World / Asia

Anger at Afghan female pilot's US asylum bid 25 Dec 2016 - 11:20 pm

Kabul: There was an angry reaction in Afghanistan to news that the first female fixed-wing pilot in the country's air force was requesting...

2 dead in east Afghanistan explosion 25 Dec 2016 - 11:18 pm

At least two civilians were killed in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) explosion in eastern Laghman province of Afghanistan, Afghan Khaama Press (KP)...

Taliban leader among 3 dead in Afghanistan airstrikes 25 Dec 2016 - 10:46 pm

At least three Taliban insurgents including a local leader of the group were killed and four others were wounded in separate airstrikes in...

Turban tying competition 25 Dec 2016 - 10:40 pm

Shimla gets season's first snowfall 25 Dec 2016 - 10:37 pm

Shimla: Popular tourist destination Shimla yesterday received the season's first snowfall, while the lower hills across Himachal Pradesh were lashed by rain, bringing...

Law against benami properties to be implemented soon 25 Dec 2016 - 10:36 pm

New Delhi: Lauding the public for their support in exposing the wrong-doings of the corrupt post-demonetisation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised to operationalise...

Go cashless, win prizes: PM 25 Dec 2016 - 10:36 pm

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi played a Santa on the Christmas Day and announced two schemes to promote digital transactions and banking...

One out of 769 vehicles booked for overspeeding on Yamuna Expressway 25 Dec 2016 - 10:34 pm

Agra: At least 143 people lost their lives in 919 accidents on Yamuna Expressway in 2015, but only one out of every 769...

Delhi witnesses coldest December day in 5 years 25 Dec 2016 - 10:34 pm

New Delhi: The national capital yesterday experienced coldest day of December in last five years with the maximum temperature settling at 15.4 degrees...

40 injured in Sabarimala stampede 25 Dec 2016 - 10:31 pm

At least 40 pilgrims were injured, three of them seriously, in a stampede at the Sabarimala temple in Kerala after a barricade gave...

Typhoon Nock-ten lashes central Philippines, cuts power 25 Dec 2016 - 07:39 pm

MANILA: A typhoon slammed into central Philippines late on Sunday, bringing strong winds and heavy rains and cutting off power, but there were...

Powerful typhoon slams into Philippines, spoiling Christmas 25 Dec 2016 - 05:33 pm

MANILA: A powerful typhoon slammed into the eastern Philippines on Christmas Day, spoiling the biggest holiday in Asia's largest Catholic nation, where a...

Powerful typhoon slams into the Philippines 25 Dec 2016 - 02:34 pm

Manila: A powerful typhoon with gusts reaching 235 kilometres (146 miles) an hour made landfall in the eastern Philippines late on Sunday, the...

N. Korea doubled coal exports ahead of UNSC resolution 25 Dec 2016 - 12:54 pm

Seoul: North Korea doubled its coal exports to China just before the United Nations Security Council adopted tougher economic sanctions last month, a...

Pakistan frees 220 Indian fishermen 25 Dec 2016 - 12:48 pm

Karachi: Pakistan on Sunday released 220 Indian fishermen held for trespassing into its territorial waters as a "goodwill gesture" to its nuclear-armed rival...

Indonesian police shoot dead two terror suspects 25 Dec 2016 - 12:44 pm

Jakarta: Indonesian police Sunday shot dead two terror suspects and arrested two more, only days after foiling separate plans by an IS-linked group...

Indonesian police kill 2 militants after raid on house in Java 25 Dec 2016 - 11:43 am

JAKARTA: Indonesian police killed two suspected Islamist militants on Sunday in a gunfight during a raid on a house in West Java, a...

China’s 1st aircraft carrier heads for Pacific drills 25 Dec 2016 - 11:03 am

BEIJING: China's first aircraft carrier and its accompanying naval formation have set off for the Western Pacific for blue water training, according to...