World / Asia

Thailand mother saw daughter's Facebook Live murder 27 Apr 2017 - 10:12 am

Phuket, Thailand: The distraught Thai mother of a baby girl killed by her boyfriend in a murder he broadcast on Facebook Live has...

Nepal quake recovery, done right, could ease migration pressure 27 Apr 2017 - 09:55 am

BANGKOK: Two years after powerful twin earthquakes in Nepal killed thousands of people and displaced millions, the slow pace of reconstruction offers an...

Civilian casualties decline slightly in Afghanistan-U.N. report 27 Apr 2017 - 08:27 am

KABUL: Civilians casualties caused by the war in Afghanistan declined slightly in the first three months of 2017, the United Nations said on...

Militants kill 3 Indian soldiers in attack on base in Kashmir 27 Apr 2017 - 08:11 am

SRINAGAR, India: Separatist militants killed three Indian soldiers in the early hours of Thursday morning in an attack on a military army base...

Hong Kong police arrest more political activists - parties 27 Apr 2017 - 07:59 am

HONG KONG: Hong Kong police arrested nine democracy activists on Thursday over a November protest outside Beijing's representative office in the city, opposition...

Missing trekkers found in Nepal after 7 weeks, 1 dead 26 Apr 2017 - 07:30 pm

Kathmandu: Rescuers on Wednesday found two Taiwanese trekkers who went missing in a remote mountainous part of Nepal seven weeks ago, but only...

Indian Kashmir blocks social media after clashes 26 Apr 2017 - 03:28 pm

Srinagar, India: Authorities in Indian-administered Kashmir on Wednesday ordered internet service providers to block popular social media services including Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp...

China's richest man deepens sports foray with global marathons deal 26 Apr 2017 - 03:18 pm

BEIJING: China's Dalian Wanda Group, controlled by the country's richest man Wang Jianlin, has signed a deal to sponsor races with the world's...

60th ASEAN Summit begins in Philippines 26 Apr 2017 - 12:41 pm

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines: The 30th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit began Wednesday in capital of Manila amid tight security. The summit...

2 years on, little sign of recovery in post-quake Nepal 26 Apr 2017 - 12:07 pm

KATHMANDU, Nepal: Dhan Narayan Kapali, a 55-year-old social worker, sat under a tent in a corner as dozens of young men and women...

Death toll in Pakistan roadside bomb rises to 13: officials 26 Apr 2017 - 11:09 am

Peshawar, Pakistan: The death toll from a roadside bomb targeting a passenger vehicle in Pakistan's northwest rose to 13 on Wednesday as three...

28 ISIS militants killed in Afghanistan 26 Apr 2017 - 11:01 am

Kabul: At least 28 militants affiliated with the ISIS group were killed during the clearance operations in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. The...

Thai media rebuked over Facebook live of child murder 26 Apr 2017 - 10:57 am

Bangkok: Thai media came under fire Wednesday for publishing images of a man killing his infant daughter in a Facebook Live video, a...

China launches first domestically built aircraft carrier: media 26 Apr 2017 - 09:07 am

Beijing: China has launched its first domestically designed and built aircraft carrier, state media said Wednesday, as the country seeks to transform its...

Japan disaster minister resigns over quake gaffe 26 Apr 2017 - 08:59 am

Tokyo: Japan's gaffe-prone disaster reconstruction minister resigned Wednesday after remarking it was lucky the catastrophic 2011 earthquake-tsunami had hit a largely rural region...

US missile defence equipment reaches S.Korea site 26 Apr 2017 - 08:39 am

Seoul: US troops began delivering a missile defence system that has infuriated China to a deployment site in South Korea Wednesday, amid heightened...

Thai police to review procedures for taking down content after Facebook killing 26 Apr 2017 - 07:38 am

BANGKOK: Police in Thailand on Wednesday said they would discuss how to speed up taking down "inappropriate online content" after a man broadcast...

N. Korea marks military anniversary with firing drill 25 Apr 2017 - 12:21 pm

Seoul: Nuclear-armed North Korea on Tuesday marked a military anniversary with a massive conventional firing drill, Seoul said, as a US guided-missile submarine...