World / Asia

Thrill seekers: Hanoi tours offer visitors taste of summit action 26 Feb 2019 - 10:17 am

Hanoi: When Lee Parry heard that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump would meet in Hanoi, he knew...

'I felt powerful': Afghan trailblazer who confronted Taliban on women 26 Feb 2019 - 10:03 am

Kabul: Fawzia Koofi was hesitant to face the Taliban militants who jailed her husband, threatened to stone her for wearing nail polish, and...

India says its fighter jets destroyed terrorist camp in Pakistan 26 Feb 2019 - 08:01 am

India said its fighter jets destroyed a major terrorist camp in Pakistan, as tensions between the nuclear-armed rivals rose following an attack in...

Kim Jong Un arrives in Hanoi for nuclear summit with Trump 26 Feb 2019 - 07:57 am

HANOI, Vietnam: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's armored limousine, surrounded by his phalanx of burly bodyguards, rolled into Vietnam's capital Tuesday ahead...

Would-be Bangladesh hijacker was carrying fake gun: official 25 Feb 2019 - 09:19 pm

Dhaka: A would-be hijacker shot and killed by Bangladesh commandos was carrying a fake gun and told negotiators he wanted to commandeer a...

Korean War could be declared over at Hanoi summit: Seoul 25 Feb 2019 - 12:02 pm

Seoul, Hopes that Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un will formally declare an end to the 1950-53 Korean War at the Hanoi summit...

Indonesian housewives arrested over election video: police 25 Feb 2019 - 11:35 am

Bandung, Indonesia, Three Indonesian housewives have been arrested over an online video that claimed President Joko Widodo would ban prayer and make gay...

Poachers kill elephant in Cambodia wildlife sanctuary 25 Feb 2019 - 10:51 am

Phnom Penh, An elephant has been found dead with its tusks and tail sliced off in a wildlife sanctuary in Cambodia, where wild...

Okinawa referendum rejects relocation for US military base 25 Feb 2019 - 10:30 am

Tokyo: The residents of Japan's southwestern island region of Okinawa rejected a relocation plan for a U.S. military base ina referendum, increasing pressure...

Bangladesh police say suspected plane hijacker had carried a toy pistol 25 Feb 2019 - 08:38 am

DHAKA: A Bangladeshi man who was shot dead after he tried to hijack a plane had carried a toy pistol and did not...

Hijacking foiled on Bangladesh flight, suspect killed 25 Feb 2019 - 08:34 am

DHAKA, Bangladesh: A passenger flight made an emergency landing Sunday in Bangladesh after an armed man attempted to hijack the plane, and he...

Suspected Bangladesh plane hijacker shot dead: army 24 Feb 2019 - 06:23 pm

Chittagong, Bangladesh: Bangladesh commandos stormed a passenger jet in the country's southeast Sunday and shot dead an armed man who allegedly tried to...

Vietnam relishes role as peace maker as it seeks to balance ties 24 Feb 2019 - 01:10 pm

HANOI: While the leaders of North Korea and the United States debate banishing nuclear bombs from the Korean peninsula, the host of their...

North Korean leader rides train on way to Vietnam 24 Feb 2019 - 10:33 am

Beijing: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's armoured train chugged across China on Sunday as he headed to his highly anticipated second summit...

Highest recorded number of Afghan civilians killed in 2018 -UN report 24 Feb 2019 - 10:31 am

KABUL, A record number of Afghan civilians were killed last year due to stepped up aerial attacks by US-led forces and more suicide...

India toxic alcohol deaths jump to 133: police 24 Feb 2019 - 10:22 am

Guwahati: At least 35 more workers have died in northeastern India after drinking toxic liquor, police said Sunday, taking the death toll from...

S.Koreans fearful of 'nightmare' US troop withdrawal 24 Feb 2019 - 09:31 am

Pyeongtaek: Sales at Kim Chang-bae's hardware shop in South Korea rise every year thanks to Camp Humphreys, an enormous US military base he...

20 killed in China mining accident 23 Feb 2019 - 04:11 pm

Shanghai: Twenty mining staff were killed in northern China on Saturday and another 30 injured when a vehicle that was transporting them underground...