World / Asia

Tajikistan bans trees, decorations in schools during festive season 22 Dec 2015 - 12:57 pm

Dushanbe, Tajikistan: Tajikistan has tightened restrictions on celebrations of the traditional festive season in schools in the Central Asian country, banning Christmas trees...

North Korea slams Canada’s reaction to pastor’s life sentence as slander 22 Dec 2015 - 12:53 pm

This picture taken by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on December 16, 2015 shows Canadian pastor Hyeon Soo Lim (R)...

Number of out of school children in Punjab unchanged: Report 22 Dec 2015 - 12:40 pm

Representative image. AFP LAHORE: The number of children out of school across Punjab did not decrease between 2014 and 2015, according to a...

KP province to pay generous salaries to heads of local bodies 22 Dec 2015 - 12:23 pm

A file photo of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) assembly in session. AFP ISLAMABAD: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) provincial government has fixed sizable remunerations...

Indian inventor named fellow of US academy 22 Dec 2015 - 12:12 pm

File photo of Vice President for Research Mauli Agrawal (L) with Sos Agaian, UTSA Peter T Flawn Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer...

Japanese lawmaker says no early morning meetings if she becomes PM 22 Dec 2015 - 12:07 pm

Seiko Noda, a former cabinet minister and Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) policy chief at her office in Tokyo, Japan, December 21, 2015. TOKYO:...

Bomb attacks kill three, injure two in NW Pakistan: Officials 22 Dec 2015 - 12:04 pm

Peshawar, Pakistan: Two separate bomb attacks killed three people and wounded two others, including a senior Pakistani army officer, in a restive tribal...

Disabled Kerala swimmer creates record 22 Dec 2015 - 11:50 am

Alappuzha (Kerala): A 50-year-old disabled Keralite has swum his way into the URF Asian Records. With 40 percent disability, E.D.Baburaj, on August 18,...

Junta leader writes new song, leaving Thais to face the music 22 Dec 2015 - 11:45 am

Thailand Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha BANGKOK: Thailand's junta leader released the lyrics to a new patriotic ballad on Tuesday, the second song he...

Britain says deploying military personnel to Afghan Helmand province 22 Dec 2015 - 11:37 am

File photos of British soldiers in Afghanistan LONDON: Britain said on Tuesday it had sent military personnel to the southern Afghanistan province of ...

Hello Kitty’ fan site exposed, but no data stolen-web host 22 Dec 2015 - 11:26 am

By Jeremy Wagstaff SINGAPORE: More than three million accounts of Hello Kitty fans were left vulnerable to theft by hackers, but there is...

Philippine president signs 2016 national budget 22 Dec 2015 - 11:22 am

File photo of Philippine President Benigno Aquino as he inspects troops during the Armed Forces of the Philippines 80th anniversary celebration on December...

China rights lawyer gets suspended jail sentence: Lawyer 22 Dec 2015 - 11:15 am

China's rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang (L) speaks at a court session in Beijing in this still image from a December 14, 2015 video....

Assam's border farmers fenced in by changing climate conditions 22 Dec 2015 - 11:05 am

File picture for representation only By Amarjyoti Borah DHUBRI: Golok Das, a farmer in India's northeast Assam state, is happy with the harvest...

Afghan government must do better in 2016: UN 22 Dec 2015 - 10:27 am

UN special representative to Afghanistan Nicholas Haysom United Nations, United States: Afghanistan's government will need to prove itself worthy of international support in...

Rockets hit Afghan capital Kabul 22 Dec 2015 - 10:22 am

KABUL: Three rockets hit an area of the Afghan capital Kabul that contains many foreign embassies and government buildings, hours after a suicide...

'Pakistan did more to curb terrorism than rest of world' 22 Dec 2015 - 10:09 am

File photo of Pakistan Defence Minister Mohammad Asif Islamabad: Pakistan's efforts over the past year-and-a-half have been more successful in curbing terrorism compared...