World / Asia

Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov in Pyongyang: KCNA 31 May 2018 - 08:17 am

Seoul: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in Pyongyang Thursday, North Korea's state media said, ahead of a landmark summit between Donald Trump...

Islamic State claims suicide bombing at Afghan ministry in Kabul 30 May 2018 - 04:25 pm

KABUL, Afghanistan: An Islamic State suicide bomber struck outside the Afghan Interior Ministry on Wednesday, allowing several gunmen to pass through an outer...

Militants kill one, wound five in attack on interior ministry in Kabul 30 May 2018 - 01:25 pm

Kabul: Militants launched a gun and bomb attack on the interior ministry in Kabul Wednesday, killing one policeman and wounding at least five...

Attack on interior ministry in Kabul over, militants killed: police chief 30 May 2018 - 12:51 pm

Kabul: A gun and bomb attack on the interior ministy in Kabul is over with all the attackers killed, the Afghan capital's police...

China plane makes emergency landing after window cracks 30 May 2018 - 12:43 pm

Beijing: An airplane flying from China to Vietnam turned back to make an emergency landing after cracks appeared in a window, just two...

Car bomb and gunfire near Afghan interior ministry in Kabul 30 May 2018 - 11:42 am

KABUL: A car bomb exploded near Afghanistan's interior ministry in Kabul on Wednesday and then gunmen exchanged fire with members of the security...

Indonesia, India plan to develop strategic Indian Ocean port 30 May 2018 - 11:33 am

JAKARTA: Indonesia and India pledged on Wednesday to step up defence and maritime cooperation, with plans to develop a strategic Indonesian naval port...

Malaysia plans to build island on strategic Singapore Strait rocks 30 May 2018 - 11:19 am

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's prime minister said on Wednesday his government planned to develop some offshore rocks which were the subject of a territorial...

Explosion and gunfire near Afghan interior ministry - police 30 May 2018 - 10:54 am

KABUL: A loud explosion followed by gunfire was heard on Wednesday near Afghanistan's interior ministry compound in the capital, Kabul, with police officials...

Top North Korean to meet Pompeo ahead of US summit 30 May 2018 - 12:32 am

Washington: A senior North Korean official was bound for New York for high-level talks with US officials on Tuesday as preparations for a...

Accident averted after wheel on Gorakhpur-Yashwantpur Express breaks 29 May 2018 - 11:44 pm

Nagpur: In a freak incident, a wheel of the speeding Gorakhpur-Yashwantpur Express broke into two pieces near here on Tuesday morning but alert...

Massive fire in south Delhi factory, 34 tenders at spot 29 May 2018 - 11:18 pm

New Delhi: A massive fire broke out in a rubber factory here on Tuesday, and hours later, 34 tenders were still at the...

No warning: Witnesses describe how Thoothukudi police shot and killed Vedanta smelter protesters 29 May 2018 - 11:18 pm

THOOTHUKUDI: Police in the port city of Thoothukudi in southern India gave No warning last Tuesday before firing with live ammunition on protesters...

Trump says top N.Korean official headed to New York to discuss summit 29 May 2018 - 02:38 pm

SEOUL: A senior North Korean official is headed to New York to discuss an upcoming summit, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday,...

Ivanka Trump's China trademarks raise ethical issues: group 29 May 2018 - 11:10 am

Shanghai, Ivanka Trump was granted five business trademarks in China earlier in May, just days before her father suddenly scrapped a US technology...

10 injured after man falsely claims bomb on Indonesia plane 29 May 2018 - 10:45 am

JAKARTA, Indonesia: Police say 10 passengers on an Indonesian flight preparing to take off from Borneo island were injured, mostly with broken bones...