World / Asia

Fighting across Afghanistan as Taliban opens offensive before talks 13 Apr 2019 - 05:12 pm

KABUL: Taliban forces attacked the northern Afghan city of Kunduz on Saturday, a day after the launch of their annual spring offensive, as...

Modi allies in soup over threats to Indian voters 13 Apr 2019 - 04:52 pm

New Delhi: Two top members of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party including an estranged member of the Gandhi dynasty were in hot water...

'Mikhail Gorbachev' running for office in Indonesia polls 12 Apr 2019 - 06:54 pm

Jakarta: Mikhail Gorbachev is running for office in Indonesian elections next week, but it's not the octogenarian ex-Soviet leader who helped bring an...

Pakistan vegetable market bomb kills 16, half of them minority Hazaras 12 Apr 2019 - 11:30 am

QUETTA: A bomb hidden between bags of potatoes at an outdoor Pakistani market killed at least 16 people on Friday, half of them...

Inside the Pakistani madrasa where India said it killed hundreds of "terrorists" 11 Apr 2019 - 12:14 pm

JABA, Pakistan: A madrasa, or Islamic school, on a remote hilltop in northeastern Pakistan that was the target of an Indian air strike...

Modi favourite as India's incredible election begins 11 Apr 2019 - 07:41 am

New Delhi: India's gargantuan election, the biggest in history, kicked off on Thursday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking a second term from...

Philippines bans workers' deployment to Libya amid fighting 10 Apr 2019 - 01:59 pm

MANILA, Philippines: The Philippine labor secretary says the government has imposed a total ban on the deployment of Filipino workers to Libya because...

Singapore in second major pangolin seizure in a week 10 Apr 2019 - 12:28 pm

Singapore: Singaporean authorities said Wednesday they had discovered nearly 13 tonnes of pangolin scales worth about $38 million in a shipping container, the...

India bans Modi film until after election: officials 10 Apr 2019 - 12:09 pm

New Delhi: A biopic about Prime Minister Narendra Modi described by his opponents as propaganda has been barred from release during the national...

Disabled Myanmar teen football champ defies the odds 10 Apr 2019 - 09:39 am

Yangon: Football-obsessed Myanmar teen Kaung Khant Lin roots for Manchester United, worships star Lionel Messi and was honoured as the best player in...

Dalai Lama recovering from chest infection in hospital 10 Apr 2019 - 08:56 am

NEW DELHI: The Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, is doing fine after he was admitted to a New Delhi hospital with a...

Seoul cancels permit for new Japanese embassy building 10 Apr 2019 - 08:47 am

Seoul: Authorities in Seoul have cancelled the permit for a new Japanese embassy building citing construction delays, local officials said Wednesday, with relations...

Fishermen turn to maps as India's coasts cleared for tourism, industry 09 Apr 2019 - 09:35 pm

KAATUKUPPAM, India: After generations of trawling the same waters, the fishermen on the coast of Tamil Nadu in southeastern India know where to...

More than 11 million face eviction, displacement as India booms 09 Apr 2019 - 09:35 pm

BANGKOK: At least 11 million people in India risk being uprooted from their homes and land as authorities build highways and airports and...

Veteran Kerala politician K.M. Mani dead 09 Apr 2019 - 02:54 pm

Kochi: Veteran politician and Kerala Congress-Mani Chairman K.M. Mani, who never lost an Assembly election since 1967, passed away at a private hospital...

SC dismisses plea seeking stay on Modi biopic 09 Apr 2019 - 01:01 pm

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the plea seeking stay on release of "PM Narendra Modi", a biopic on the Prime...

China meddling claims hit Australian govt before vote 09 Apr 2019 - 09:00 am

Sydney: Australia's hardline immigration minister was swept up in the deepening saga over Chinese meddling in domestic politics Tuesday, delivering another blow to...