World / Asia

Japanese police set up unit to stop yakuza 'war': media 07 Mar 2016 - 12:43 pm

A man holding an umbrella looks at an electronic board in Tokyo. (Reuters / file photo) Tokyo: Japanese police on Monday set up...

Messi or Ronaldo? Indian argument ends in murder charge 07 Mar 2016 - 12:10 pm

Mumbai: Indian police said Monday a man has been charged with murdering his friend after a heated argument over whether Lionel Messi or...

Pakistan security team arrives at Attari, heads for Dharamsala 07 Mar 2016 - 11:29 am

Pakistans' Shoaib Malik (R) celebrates with Pakistan's Umar Akmal (L) after scoring a half century (50 runs) during the Asia Cup T20 cricket...

Two Indian sailors killed in Yemen vessel fire 07 Mar 2016 - 10:56 am

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday said two Indian sailors have died and three injured due to a fire in...

Suicide bomber kills at least eight at Pakistan court 07 Mar 2016 - 10:25 am

Pakistani security personnel and volunteers move victims injured in a suicide bombing to a hospital in Peshawar on March 7, 2016, after an...

Philippine Muslim rebels warn IS seeks foothold in south 07 Mar 2016 - 10:14 am

Murad Ibrahim, chairman of the southern Philippine rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front gestures during a press conference in Kuala Lumpur on...

12 dead in Chinese coal mine accident: report 07 Mar 2016 - 10:09 am

Industrial safety standards are often flouted in China even though deadly incidents regularly make national news (AFP Photo/) Beijing: Twelve people were killed...

Chinese MH370 relatives file suit in Beijing 07 Mar 2016 - 10:04 am

Two relatives of Chinese passengers aboard missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 cry as they leave the Beijing Rail Transportation Court in Beijing on...

Hopeless and broke, some Afghan migrants return from Europe 07 Mar 2016 - 09:57 am

People from Afghanistan go about their daily lives in a migrant and refugee makeshift camp at Piraeus harbour in Athens. (AFP /Angelos Tzortzinis)...

Bihar kids to get pulao in mid-day meal 07 Mar 2016 - 09:44 am

A caretaker serves mid-day meal to the students. Reuters Patna: Millions of schoolchildren in Bihar schools will soon be served 'pulao' once a...

High alert in Uttar Pradesh on Mahashivratri 07 Mar 2016 - 09:40 am

An artist paints an idol of the Hindu Lord Shiva at a workshop ahead of the Hindu festival of Maha Shivratri in Agartala,...

N. Korea threatens pre-emptive nuclear strike on South, US 07 Mar 2016 - 09:33 am

A general view shows the entrance to the Osan US military air base, south of Seoul on March 6, 2016 (AFP Photo/Yelim Lee)...

Fukushima 'dark tourism' aids remembrance and healing 07 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

A participant of "dark tourism" looks at an abandoned house in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, after tsunami disaster and accident of Fukushima nuclear plant...

Sri Lanka brings back war-time measures to fight gangs 07 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Sri Lankan policemen stand next to their new motorcycles at a ceremony in Colombo. AFP file photo July 2014 by Ishara S Kodikara ...

Malayalam actor Kalabhavan Mani died 06 Mar 2016 - 05:10 pm

Kalabhavan Mani Kalabhavan Mani, the versatile Malayalam film actor, folksinger, who forayed into Industries across south India as a comedian, hero and villain...

Despite violence, Haryana goes ahead with investors' summit 06 Mar 2016 - 03:57 pm

Burnt-out buses and fire damage to buildings are pictured at a school in the northern Indian city of Rohtak on February 21, 2016...

Bangladesh arrests three suspected militants 06 Mar 2016 - 01:23 pm

File photo/ AFP DHAKA: Bangladesh’s elite anti-terrorism unit detained on Sunday three suspected members of a militant group believed to be behind a...

First case of Zika virus detected in Philippines since 2012 06 Mar 2016 - 12:46 pm

Manila: An American woman was infected with the Zika virus while visiting the Philippines, health department officials said Sunday, the first case detected...