World / Asia

Road accidents kill 15 in Pakistan 20 Jun 2018 - 04:22 pm

MANSEHRA, Pakistan: Police in Pakistan say 15 people have died in two road accidents. Officer Mohammad Javed Khan says a vehicle drove off...

Man beaten to death in India over cow slaughter rumors 20 Jun 2018 - 03:39 pm

NEW DELHI, India: In yet another incident, alleged cow vigilantes have beaten up two Muslim men in the northern Uttar Pradesh state. One...

Taliban kill 30 Afghan soldiers in first major attack since ceasefire 20 Jun 2018 - 11:32 am

KABUL: Taliban militants killed 30 Afghan soldiers and captured a military base in the western province of Badghis on Wednesday, the provincial governor...

Moon suggests Russian gas be piped to Koreas, Japan 20 Jun 2018 - 11:30 am

Seoul, New pipelines could be laid to bring Russian gas through North Korea to the South and even on to Japan following the...

Australia telecom giant Telstra to axe 8,000 jobs 20 Jun 2018 - 09:54 am

Sydney, Australia's dominant telecommunications company Telstra Wednesday announced plans to axe 8,000 jobs -- a quarter of its workforce -- as part of...

Taliban kill 30 soldiers in first major attack since ceasefire, governor says 20 Jun 2018 - 09:43 am

KABUL: Taliban militants killed 30 security forces in an ambush on two checkpoints in the farwestern province of Badghis early on Wednesday, the...

Indonesia lists 180 missing on doomed ferry, launches underwater search 20 Jun 2018 - 08:59 am

TIGARAS, Indonesia: The death toll from an Indonesian ferry disaster could top 180, as authorities raised an estimate of the number of people...

Coronation plans threaten Thai election schedule 19 Jun 2018 - 05:41 pm

BANGKOK, Thailand's prime minister said Tuesday his military government will hold elections only after a coronation ceremony for the new Thai king takes...

Japan's Princess Takamado makes surprise Russia visit for World Cup 19 Jun 2018 - 04:05 pm

Moscow: Princess Takamado of Japan on Tuesday watched her country play Colombia in the World Cup in the small Russian city of Saransk,...

North Korea's Kim meets China's Xi following Trump summit 19 Jun 2018 - 03:35 pm

Beijing: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un briefed Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday on his historic summit with US President Donald Trump,...

Malaysia murder case linked to Najib 'may be re-opened' 19 Jun 2018 - 03:03 pm

Kuala Lumpur, A probe into the sensational murder of a young woman linked to Malaysia's ousted leader could be re-opened, a lawyer said...

Philippine top court rejects government's move to recover Marcos wealth 19 Jun 2018 - 02:39 pm

MANILA, The Philippine Supreme Court has rejected efforts to claim almost $1 billion in damages from the estate of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos...

Floods kill dozens, displace more than a million in India, Bangladesh 19 Jun 2018 - 02:17 pm

DHAKA/GUWAHATI, India, Flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains in South Asia have killed dozens of people and displaced more than a million,...

North Korea's Kim visits China following Trump summit 19 Jun 2018 - 01:27 pm

Beijing, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un began a two-day visit to Beijing Tuesday in what analysts believe is a trip to brief...

BJP quits Kashmir government, ends alliance with PDP 19 Jun 2018 - 01:14 pm

New Delhi: The BJP on Tuesday ended its alliance with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and pulled out of the PDP-led Jammu and...

Rescuers hunt for victims of ferry disaster on Indonesian supervolcano lake 19 Jun 2018 - 01:13 pm

PEMATANG SIANTAR, Indonesia: Indonesian rescue workers struggled in rain and two-metre waves on Tuesday to search for at least 128 passengers from an...