World / Asia

Japan pledges support for Southeast Asia security to counter coercive China 04 Jun 2016 - 09:02 am

Japan's Minister of Defence Gen Nakatani speaks at the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore June 4, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su Japan will help Southeast...

China urged to cooperate as Asia worries about South China Sea row 04 Jun 2016 - 08:40 am

U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter speaks at the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore June 4, 2016. REUTERS/EDGAR SU BY DAVID BRUNNSTROM AND...

Pakistan increases defense spending by 11 percent 04 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

Security official place bags containing budget documents to the parliament where Pakistani Finance Minister Ishaq Dar presented the national budget for the fiscal...

Pakistan budget seeks decade-high growth as IMF loan nears end 04 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

Employees sort documents before they are distributed for the presentation of the 2016-17 budget in the National Assembly in Islamabad, Pakistan, June 3,...

India's Modi to arrive in Doha on Saturday as he embarks on a five-nation tour 04 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

File photo of India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi. New Delhi: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a five-nation trip this weekend...

Missing Japanese boy found safe after forest ordeal 03 Jun 2016 - 02:53 pm

This picture shows a house in a military exercise area where missing boy Yamato Tanooka was found by Self-Defense Forces personnel in the...

17 abducted minority Hazaras freed in Afghanistan 03 Jun 2016 - 02:41 pm

Kabul: Seventeen Shiite Hazaras kidnapped in northern Afghanistan have been released, officials said Friday, after gunmen hauled them out of their vehicles in...

Thai tiger temple monk caught fleeing with skins, fangs 03 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

Dead tiger cubs are displayed by Thai officials after they were found during a raid on the controversial Tiger Temple, a popular tourist...

Crew families sue Malaysia Airlines over downing of jet 02 Jun 2016 - 11:55 am

Malaysian lawyer Balan Nair (C), representing families of the ill-fated Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crew members, speaks with journalists prior to filing the...

Myanmar set to release data on religion in months 02 Jun 2016 - 11:37 am

By Kyaw Ye Lynn YANGON, Myanmar: After being withheld for over a year for political reasons, controversial census data on religion in Myanmar...

6.5 Quake Hits off Sumatra Coast 02 Jun 2016 - 10:42 am

Washington: A strong 6.5 earthquake hit the western Indonesian island of Sumatra on Thursday. The epicenter of the quake was about 40km (25...

India court convicts 24 over 2002 Gujarat riots massacre 02 Jun 2016 - 09:54 am

Buildings damaged during religious riots are seen in Ahmedabad on June 1, 2016. AFP / SAM PANTHAKY Ahmedabad, India: An Indian court convicted...

Xi calls for calm as North Korean official visits China 01 Jun 2016 - 04:56 pm

By Mahmut Atanur BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for calm and restraint on the Korean Peninsula during a meeting Wednesday with...

2 dead, 18 injured after blast at battery plant in China 01 Jun 2016 - 02:47 pm

By Mahmut Atanur BEIJING: A plant worker and a firefighter have been killed and 18 others injured after an explosion rocked a battery...

Indian court set to rule on deadly Gujarat riots 01 Jun 2016 - 12:50 pm

A house that was burnt and damaged in the riots at the Gulbarg Society in 2002. Reuters Ahmedabad, India: An Indian court is...

Six killed as Taliban bombers raid Afghan courthouse 01 Jun 2016 - 12:10 pm

Afghan security force personnel stand alert at the entrance to a provincial court in Ghazni on June 1, 2016, after a group of ...

North Korea takes a shine to Donald Trump 01 Jun 2016 - 11:20 am

A combination photo shows a Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) handout of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Republican US presidential candidate...

China to prosecute Xinjiang judge for letting off terror suspects 01 Jun 2016 - 11:12 am

BEIJING: Authorities in China’s violence-prone western region of Xinjiang will prosecute a former judge who reduced penalties and let off people suspected of...