World / Asia

China adopts first counter-terrorism law 27 Dec 2015 - 12:19 pm

Paramilitary police guard a shopping mall in Hotan, China's western Xinjiang region. AFP Beijing: China adopted its first counter-terrorism law Sunday after early...

Thai police defend probe into British tourists’ murder after hundreds protest 27 Dec 2015 - 12:01 pm

A Buddhist monk holds placard during a protest against a Thai court's death sentence for two Myanmar migrant workers, in front of Thailand's...

Pakistan's Baloch activists take separatist battle online 27 Dec 2015 - 11:27 am

File photo of Pakistanis with portraits of loved ones during a vigil for Baloch Martyrs Day in Quetta. AFP Islamabad: Images of burned...

Owner of China's collapsed mine commits suicide 27 Dec 2015 - 09:59 am

A December 25, 2015 photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a trapped miner is rescued from a collapsed gypsum mine in Pingyi...

Nepal expects more Chinese tourists in coming years 27 Dec 2015 - 09:49 am

Chinese tourists visiting the Himalayan country has been rising in the last few months Kathmandu: Nepali officials have expressed the hope that waiving...

Pakistan's army chief leaves for Kabul 27 Dec 2015 - 09:45 am

Islamabad: Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif Sunday left for Afghanistan on day-long visit to hold talks with top Afghan leadership...

Taliban denies sharing IS intelligence with Russia 27 Dec 2015 - 09:35 am

Taliban denies any negotiations with Russia to eliminate IS Kabul: The Afghan Taliban has officially denied any negotiations or exchange of information with...

Pakistan not expecting much from January talks: Aziz 27 Dec 2015 - 09:31 am

File photo of Pakistan's foreign affairs adviser Sartaj Aziz Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's Foreign Affairs Adviser Sartaj Aziz said it would...

Odd-even: Vadra says VIP exemption hypocrisy; BJP, AAP slam him 27 Dec 2015 - 09:24 am

File photo of Robert Vadra New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra on Saturday criticised the Delhi government's move to spare...

CPI-M plenum aiming to strengthen organisation begins on Sunday 27 Dec 2015 - 09:19 am

Some of the top CPI-M leaders meet before the five-day plenum Kolkata: Months before the crucial assembly polls in its erstwhile citadels West...

Three missing in Myanmar jade mine landslide: officials 27 Dec 2015 - 09:19 am

Yangon: Rescuers in northern Myanmar Sunday said they were confident only a handful of people are missing in a jade mine landslide, refuting...

Myanmar army chief asks Thailand for death sentence review 27 Dec 2015 - 08:34 am

Yangon: Myanmar's army chief has called on Thailand to review the sentencing of two countrymen to death for murdering a pair of British...

IS claims attack on Ahmadi mosque in Bangladesh 27 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Bangladeshi men carry the body of a man killed in a suicide bomb blast at a Ahmadiyya mosque during Friday prayers in Rajshahi,...

Breakaway Muslim rebels kill nine people in southern Philippines 27 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

File photo MANILA: A breakaway Muslim rebel group killed nine civilians in the southern Philippines in a series of attacks on Christmas eve,...

Tokyo to propose new fund for former 'comfort women': media 27 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Protestors sit next to a statue called the Peace Monument for former comfort women. AFP Tokyo: Japan plans to propose a fresh fund...

Afghanistan records 12 injured in late-night earthquake 26 Dec 2015 - 05:16 pm

An Afghan villager removes bricks after his home was damaged from an earthquake in Surkhroad district of Jalalabad east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday,...

Delhi government suspends three officials for corruption 26 Dec 2015 - 04:03 pm

Delhi Transport Minister Gopal Rai New Delhi: The Delhi government on Saturday suspended three transport department officials over alleged corruption in issuing fresh...