World / Asia

India's Modi donates 200 cows to poor Rwandans 24 Jul 2018 - 09:55 pm

Kigali: For centuries China has used gifts of giant pandas to foreign countries as a soft power diplomacy tool. But India's Prime Minister...

Military fans out across Pakistan ahead of elections 24 Jul 2018 - 10:14 am

Islamabad: Pakistan's military fanned out across the country ahead of Wednesday's election, deploying hundreds of thousands of troops to oversee polling stations in...

North Korea dismantling key missile test facility, says report 24 Jul 2018 - 09:14 am

North Korea has begun to dismantle a key rocket and engine-testing facility, according to an independent analysis of satellite imagery, a move that...

Indian police widen investigation into shelter where girls allegedly raped 23 Jul 2018 - 08:09 pm

NEW DELHI: Police on Monday widened an investigation to include the possible murder of a girl at a shelter in eastern India, where...

Philippines' Duterte pledges 'unrelenting' drug war 23 Jul 2018 - 06:44 pm

Manila: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte pledged on Monday to press ahead with a war on drugs that has already killed thousands, and castigated...

Myanmar violated UN child rights pact in Rohingya crackdown, experts find 22 Jul 2018 - 09:30 pm

YANGON: Myanmar violated its obligations to the United Nations child rights convention in its crackdown on the Rohingya that led to an exodus...

Citing lack of progress, secretary to Myanmar's Rohingya panel quits 22 Jul 2018 - 09:30 pm

YANGON: The Thai secretary to an international panel set up by Myanmar to advise on the Rohingya crisis quit his post, dealing another...

Suicide attack near Kabul airport leaves 10 dead or wounded: Officials 22 Jul 2018 - 04:23 pm

Kabul: A suicide bomber killed or wounded at least 10 people at the entrance to Kabul international airport on Sunday, officials said, as...

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf candidate killed in suicide attack at rally 22 Jul 2018 - 01:34 pm

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan: A Pakistani candidate from the party of prime ministerial hopeful and former cricket star Imran Khan was killed in...

India scraps tax on sanitary pads in boost for girls' education 21 Jul 2018 - 07:35 pm

NEW DELHI: India scrapped a controversial tax on sanitary pads on Saturday, a move hailed by campaigners who say it will help more...

Hundreds protest over Hong Kong's move to ban separatist political party 21 Jul 2018 - 07:05 pm

HONG KONG: Hundreds of Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters on Saturday rallied against the government's attempt to ban a political party, saying it dealt...

Elon Musk apologizes for comments about cave rescue diver 18 Jul 2018 - 09:58 pm

BANGKOK: Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has apologized for calling a British diver involved in the Thailand cave rescue a pedophile, saying...

Thai cave boys had no food, survived on dripping water; recount ordeal in first public appearance 18 Jul 2018 - 03:48 pm

CHIANG RAI, Thailand: The 12 boys and their soccer coach rescued from a flooded cave in Thailand waved, smiled and offered traditional "wai"...

Thai cave boys wave and smile in first public appearance after rescue 18 Jul 2018 - 02:53 pm

CHIANG RAI, Thailand: The 12 boys and their soccer coach rescued from a flooded cave in Thailand waved, smiled and offered traditional "wai"...

Buildings collapse in Delhi killing at least 3, more feared dead 18 Jul 2018 - 11:59 am

NEW DELHI: A six-storey apartment block collapsed into an adjacent building in a suburb of New Delhi killing at least three people, police...

India's top court demands government act to stop lynchings 17 Jul 2018 - 11:40 am

New Delhi: India's Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the government to enact a new law and stem what it called "horrendous acts" of...

Malaysia's Najib to refile lawsuits against top 1MDB investigators 16 Jul 2018 - 09:43 pm

KUALA LUMPUR: Former Malaysian premier Najib Razak will file fresh civil suits against three investigators of a multi-billion dollar scandal at state fund...