World / Asia

NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Monday allowed National Investigation Agency (NIA) plea to conduct the lie detector test of Showkat Ahmed Bhat,...

Women raise slogans during the funeral of the three youths killed in the Machil fake encounter at Rafiabad in Baramulla district of Jammu...

  LUCKNOW:  The Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) was remote-controlling the Narendra Modi government, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati has said. The fact that...

  ISLAMABAD: The police needs to be empowered if checks on seminaries are expected to yield any real results, a Pakistani daily said Monday...

  HYDERABAD: Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Monday left for a 10-day visit to China to attract investment and also to address...

By Kavita Bajeli-Datt DILI,  Timor-Leste:  Over 1.3 million people die of tobacco consumption in Southeast Asia every year, with the region consisting of...

This television screen grab shows UCAV Burraq launching the laser-guided missile Burq. ISLAMABAD:  Pakistan's military on Monday said it had for the first...

DHAKA: Bangladesh police said Monday they are seeking to arrest national cricketer Shahadat Hossain and his wife for allegedly beating their 11-year-old maid...

Kabul: The Taliban have condemned the killing of 13 minority Hazaras as a plot to “breed fault lines”, in an apparent dig at...

NEW DELHI: Agitating servicemen on Sunday said they will continue their protest over the One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme as the government...

PATNA: Thousands of commuters were hit as expelled RJD leader Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav's supporters halted trains in Bihar on Sunday to...

DHAKA: Bangladesh's highest court on Sunday cleared the screening of a film depicting one of the world's worst industrial disasters, the 2013 Rana...

Pakistan Air Force cadets march next to the mausoleum of the country's founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah to mark the country’s Defense Day in...

The comic aims to raise awareness on the plight of gays in the Muslim-majority nation. Photo from Boys of Bangladesh page DHAKA:  Bangladesh's...

Afghans clash with members of the national security forces during an anti-Government protest in Kabul, Afghanistan. MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Afghanistan): At least 13 people were...

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani (centre) attends the Senior Officials Meeting in Kabul, Afghanistan, yesterday.   Kabul: Afghanistan’s president implored international donors for their continued...

  Dhaka: Nervous, pale and sleep deprived, Bangladesh blogger Shammi Haque describes living in constant fear after four of her colleagues were hacked to...

Bangkok: A Thai court last Friday sentenced four men to life imprisonment over the death of three people, including two children, in a...