World / Asia

26 dead in landslides after Philippine storm 17 Dec 2017 - 03:11 pm

Matnog, Philippines: Landslides triggered by Tropical Storm Kai-Tak have killed 26 people and 23 more are missing in the eastern Philippines, authorities said...

Gunmen attack Christian church in Pakistan, at least one dead 17 Dec 2017 - 11:35 am

ISLAMABAD: Attackers detonated a bomb and opened fire on worshippers inside a Christian church in southwestern Pakistan on Sunday, killing at least one...

Rahul Gandhi: 'inevitable' heir to India's Congress dynasty 16 Dec 2017 - 05:53 pm

New Delhi: He has never held public office, once likened power to "poison", and saw his politician father and grandmother assassinated. Now Rahul...

Three dead, 77,000 flee as storm pounds Philippines 16 Dec 2017 - 04:58 pm

Tacloban, Philippines: At least three people were killed and tens of thousands were driven from their homes by floods as Tropical Storm Kai-Tak...

China, UK vow to continue, strengthen economic, financial cooperation 16 Dec 2017 - 12:53 pm

BEIJING: China and the United Kingdom vowed to continue and strengthen cooperation on a wide range of economic, financial and trade issues, the...

Sonia Gandhi: Power behind Congress throne 16 Dec 2017 - 10:51 am

New Delhi: Sonia Gandhi stepped down as head of India's opposition Congress party Saturday after an extraordinary odyssey that transformed her from a...

Detained asylum-seekers win right to sue PNG government for compensation 16 Dec 2017 - 09:27 am

MELBOURNE, A Papua New Guinea court has given hundreds of asylum-seekers who were held for years in a controversial Australian detention centre the...

Toll rises to two dead after Indonesia quake 16 Dec 2017 - 09:21 am

Jakarta: At least two people have been killed following a strong 6.5-magnitude earthquake on Indonesia's main island of Java, an official said Saturday....

India's Rahul Gandhi takes over as president of Congress party 16 Dec 2017 - 09:13 am

New Delhi: India's Rahul Gandhi took over Saturday as president of the main opposition Congress party after years of speculation about the scion...

Thailand cuts back N. Korean trade to nearly 'none': goverment 14 Dec 2017 - 01:02 pm

Bangkok: Thailand has drastically reduced trade with North Korea amid mounting international pressure to isolate the pariah state, the government said Thursday, as...

Don't sleepwalk into war over N. Korea, warns UN boss 14 Dec 2017 - 12:35 pm

Tokyo: United Nations chief Antonio Guterres Thursday warned the world against "sleepwalking into war" over North Korea, as he called for diplomatic efforts...

S. Korea prosecutors seek 25 years for ex-president's friend 14 Dec 2017 - 11:55 am

Seoul: The powerful secret confidante at the centre of the sprawling corruption scandal that brought down South Korean president Park Geun-Hye should spend...

6,700 Rohingya killed in first month of Myanmar violence: MSF 14 Dec 2017 - 11:42 am

Yangon: At least 6,700 Rohingya Muslims were killed in the first month of a Myanmar army crackdown on rebels in Rakhine state that...

Japan police mount raids over 'illegal food exports' to N. Korea 14 Dec 2017 - 11:28 am

Tokyo: Japanese police said Thursday they had carried out several raids, reportedly in connection to alleged shipments of food to North Korea that...

Indian police ambush Maoist rebels, killing eight 14 Dec 2017 - 11:13 am

New Delhi: At least eight suspected Maoist rebels were killed in a gunfight with police who ambushed their hideout in southern India on...

Four jailed in Singapore over forged Ed Sheeran tickets 14 Dec 2017 - 10:22 am

Singapore, An Australian, a Briton and two New Zealanders have been jailed for four weeks each in Singapore for selling forged tickets to...

6,700 Rohingya killed in first month of Myanmar violence: MSF 14 Dec 2017 - 09:54 am

Yangon, At least 6,700 Rohingya Muslims were killed in the first month of a Myanmar army crackdown on rebels in Rakhine state that...

Australia's population growth outpaces world as migrants rush in 14 Dec 2017 - 08:42 am

SYDNEY, Australia’s population is expanding at the fastest pace in the developed world as skilled migrants flock to the resource-rich nation, a fillip...