World / Asia

Thais fight water and oxygen levels in cave as diver dies 06 Jul 2018 - 06:43 pm

MAE SAI, Thailand: The rescuers trying to help a youth soccer team stranded in a Thai cave suffered a disheartening loss Friday with...

ADB approves $100M grant for Rohingya in Bangladesh 06 Jul 2018 - 06:43 pm

DHAKA, Bangladesh: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Friday approved a grant of $100 million -- the first half of an envisaged package...

Ousted Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif sentenced to 10 years in prison 06 Jul 2018 - 02:48 pm

ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani court on Friday sentenced ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to 10 years in prison for corrupt practices linked to his...

Imran Khan aims to make graft-prone Pakistan a welfare state 06 Jul 2018 - 12:21 pm

Imran Khan stepped onto a makeshift stage in a trash-ridden Karachi district at 1 am to address hundreds of supporters who’d been waiting...

Boys' team identity, meditation may ease stress in Thai cave 05 Jul 2018 - 06:53 pm

MAE SAI, Thailand: At a gilded temple in Thailand's mountainous north, Ekapol Chanthawong honed a skill that will serve him well as he...

49 missing from tourist boat overturned in rough seas in southern Thailand’s Phuket 05 Jul 2018 - 06:43 pm

PHUKET, Thailand: A provincial governor says 49 people are missing from a boat carrying mostly Chinese tourists that overturned in rough seas off...

Lynchings fuelled by rumour hit anti-trafficking drives in India 04 Jul 2018 - 07:00 pm

CHENNAI, India: The public lynchings of at least 10 people in India on false rumours of child kidnap has forced anti-trafficking charities to...

Imran Khan's party gains ground in Pakistan election race: Polls 04 Jul 2018 - 05:23 pm

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani opposition party led by former cricket star Imran Khan appears to be gaining ground ahead of a July 25 general...

Warm in blankets, Thai boys smile, joke with rescuer in cave 04 Jul 2018 - 03:57 pm

MAE SAI, Thailand: Their skinny faces illuminated by a flashlight, the Thai soccer teammates stranded more than a week in a partly flooded...

Boss of China's HNA dies in French accident: firm 04 Jul 2018 - 11:55 am

Beijing, Wang Jian, the chairman and co-founder of giant Chinese conglomerate HNA Group, has died in an accident in southern France, the firm...

Two Koreas hold friendly basketball match in Pyongyang 04 Jul 2018 - 11:20 am

Seoul, The two Koreas on Wednesday held a friendly basketball match in Pyongyang in the latest effort at sports diplomacy between the neighbours....

WhatsApp 'horrified' over India lynchings, promises action 04 Jul 2018 - 10:54 am

New Delhi: WhatsApp said Wednesday it was "horrified" by a spate of lynchings in India sparked by false rumours shared on its platform...

Former Malaysian PM Najib says he is innocent, has chance to clear his name 04 Jul 2018 - 10:48 am

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia's former prime minister, Najib Razak, on Wednesday said he was innocent and had a chance to clear his name, hours...

Thai boys need hope, exercise to survive cave ordeal: experts 03 Jul 2018 - 06:37 pm

Paris: Weakened by nine days without food, 12 boys and their football coach trapped in a Thai cave are fighting threats to their...

British divers who found Thai children no stranger to rescues 03 Jul 2018 - 03:34 pm

London: Two British volunteer divers who helped find a youth football team trapped in a cave complex in Thailand have a history of...

Former Malaysian PM Najib arrested over huge graft probe 03 Jul 2018 - 02:02 pm

Kuala Lumpur: Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was arrested by anti-corruption investigators Tuesday, officials said, the latest dramatic development in a widening...

Bali volcano hurls lava and ash, airport unaffected 03 Jul 2018 - 09:16 am

Denpasar, Indonesia: The Mount Agung volcano on the Indonesian tourist island of Bali erupted Monday evening, ejecting a 2,000-meter-high (6,560-foot-high) column of thick...

Washington moves to block China Mobile from US market 03 Jul 2018 - 08:46 am

Washington: The US Commerce Department recommended against approval of China Mobile's seven-year-old application to enter the domestic market on Monday, citing national security...