World / Asia

MH17 investigation team in Malaysia to discuss legal options 24 Mar 2016 - 09:40 am

The crash in Ukraine killed everyone onboard MH17. Reuters KUALA LUMPUR: A joint team investigating the downing of a Malaysia Airlines flight over ...

Security beefed up in Delhi for Holi 24 Mar 2016 - 09:24 am

File picture for representation. New Delhi: Over 2,500 paramilitary commandos will be on guard along with Delhi Police on the national capital's roads...

Malaysia says should search for more possible MH370 debris in South African coast 24 Mar 2016 - 09:24 am

Malaysia's transport minister Liow Tiong Lai speaks at a news conference about debris found on a beach in Mozambique that may be from...

Attempt was made on Bal Thackeray's life: David Headley 24 Mar 2016 - 09:22 am

File picture of late Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray. Reuters Mumbai: In a shocking disclosure, Pakistani-American terrorist-turned-approver David Coleman Headley on Thursday claimed...

PDP to take call on Kashmir government formation 24 Mar 2016 - 09:19 am

Srinagar: All eyes are on Thursday's crucial Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) legislature party meet that will be held over the government formation in...

Hong Kong press freedom seen to have deteriorated last year: survey 24 Mar 2016 - 09:17 am

Student leader Joshua Wong (C) and other members of student group Scholarism protest over the disappearance of booksellers outside the British consulate in...

Kanhaiya denied entry into Hyderabad varsity 24 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Student leader of India's Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)Kanhaiya Kumar speaks to the media at Hyderabad Central University in Hyderabad on March 23, 2016....

Family of Indian woman in blast photo to fly to Belgium 23 Mar 2016 - 06:41 pm

Nidhi Chaphekar, Jet Airways employee. source: Twitter New Delhi: The family of an Indian Jet Airways employee wounded in the Brussels attacks whose...

China to supply petroleum products to landlocked Nepal 23 Mar 2016 - 05:38 pm

File photo of a sign reading "no petrol" is pictured at a petrol pump when fuel crisis hit Kathmandu, Nepala. Photo: Reuters BEIJING:...

IS claims murder of Christian convert in Bangladesh 23 Mar 2016 - 02:20 pm

Dhaka: The Islamic State group on Wednesday claimed responsibility for the murder of a Christian convert in northern Bangladesh, according to a US-based...

Indians injured in Brussels attacks recovering: Sushma Swaraj 23 Mar 2016 - 01:50 pm

Print screen of Sushma Swaraj tweets. New Delhi: The two Indians who were injured in the terror attacks in Belgium's capital Brussels on...

Indian President greets Pakistani counterpart on Pakistan Day 23 Mar 2016 - 01:23 pm

Pakistan women soldiers from the Army Medical Corps march past long-range ballistic Shaheen III missiles during the Pakistan Day military parade in Islamabad...

Gunmen on motorcycles shoot dead four in turbulent Pakistani province 23 Mar 2016 - 01:08 pm

Peshawar, Pakistan: Gunmen on motorcyles have shot dead two policemen and a former intelligence official in a northwestern Pakistani province bearing the brunt...

Angry Japan parents demand more daycare as PM struggles to respond 23 Mar 2016 - 12:58 pm

Makiko Morohoshi holding her two-year-old son Amane, speaks next to her husband Kazuhiko during a rally in support of mothers and fathers whose...

New Myanmar finance chief discovers PhD is fake 23 Mar 2016 - 12:22 pm

Military representatives of the parliament attend a regular union parliament session in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, 22 March 2016. EPA Yangon: Myanmar's incoming finance minister...

U.S. hopes for talks with China about possible THAAD move to South Korea 23 Mar 2016 - 11:36 am

South Korean defense ministry's Director General Major General Jang Kyung-soo (2nd R) talks with U.S. Forces Korea's Major General Robert Hedelund (3rd L)...

Bangladesh local election violence kills 11 23 Mar 2016 - 11:08 am

Dhaka: At least 11 people were killed in overnight violence as Bangladesh went to the polls for local elections, with seven of them...

Australian jailed in Singpore for sedition over website 23 Mar 2016 - 10:34 am

File photo of Australian Japanese Ai Takagi (front) and her Singaporean husband Yang Kaiheng (left). AFP/ Roslan Rahman Singapore: An Australian woman whose...