World / Asia

S. Korea's Moon names top ministers, chief security advisor 21 May 2017 - 10:28 am

Seoul: South Korean President Moon Jae-In on Sunday announced his picks for finance and foreign ministers while appointing a former diplomat as his...

India to have science infrastructure sharing policy soon 21 May 2017 - 10:27 am

Kolkata: India is formulating a policy on maintaining and sharing science infrastructure so that R&D facilities do not remain limited to academia but...

Sonia, Rahul pay tributes to Rajiv Gandhi on 26th death anniversary 21 May 2017 - 10:14 am

New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi along with Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday paid tributes to former Prime Minister Rajiv...

Taliban raid kills 20 policemen in southern Afghanistan 21 May 2017 - 10:00 am

Kandahar, Afghanistan: At least 20 Afghan policemen were killed early Sunday when Taliban fighters stormed multiple security outposts in the volatile southern province...

Pacific ministers commit to move ahead with pact without US 21 May 2017 - 09:44 am

Hanoi, Vietnam: The Pacific Rim trade ministers meeting in Vietnam committed Sunday to move ahead with the Trans Pacific Partnership trade pact after...

Police: Gunmen shoot and kill 4 policemen in north Pakistan. 21 May 2017 - 09:36 am

Peshawar, Pakistan: Police say gunmen have shot and killed four policemen in an attack on a patrol in northwest Pakistan. Police official Arif...

Australia declares game-up for 'fake refugees' 21 May 2017 - 09:04 am

Sydney: Australia Sunday gave 7,500 boatpeople until October to file a claim proving they are genuine refugees or be kicked out, declaring the...

Pakistan census source of fear and hope for minorities 21 May 2017 - 08:44 am

Rabwah , Pakistan: Marginalised, attacked and frequently hit by blasphemy charges, Pakistan's religious minorities are hoping the country's first census since 1998 will...

Rajnath chairs security meet with five CMs, hikes border development funding 21 May 2017 - 08:22 am

Gangtok: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday chaired the first security review meeting with Chief Ministers of five states bordering China, and...

Resources and their utilisation should be for common good, says CJI 21 May 2017 - 08:18 am

New Delhi: Chief Justice of India Jagdish Singh Khehar on Saturday said that it was incumbent upon the government to ensure that the...

Three years of Modi: Possibility of 2nd innings looms large 21 May 2017 - 08:12 am

Considering that the score line in the last round of assembly elections before Narendra Modi's third anniversary of the assumption of power was...

Coal Ministry officials withheld information from then PM: Court 21 May 2017 - 08:03 am

New Delhi: A Special Court here that convicted Coal Ministry ex-Secretary H.C. Gupta and others in a coal block allocation case has said...

North Korea's Unit 180, the cyber warfare cell that worries the West 21 May 2017 - 07:47 am

SEOUL: North Korea's main spy agency has a special cell called Unit 180 that is likely to have launched some of its most...

Indian woman cuts off genitals of Hindu holy man over rape attempt 20 May 2017 - 09:58 pm

New Delhi: An Indian woman cut off a man's penis after he allegedly tried to rape her at her house in the southern...

New York Times reports China killed CIA sources, hobbled US spying from 2010 to 2012 20 May 2017 - 09:43 pm

WASHINGTON: China killed or imprisoned 18 to 20 CIA sources from 2010 to 2012, hobbling U.S. spying operations in a massive intelligence breach...

5 killed in Indonesia ferry blaze 20 May 2017 - 01:51 pm

Jakarta: A ferry caught fire in the Java Sea, leaving five people dead and nearly 190 others rescued, Indonesian authorities said Saturday. Search...

Homoeopathy, alternative medicine systems important: President 20 May 2017 - 12:17 pm

Kolkata: President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday highlighted the importance of homoeopathy, saying it is more cost-effective as compared to modern allopathic treatment and...

Microsoft offers cloud computing services to non-profits 20 May 2017 - 11:12 am

Hyderabad: Microsoft India, as part of the software giant's 'Public cloud for good' initiative, is making public cloud platform Microsoft Azure broadly available...