World / Asia

US strike against Islamic State kills 18, including Afghan civilians 28 Sep 2016 - 03:47 pm

Jalalabad, Afghanistan: Civilians were among at least 18 people killed in a US air strike against Islamic State militants in eastern Afghanistan on...

Lightning storms knock out power to entire Australian state 28 Sep 2016 - 10:54 am

SYDNEY: Severe storms and thousands of lightning strikes knocked out power to the entire state of South Australia on Wednesday, energy authorities said....

Pakistan denounces Indian UN speech as 'litany of falsehoods' 27 Sep 2016 - 05:24 pm

Islamabad: Islamabad has branded an address by India's foreign minister to the UN in which she accused Pakistan of terrorism in disputed Kashmir...

As talks for aviation climate deal begin, India holds out 27 Sep 2016 - 12:03 pm

MONTREAL: Fast-growing aviation powerhouse India is not ready to join the world's first climate deal to curb pollution from commercial flights because it...

Pakistan assembly passes marriage bill protecting Hindu women's rights 27 Sep 2016 - 10:56 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's lower house of parliament has passed a landmark bill giving its small Hindu minority the right to register marriages, the last...

India begins campaign at United Nations to isolate Pakistan 26 Sep 2016 - 08:19 pm

UNITED NATIONS: India began a campaign to isolate Pakistan at the United Nations on Monday, telling the 193-member General Assembly it was time...

Shoe thrown at Rahul Gandhi in UP, assailant arrested 26 Sep 2016 - 03:11 pm

Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh: A shoe was thrown at Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Monday during his ongoing 'Kisan Yatra' in Sitapur of...

French fighter jet deal: an Indian saga 25 Sep 2016 - 11:00 am

New Delhi: The less-than-supersonic sale of French Rafale fighter jets to India has highlighted the obstacles facing foreign arms firms seeking to do...

World's largest radio telescope starts operating in China 25 Sep 2016 - 09:16 am

Beijing: The world's largest radio telescope began operating in southwestern China Sunday, a project which Beijing says will help humanity search for alien...

Indian ministers approve Rafale fighter jet deal 21 Sep 2016 - 07:37 pm

New Delhi: An Indian cabinet commitee gave its approval Wednesday to a long-delayed deal for the purchase of 36 fighter jets from France's...

China court hears case over Tesla fatal crash 21 Sep 2016 - 09:57 am

File photo of Tesla logo. Reuters Beijing: The father of a Chinese man killed while driving a Tesla sedan has sued the US...

Red Cross seeks $15.5 mn to help flood-hit N. Korea 21 Sep 2016 - 09:53 am

In this handout photo by UNICEF DPRK shows heavily damaged homes due to heavy flooding of the Tumen river in late August 2016...

US bombers fly over S.Korea for second time since North nuclear test 21 Sep 2016 - 08:40 am

A US B-1B Lancer makes a landing at the Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek on September 21, 2016. SouthKorea OUT / AFP /...

Chinese men jailed in Cambodia for major drug haul 20 Sep 2016 - 10:42 am

The two Chinese men -- Ly Yong, 43, and Deng Yuan Ping, 53 -- were arrested in June last year alongside a Cambodian...

Captain of doomed Thai pilgrim boat had 'expired licence' 20 Sep 2016 - 08:26 am

Rescue workers look for missing persons on a ferry which capsized the day before in the province of Ayutthaya on September 19, 2016. ...

India's Modi thrashes out response to deadly Kashmir raid 19 Sep 2016 - 05:17 pm

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during a joint press conference with Nepalese Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal following a meeting in New...

India weighs response to deadly raid on Kashmir base 19 Sep 2016 - 11:08 am

An Indian army soldier takes up a position near the site of a gunbattle between Indian army soldiers and rebels inside an army...

Exploding phone battery: Samsung begins S.Korea exchange 19 Sep 2016 - 10:10 am

South Korean employee works to provide replacement Samsung Galaxy Note7 smartphones at a shop in Seoul on September 19, 2016. Jung Yeon-Je /...