World / Asia

Tragic tales of loss in Taiwan as search for quake survivors ends 14 Feb 2016 - 08:51 am

Taipei: As rescuers in Taiwan said they had retrieved all the missing from the ruins of a building felled by an earthquake, a...

Beijing pins Hong Kong riot on "radical separatists" 14 Feb 2016 - 08:48 am

A riot policewoman stands on a cordoned-off street following overnight clashes between protesters and police in the Mongkok area of Hong Kong on...

N. Korea took 70% of workers' wages at joint economic zone: Seoul 14 Feb 2016 - 08:34 am

Seoul: South Korea on Sunday defended its decision to abruptly pull out of an inter-Korean industrial zone, claiming 70 percent of wages for...

Pakistanis should ignore Valentine’s Day, president urges 14 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Mamnoon Hussain ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain has urged Pakistanis not to observe Valentine’s Day, the romantic holiday that hardline Muslim clerics want banned...

Afghan Taliban use captured Humvees in suicide attack 14 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Representative image of a Humvee. In this photo taken on March 22, 2006, Salah Ad Din Province, Iraq, US Army soldiers assigned to...

Malayalam poet-lyricist ONV Kurup dead 13 Feb 2016 - 05:19 pm

Thiruvananthapuram: Noted Malayalam poet and lyricist O.N.V. Kurup passed away at a private hospital here on Saturday, his family said. He was 84....

Nepal Maoists mark 20 years since start of civil war 13 Feb 2016 - 05:04 pm

Kathmandu: Nepal's former Maoist rebels paid tribute to fallen comrades Saturday in a ceremony marking 20 years since the start of an insurgency...

Bouquets, brickbats as AAP completes a year in office 13 Feb 2016 - 01:25 pm

Arvind Kejriwal (R), chief of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), shouts slogans after taking the oath as the new chief minister of Delhi as...

Former Afghan governor kidnapped in Islamabad 13 Feb 2016 - 12:48 pm

Islamabad: A former governor of Afghanistan's Herat province has been kidnapped from a market in an upscale district of Islamabad, Pakistani police said...

Former Indian PM Singh says Modi govt failing to boost economic investment 13 Feb 2016 - 12:45 pm

India's former prime minister Manmohan Singh during a meeting in New Delhi March 11, 2014. Reuters/Prakash Singh Mumbai: In a rare interview India's...

Myanmar army chief to get five year extension as talks with Suu Kyi continue: Media 13 Feb 2016 - 12:00 pm

Myanmar's Commander-in-Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing arrives to give a speech during talks between the government, army and representatives of ethnic armed...

Central Asia's tallest tower, being built in Kazakhstan, hit by fire 13 Feb 2016 - 11:03 am

ALMATY: A fire broke out on Saturday at a construction site where Central Asia's tallest tower is being built in the Kazakh capital...

Peacock-culling plan ruffles feathers in Goa 13 Feb 2016 - 10:40 am

Mumbai: The chief minister of India's popular tourist state of Goa moved to smooth ruffled feathers Saturday after a proposal to reclassify the...

Modi inaugurates Make In India Centre in Mumbai 13 Feb 2016 - 10:38 am

Indian prime minister Narendra Modi at the Make In India Centre in Mumbai. PIB Mumbai: Kicking off the 'Make In India Week', Prime...

Two soldiers, four 'militants' killed in Kashmir 13 Feb 2016 - 10:12 am

Srinagar, India: Two soldiers and four suspected militants were killed Saturday in a fierce gun battle in Indian-administered Kashmir near the de facto...

India criticises UN plan to combat violent extremism 13 Feb 2016 - 10:02 am

United Nations: India has criticised a UN plan to combat violent extremism saying it lacked sufficient options for international cooperation and a unified...