World / Asia

ISLAMABAD: National Security Advisor Sartaj Aziz on Tuesday said Pakistan will hold talks with India only if the Kashmir issue is on the...

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi called bankers and billionaires to his residence on Tuesday to brainstorm on how India can manage global...

New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday said the central government had failed abysmally to match its words with deeds and that...

Washington: Ongoing protests by Patels, "a relatively prosperous caste in India" seeking reservations, pose a big challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's plans...

    A North (R) and a South Korean army soldier stand guard as members of the Group of Eminent Persons of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban...

TOKYO : Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe won a rare second consecutive term on Tuesday as ruling party chief, and hence premier, pledging...

  VIENNA: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Monday it has detected images showing that North Korea has been expanding several nuclear installations...

SEOUL:  Move over Hong Kong, Tokyo and Singapore. Seoul is emerging as Asia's new fashion showcase, with the world's top luxury firms seeking...

GUWAHATI:  A legislator from Assam, Gopinath Das, has been booked for rape following a complaint from a domestic help, police said on Monday.  ...

  LUCKNOW:  Samajwadi Party leader and legislator Mitrasen Yadav died on Monday after a prolonged illness. He was 85. A legislator from Bikapur constituency...

NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Monday allowed National Investigation Agency (NIA) plea to conduct the lie detector test of Showkat Ahmed Bhat,...

Women raise slogans during the funeral of the three youths killed in the Machil fake encounter at Rafiabad in Baramulla district of Jammu...

  LUCKNOW:  The Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) was remote-controlling the Narendra Modi government, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati has said. The fact that...

  ISLAMABAD: The police needs to be empowered if checks on seminaries are expected to yield any real results, a Pakistani daily said Monday...

  HYDERABAD: Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Monday left for a 10-day visit to China to attract investment and also to address...

By Kavita Bajeli-Datt DILI,  Timor-Leste:  Over 1.3 million people die of tobacco consumption in Southeast Asia every year, with the region consisting of...

This television screen grab shows UCAV Burraq launching the laser-guided missile Burq. ISLAMABAD:  Pakistan's military on Monday said it had for the first...

DHAKA: Bangladesh police said Monday they are seeking to arrest national cricketer Shahadat Hossain and his wife for allegedly beating their 11-year-old maid...