World / Asia

Modi calls beef killing "unwelcome" as intolerance concerns grow 14 Oct 2015 - 11:48 am

Indian activists shouting slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a protest in New Delhi. NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has...

Iran frees nine Indian sailors from prison 14 Oct 2015 - 09:55 am

New Delhi: India's Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj Wednesday said Iran has released from prison nine Indian sailors serving two-year term for smuggling oil....

Bangladesh's illegal kidney trade booms as donors turn brokers 14 Oct 2015 - 09:40 am

Kalai, Bangladesh: After years of crippling debt, Bangladeshi villager Rawshan Ara decided to follow in her family's footsteps -- and sell a kidney...

Tibetan writer released by China after 10 years in jail 14 Oct 2015 - 09:34 am

Beijing: A Tibetan author jailed by China for writing a book about the Himalayan region has been released after a decade in prison,...

Afghan forces retake Chahar Dara district of Kundoz from Taliban 14 Oct 2015 - 08:34 am

Kabul: Afghan forces have pushed back Taliban from one of their strongholds in northern Kundoz province. Officials said Chahar Dara District has been...

Myanmar to hold landmark vote as planned on Nov.8 14 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

By Timothy Mclaughlin and Hnin Yadana Zaw YANGON: Myanmar's general election will go ahead as scheduled on Nov. 8, according to an announcement...

Refugees in Pakistan hit by aid cuts as Europe crisis drains funds 13 Oct 2015 - 04:46 pm

By Asad Hashim PESHAWAR: Aid programmes for some of the 2.5 million Afghan refugees in Pakistan are being slashed amid the worst funding...

Myanmar may postpone landmark November poll due to floods 13 Oct 2015 - 04:23 pm

By Timothy Mclaughlin and Hnin Yadana Zaw YANGON: Myanmar's election commission and the country's biggest political parties on Tuesday discussed postponing a historic...

Pakistan hangs eight for murder 13 Oct 2015 - 03:21 pm

MULTAN: Pakistan on Tuesday hanged at least eight men for murder, officials said, bringing the total number of people executed since it controversially...

'Shantaram' sequel hits shelves after a decade 13 Oct 2015 - 03:08 pm

MUMBAI: A long-awaited sequel to "Shantaram" went on sale on Tuesday, 12 years after the novel about an escaped Australian convict in India...

Rising salinity threatens Bangladesh's coastal communities 13 Oct 2015 - 02:07 pm

By Pantho Rahaman GAMBURA, Bangladesh: S uruj Miah walks through his village carrying two large pots of water, one in his hand and...

Philippines dismisses reports MH370 wreckage found on remote island 13 Oct 2015 - 09:04 am

Zamboanga, Philippines: Philippine authorities insisted Tuesday a Malaysian Airlines jet that went missing last year had not crashed onto a remote Filipino island,...

Indian police arrest six over ink attack 13 Oct 2015 - 08:56 am

Mumbai: Indian police said Tuesday they had arrested six members of a far-right political group over an ink attack on an activist who...

Landslide kills 17 in Myanmar: state media 13 Oct 2015 - 08:47 am

Yangon: A landslide triggered by torrential rains has killed at least 17 people in eastern Myanmar and forced the evacuation of scores more,...

Pakistan's landslide leaves 13 people dead 13 Oct 2015 - 08:28 am

Islamabad: Thirteen people were dead as a result of a landslide that buried shanties in Gulsitan-e-Jauhar area in Karachi early on Tuesday. According...

First phase of Battle Bihar ends, 57 percent voting 13 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Women wait in a line to cast their vote outside a polling station in Samastipur district in the eastern state of Bihar, India. ...

Resurgent Taliban threaten to overrun another Afghan city 12 Oct 2015 - 06:57 pm

Ghazni, Afghanistan: Fighting flared in eastern Afghanistan Monday as Taliban insurgents threatened to storm another provincial capital, two weeks after their lightning capture...