pm

BEIJING: At least eight people have been confirmed dead after four houses collapsed in an industrial district of the eastern Chinese province of...

Samsung halts Note 7 production after new fire scare: source 10 Oct 2016 - 09:08 am

SEOUL: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd suspended production of its flagship Galaxy Note 7 smartphones, a source said on Monday, after reports of fires...

India family hit with homicide charges after fasting death 09 Oct 2016 - 05:30 pm

New Delhi: The family of an Indian schoolgirl who died after observing a two-month fast has been charged with homicide amid allegations that...

Australian, British arrested in Bali for possession of drugs 09 Oct 2016 - 02:51 pm

JAKARTA: An Australian and a Briton residing on the resort island of Bali have been arrested on suspicion of possessing hashish, an offence...

Malaysia arrests 16 for suspected militant links 09 Oct 2016 - 02:40 pm

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian police said on Sunday they have arrested 16 people for suspected militant links after a two-week operation across the country....

Seven dead as Afghan army copter crashes: officials 09 Oct 2016 - 09:21 am

Kabul: An Afghan army helicopter crashed in northern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing all seven people on board, the defence ministry said, citing technical...

Vietnam court rejects fishermen lawsuits against Taiwan's Formosa 08 Oct 2016 - 12:43 pm

Hanoi: A Vietnamese court has rejected hundreds of lawsuits filed by fishermen who demanded more compensation from a Taiwanese-owned steel plant responsible for...