World / Asia

Philippines' Duterte: 'not afraid of human rights' 19 Jul 2016 - 06:19 pm

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (L) speaking with businessman Peter Lim during a meeting at the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) office in Davao...

Pakistan arrests Karachi mayor-elect, opposition politicians 19 Jul 2016 - 04:45 pm

Waseem Akhtar / Twitter By Syed Raza Hassan KARACHI, Pakistan: Pakistani authorities on Tuesday arrested the mayor-elect of Karachi and two other prominent...

Nepal must probe police torture claims: Amnesty 19 Jul 2016 - 12:41 pm

Nepalese men read the newspaper outside shuttered shops during a general strike called by a hardline breakaway faction of the Maoist party in...

Indonesia "99 percent" sure most-wanted militant killed in clash 19 Jul 2016 - 11:31 am

Police carry body bags, one of which is believed to contain the remains of Santoso, the country's most-wanted militant, killed in a clash...

Pakistan army rescues kidnapped son of top judge 19 Jul 2016 - 11:07 am

Pakistan Sindh High Court Chief Justice Sajjad Ali Shah (2R) speaks to media as his son Awais Ali Shah (2L) looks on in...

Kashmir protests flare, 3 killed as army opens fire 19 Jul 2016 - 10:46 am

Indian policemen stand next to a burning handcart set on fire by demonstrators during a protest in Srinagar against the recent killings in...

Chinese admiral: Freedom of navigation patrols may end “in disaster” 19 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

This photo taken on July 14, 2016 shows helicopter rescue crew members practising rescue techniques during an emergency drill held by Sansha city's...

Bomb kills 6 in northwest Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 19 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

File photo of Pakistani civil society members singing the national anthem at the site of a suicide blast in Lahore on March 28,...

Beijing to hold South China Sea war games after ruling 19 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

Commander of the Chinese navy, Admiral Wu Shengli (L) and U.S. Chief of Naval Operations Admiral John Richardson (C) walk past a member...

Pakistani star's brother 'not embarrassed' by killing her 17 Jul 2016 - 04:28 pm

Pakistani relatives and residents offer funeral rayers for social media celebrity, Qandeel Baloch during her funeral in Shah Sadar Din village, around 130...

India stops Kashmir newspapers from printing amid unrest 17 Jul 2016 - 03:39 pm

Kashmiri women walk past Indian paramilitary troopers during the ninth day of a curfew, in Srinagar on July 17, 2016. (AFP / TAUSEEF...

Brother of Pakistan social media star arrested for her murder: Police 17 Jul 2016 - 10:09 am

Wasim (R), the brother of slain social media celebrity Qandeel Baloch, is escorted by police following his arrest for Qandeel's death in Multan...

Facebook star Qandeel Baloch killed 'by brother for honour' in Pakistan 16 Jul 2016 - 03:44 pm

Social media celebrity Qandeel Baloch, who was strangled in what appeared to be an "honour killing," in Multan, Pakistan, is pictured in a...

Pakistani Facebook starlet strangled in suspected honour killing: police 16 Jul 2016 - 10:56 am

(photo: Facebook) Lahore, Pakistan: A Pakistani social media celebrity whose selfies and videos were deeply polarising in the conservative Muslim country has been...

Death toll hits 38 as Indian Kashmir clashes spread 15 Jul 2016 - 06:55 pm

An Indian Kashmiri youth with an eye injury sits in a hospital after being hit by pellets fired by Indian security forces during...

Datta Phuge, India's 'gold man' beaten to death: report 15 Jul 2016 - 06:31 pm

In this photograph received on January 31, 2013, Indian businessman Datta Phuge poses for a photograph wearing a shirt made of gold, worth...

Malaysia's Mahathir to launch party to challenge PM Najib 14 Jul 2016 - 06:00 pm

Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad is pictured during an interview at his office in Kuala Lumpur, October 18, 2013. (REUTERS/Samsul Said/File photo) ...