World / Asia

Loan rejection may been early warning of Taiwan building collapse 07 Feb 2016 - 01:20 pm

Relatives of trapped residents wait for information on the second day of search and rescue operations in Tainan on Feb 7, 2016. AFP/Sam...

Rescuers race to save over 120 buried after Taiwan quake 07 Feb 2016 - 01:13 pm

Rescuers search for survivors from a collapsed building following a 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck on 06 February in Tainan City, southern Taiwan, 07...

Government to address concerns over Pay Commission 07 Feb 2016 - 12:01 pm

Visakhapatnam: The government has studied representations from the armed forces vis-a-vis the 7th Pay Commission and their concerns will be addressed "in the...

'Green' lessons fetch Reliance Industries staffer Guinness entry 07 Feb 2016 - 11:47 am

Coimbatore: An hour-long lesson last year on how to segregate waste at source, involving 12,994 people of this city, has fetched CGS Manion,...

Parrikar rules out withdrawing troops from Siachen 07 Feb 2016 - 11:45 am

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar Visakhapatnam: Terming the recent death of 10 soldiers in an avalanche on the Siachen glacier "painful", Defence Minister Manohar...

N.Korea rocket launch 'serious damage' to regional security: Russia 07 Feb 2016 - 10:38 am

A North Korean long-range rocket is launched into the air at the Sohae rocket launch site, North Korea, in this photo released by...

Azam says Modi met Dawood in Lahore; government terms it baseless 07 Feb 2016 - 09:26 am

India prime minister Narendra Modi at the residence of his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif in Lahore. Lucknow/New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh minister Azam Khan...

Diary of living Japanese interpreter of Netaji confirms crash theory: Website 07 Feb 2016 - 09:22 am

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose London: Kazunori Kunizuka, who worked as an interpreter with Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose from 1943 to 1945, is still...

Philippine mayor shot in pre-election ambush 07 Feb 2016 - 08:31 am

Manila: A Philippine town mayor was shot and wounded in an ambush in the conflict-wracked south on Sunday, two days before the official...

N. Korea praises launch, others see as covert missile test 07 Feb 2016 - 08:30 am

This picture taken from North Korean TV and released by South Korean news agency Yonhap on February 7, 2016 shows North Korea's locket...

China expresses regret over North Korea rocket launch 07 Feb 2016 - 08:23 am

Beijing: China on Sunday "expressed regret" over North Korea's launch of a long-range rocket, after Pyongyang said it successfully put a satellite into...

S. Korea president urges 'strong' UN response to North rocket launch 07 Feb 2016 - 08:06 am

Seoul: South Korean President Park Geun-Hye on Sunday urged a tough UN response to North Korea's long-range rocket launch that came barely a...

Rescuers race to save over 100 buried after Taiwan quake 07 Feb 2016 - 08:02 am

Tainan, Taiwan: Rescuers raced against time Sunday to free more than 100 people still buried beneath the rubble of apartment blocks felled by...

Japan PM Abe calls N.Korean launch 'absolutely intolerable' 07 Feb 2016 - 07:50 am

Tokyo: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe condemned North Korea's launch Sunday of a long-range rocket and said it was a violation of UN...

North Korea launches long-range rocket 07 Feb 2016 - 07:46 am

Seoul: North Korea launched a long-range rocket on Sunday, violating UN resolutions and doubling down against an international community already determined to punish...

Pakistan police arrest six over child wedding 06 Feb 2016 - 06:26 pm

This photograph shows the traditional, formal presentation of the bride price (also known as "sin sot" or "dowry") at an engagement ceremony in...

North Korea says rocket launch early as Sunday 06 Feb 2016 - 06:19 pm

Seoul: North Korea's widely-condemned launch of a long-range rocket could happen within a matter of hours, after Pyongyang shortened and brought forward the...