World / Asia

Seoul Rejects Inter-Korean Dialogue Proposed by N. Korea 08 May 2016 - 03:18 pm

Seoul, May 08 (QNA) - South Korea on Sunday rejected the inter-Korean dialogue offer proposed by the leader of Democratic People's Republic of...

Death toll jumps to 73 in Afghan road accident: health ministry 08 May 2016 - 02:20 pm

An Afghan, man who was injured in a road accident, is brought to local hospital in Ghazni, Afghanistan, 08 May 2016. EPA/SAYED MUSTAFA...

In Duterte's Davao, Filipinos ready to share their maverick mayor 08 May 2016 - 02:17 pm

Presidential candidate and Davao City mayor Rodrigo Duterte (R) addresses the supporters as his running mate, vice presidential candidate and senator Allan Peter...

Six Taliban inmates on death row hanged: Afghan govt 08 May 2016 - 10:56 am

File photo of an Afghan policeman keeping watch at a police checkpoint on the Kandahar-Tarin Kot highway. AFP / RATEB NOORI Kabul: Six...

Security forces on alert ahead of tense Philippine elections 08 May 2016 - 10:40 am

Election posters of Philippine candidates are seen hanging above vehicles driving along a main street in Pritil, Tondo city, metro Manila in the...

Gandhis have some "secrets" of Modi: Kejriwal 08 May 2016 - 10:31 am

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal. Reuters New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal continued on Sunday to take potshots at Prime Minister Narendra...

Iran starts trial of Afghans accused of raping French tourist 08 May 2016 - 10:24 am

Tehran: A trial opened in Iran on Sunday of four Afghans accused of raping a French tourist in mountains on Tehran's northwestern outskirts,...

N. Korea TV airs 'special' Kim Jong-Un speech 08 May 2016 - 10:02 am

A picture made available on 07 May 2016 by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-un speaking...

Gunmen kill rights activist in Pakistan 08 May 2016 - 10:01 am

Activist Khurram Zaki. Source: Twitter ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani police officer says gunmen riding motorcycles have shot and killed a rights activist and wounded...

Afghanistan is losing its local press corps as journalists flee the country 08 May 2016 - 09:52 am

Afghan journalist Sardar Ahmad of Agence France-Presse (R) and his wife are placed on their graves in Kabul March 23, 2014. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood ...

Buses collide with fuel tanker in Afghanistan, 8 dead 08 May 2016 - 09:51 am

KABUL: An Afghan official says two buses and a fuel tanker have collided on the main highway linking Kabul and Kandahar, killing at...

N. Korea to make 'special' announcement: state TV 08 May 2016 - 09:43 am

Seoul: North Korea said Sunday it would make a "special" announcement, as the regime is holding its first party congress in more than...

Thirty-four missing in China landslide - Xinhua 08 May 2016 - 09:35 am

BEIJING: Thirty-four people are missing after a landslide triggered by heavy rain hit a construction site in China's southeastern Fujian province on Sunday,...

Vietnam police break up protest against Taiwan firm over fish deaths 08 May 2016 - 09:09 am

A local militia member stands guard at the unusual empty Opera House's square where protesters initially planned an anti-Formosa rally after a heavy ...

Crime-buster the man to beat on eve of Philippines election 08 May 2016 - 08:43 am

Philippine presidential candidate and Davao city mayor Rodrigo 'Digong' Duterte (C) is flanked by his relatives during a ''Miting de Avance'' (last political...