World / Asia

US moves to leave 8,400 troops in Afghanistan aids allies 07 Jul 2016 - 11:52 am

US soldiers carry flags of the US and Afghanistan during a ceremony. Reuters By LOLITA C. BALDOR and JOSH LEDERMAN WASHINGTON: President Barack...

Cambodia says visitors to Angkor temples must dress properly 07 Jul 2016 - 11:50 am

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia: Visitors who dress immodestly will not be allowed to enter Cambodia's famed Angkor temple complex, the agency that oversees the...

Taiwan cancels flights as super typhoon bears down 07 Jul 2016 - 10:58 am

Taipei: Taiwan cancelled more than 100 flights and shut schools and offices Thursday as the island braced for a direct hit from Super...

Blast in Bangladesh kills two, wounds nine - officials 07 Jul 2016 - 10:10 am

A Bangladeshi policeman stands guard as Muslims offer Eid al-Fitr prayers in Dhaka on July 7, 2016. AFP / APF / STR By...

Bangladesh coal plant threatens World Heritage mangrove: petition 07 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

Classified by the UN's culture and science organ, UNESCO, in 1997 as a natural treasure, the Sunderbans which straddles the border of India...

Islamic State says Dhaka cafe slaughter a glimpse of what's coming 06 Jul 2016 - 11:16 am

Policemen sneak a look inside the Holey Artisan Bakery and the O'Kitchen Restaurant as others inspect the site after gunmen attacked, in Dhaka,...

Dhaka attack neighbourhood falls silent ahead of Eid 06 Jul 2016 - 10:06 am

In this photograph taken on July 4, 2016, famous Indian restaurant Khana Khazana, which is usually filled with foreign guests, stands empty in ...

Smriti Irani, India's most controversial and most trolled minister shifted in a sweeping government reshuffle 06 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

Smriti Irani, a former TV soap star, had been engulfed in several controversies over her tenure at the helm of the agency, including...

Modi expands council of ministers, Javadekar elevated 05 Jul 2016 - 12:19 pm

President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the newly inducted ministers after a swearing-in ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi...

Nepal landslides kill 11 after heavy rains 05 Jul 2016 - 11:18 am

Kathmandu: Landslides triggered by heavy rains killed 11 people in western Nepal on Tuesday, including a teenage boy and four young girls, police...

Bangladesh hunts for six accomplices of cafe attackers 05 Jul 2016 - 11:13 am

A policeman stands guard as a placard is seen at a makeshift memorial near the site, to pay tribute to the victims of...

IS-linked suicide bomber hits Indonesia police station 05 Jul 2016 - 10:20 am

Police secure the scene at a police station following an attack in Solo, Central Java, Indonesia on July 5, 2016 in this photo...

China floods leave more than 100 dead or missing: report 05 Jul 2016 - 09:26 am

A dog is seen trapped on a flooded street in Shucheng county, Anhui province, July 3, 2016. Reuters/Stringer CHINA OUT. Beijing: Flooding in...

Car bomb hits checkpoint in rebellious Thai south 05 Jul 2016 - 09:19 am

File photo of a railroad damaged by a bomb planted by suspected separatist militants in the Rueso district in Thailand's restive southern province...

Bangladesh politician 'stunned' by son's role in attack 05 Jul 2016 - 08:47 am

Combination pictures of five men, allegedly the gunmen who carried out an attack in the capital Dhaka on July 1, 2016, posing with...

Aide to former Chinese president Hu Jintao jailed for life: media 04 Jul 2016 - 01:03 pm

Ling Jihua, then vice chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), during a meeting in Beijing March 11, 2013. (REUTERS/Jason Lee/File...

Bangladesh police trying to confirm ID of Dhaka attackers 04 Jul 2016 - 08:55 am

A relative mourns after receiving the body of a victim killed in the attack on the Holey Artisan Bakery and the O'Kitchen Restaurant,...

PM Modi to fill cabinet vacancies Tuesday 04 Jul 2016 - 08:01 am

NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will "expand" his cabinet on Tuesday, a government spokesman said, largely filling up vacancies caused by...