World / Asia

Pakistan calls for aid for its millions of Afghan refugees 23 Jun 2016 - 08:21 am

A corridor between Afghanistan-Pakistan security fences at the border post in Torkham, Pakistan. REUTERS/FAYAZ AZIZ Islamabad: Pakistan, home for decades to millions of...

Myanmar's Suu Kyi to visit troubled diaspora in Thailand 23 Jun 2016 - 08:12 am

File photo of Myanmar State Counsellor and Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi, pictured on June 17, 2016. AFP Bangkok: Myanmar's Aung San...

North Korea rules out nuclear talks resumption: official 23 Jun 2016 - 08:01 am

Beijing: North Korea has "no thoughts" of resuming six-party talks on its nuclear programme, a top Pyongyang official said Thursday in Beijing, despite...

Noted Pakistani Sufi singer shot dead in Karachi 22 Jun 2016 - 03:27 pm

Amjad Sabri (photo: Twitter) By Mehreen Zahra-Malik ISLAMABAD: Motorcycle-borne gunmen on Wednesday shot dead an acclaimed Pakistani singer in the busy port city...

Nationalist Myanmar party rejects UN envoy’s meet offer 22 Jun 2016 - 03:13 pm

Yanghee Leeg, the UN’s special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar By Kyaw Ye Lynn YANGON, Myanmar: A powerful ethnic party in Myanmar...

Afghanistan risks "new spiral in violence", UN official says 22 Jun 2016 - 11:55 am

Afghan policemen arrive at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul Afghanistan June 20, 2016. Reuters/Omar Sobhani Kabul: Afghanistan faces the risk...

India launches record 20 satellites in single mission 22 Jun 2016 - 11:39 am

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman, Kiran Kumar Rao (2R), along with members of the team, gestures as he displays models of the...

Indonesia says has no overlapping South China Sea claims with China 22 Jun 2016 - 10:43 am

JAKARTA: Indonesia’s foreign minister on Wednesday rejected China’s stance that the two Asian nations have overlapping claims in the South China Sea, where...

China jails top executive at China Resources unit 22 Jun 2016 - 10:41 am

Beijing: A Chinese court has jailed a former top executive in one of the country's largest state-owned conglomerates for 10 years for bribery...

Lightning kills at least 67 as monsoon sweeps India 22 Jun 2016 - 09:40 am

Men walk past submerged vehicles as they wade through a water-logged street after heavy rains in Jammu on June 21, 2016. AFP New...

Afghan Taliban release some kidnapped bus passengers 22 Jun 2016 - 09:36 am

File photo of Taliban insurgents. Reuters Kandahar, Afghanistan: The Taliban have released 21 of some two dozen hostages pulled from their vehicles on...

Debris found in Australia ruled out as from MH370 22 Jun 2016 - 09:24 am

Mother of a passenger of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 cries while holding a painting which her family made for wishing the...

China plans first regular civilian cruises to disputed Spratlys by 2020 22 Jun 2016 - 09:15 am

An aerial view shows the Pagasa (Hope) Island, part of the disputed Spratly group of islands, in the South China Sea. Reuters BEIJING:...

Philippines v China: facts about a much-watched legal battle 22 Jun 2016 - 09:06 am

A crew member of a fishing vessel sitting at the bow, anchored at the mouth of the South China Sea off the town...

29 Filipinas rescued from trafficking in Malaysia 22 Jun 2016 - 08:56 am

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian police have rescued 29 Filipinas who had been trafficked into work in bars, the Philippine embassy in Kuala Lumpur said...

N. Korea test fires two powerful, mid-range missiles 22 Jun 2016 - 08:25 am

A television screen broadcasts news coverage of a North Korean rocket launch, at Seoul station on June 22, 2016. AFP / Ed Jones ...

Modi wants to scare me through FIR: Kejriwal 22 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

Arvind Kejriwal (Reuters) New Delhi: A day after he was booked in the water tankers scam along with his predecessor Sheila Dikshit, Delhi...

Malaysia: Future of MH370 search to be decided in July 21 Jun 2016 - 12:59 pm

By P Prem Kumar KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia announced Tuesday that a definitive decision on whether to continue the search for missing Malaysia Airlines...