World / Asia

China's Xi to consolidate power at key meeting: analysts 23 Oct 2016 - 08:49 pm

Beijing: The leaders of the world's most powerful political party gather in Beijing on Monday for a conclave that could change the course...

India has 30 million stray dogs. One state is pushing vigilantes to kill them 23 Oct 2016 - 08:22 pm

KOCHI, India - The dog catcher tiptoes into a narrow lane carrying a metal wire noose. Someone had spotted a stray dog amid...

Junko Tabei, 1st woman to climb Everest, dies at 77 23 Oct 2016 - 12:57 pm

Tokyo: The first woman to climb Mount Everest didn't stop there. Japanese mountaineer Junko Tabei, who died Thursday at 77, devoted her adult...

Wealthy Australian families make counter-bid for cattle empire 23 Oct 2016 - 12:40 pm

Sydney: An all-Australian consortium comprising some of the country's richest grazier families made a counter-offer Sunday for one of the world's largest cattle...

Duterte hopes Philippine fishermen can return to China-controlled shoal 23 Oct 2016 - 11:52 am

MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte expressed hope on Sunday that fishermen would be able to return to the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the...

Taiwan beekeepers battle to cash in on pure honey buzz 23 Oct 2016 - 10:36 am

Ilan, Taiwan: Under a shady starfruit tree Taiwanese beekeeper Jiang Hwan-bin tends his hives, pumping out pure honey for a rapidly growing market...

One killed, two injured in Japan park blasts 23 Oct 2016 - 10:36 am

Tokyo: One person was killed and at least two injured by two near-simultaneous blasts in a Japanese park on Sunday, the local fire...

Three injured by explosions in Japan park: fire dept 23 Oct 2016 - 08:40 am

Tokyo: Two near-simultaneous blasts in a Japanese park on Sunday injured at least three people, with one of them in critical condition, the...

Korean abducted in first Philippines cargo ship raid 22 Oct 2016 - 08:10 pm

Manila: Suspected Islamist militants kidnapped the captain of a South Korean cargo ship in the southern Philippines, the first such attack on a...

MNS allows release of Karan Johar's 'Ae Dil...' 22 Oct 2016 - 10:38 am

Mumbai: In a breather for filmmaker Karan Johar, the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) on Saturday allowed the release of his forthcoming film "Ae...

Nearly 80,000 evacuated as typhoon lashes south China 22 Oct 2016 - 10:37 am

BEIJING: Nearly 80,000 people have been evacuated in a southern Chinese city as a strong typhoon lashed the region, damaging dikes and dam...

China slams 'provocative' US sail-by in South China Sea 22 Oct 2016 - 08:32 am

Beijing: China has slammed the US for sailing a warship near disputed territory in the South China Sea, saying the move was a...

Pakistan's newest celebrity, a handsome tea vendor, rejects film talk 20 Oct 2016 - 07:08 pm

ISLAMABAD: An 18-year-old tea vendor who became Pakistan’s hottest new celebrity when his photo went viral on the Internet says he has no...

Duterte announces separation from US, aligns Philippines with China 20 Oct 2016 - 02:35 pm

BEIJING: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte announced his “separation” from the United States on Thursday, declaring that it had “lost” and he had realigned...

Zika infections at ‘epidemic' in Vietnam's largest city 20 Oct 2016 - 02:22 pm

HANOI, Vietnam: The Zika virus has reached pandemic levels in Ho Chi Minh City, with the number of cases in Vietnam now reaching...

Tajikistan starts anti-terror drills with China 20 Oct 2016 - 12:01 pm

Dushanbe, Tajikistan: Tajikistan began joint anti-terror drills with China on Thursday close near the border with Afghanistan as part of Beijing's drive to...

North Korea conducts another failed missile launch 20 Oct 2016 - 11:33 am

Seoul: North Korea on Thursday conducted what appeared to be a failed test -- its second in a week -- of a powerful...

Over 90,000 people flee as Typhoon Haima slams northern Philippines 20 Oct 2016 - 09:34 am

PAGUDPUD, PHILIPPINES: Super Typhoon Haima, the strongest storm to hit the Philippines in three years, ripped through major rice growing regions, damaging crops ...