World / Asia

Quake hits eastern Indonesia island, no casualties reported 13 Feb 2016 - 08:43 am

JAKARTA: A strong earthquake near an eastern Indonesian island knocked out telephone, radio communications and roads late on Friday, but there were no ...

North Korea to halt search for Japanese abductees: KCNA 13 Feb 2016 - 08:35 am

Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had made resolving the emotive abductees issues a pledge of his political career. Tokyo: North Korea has declared...

China rules out joining anti-terrorism coalitions, says helping Iraq 13 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi answers reporter's questions during a Reuters interview in Munich, Germany, February 12, 2016. REUTERS BY JOHN IRISH MUNICH: ...

China urges U.N. action to make North Korea 'pay price' 13 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

File photo of North Korean long-range rocket launched into the air at the Sohae rocket launch site on Feb 7, 2016. REUTERS By...

US Congress adopts expanded sanctions on North Korea 13 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Washington: The US Congress adopted tougher sanctions on North Korea Friday, in a bid to punish the reclusive Asian nation for its provocative...

Portugal refuses to extradite Indian bombing suspect 13 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Paramjeet Singh alias Pamma. Courtesy: Hindustan Times Lisbon: Portugal has refused a request from New Delhi to extradite an Indian man suspected of...

JNU student leader arrested in police crackdown on Guru protestors 13 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Kanhaiya Kumar New Delhi: Delhi Police cracked down on a group of protestors at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Friday and arrested a...

Pachauri sent on indefinite leave, activists say it 'means nothing' 13 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

New Delhi: TERI on Friday asked its executive vice chairman R.K. Pachauri, mired in a sexual harassment case, to proceed on indefinite leave,...

Divisive politics return as India’s Modi eyes make-or-break state vote 13 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

File photo of A BJP supporter at a rally in Meerut. Reuters, Ahmad Masood By-election in Uttar Pradesh a dry run for 2017...

Pakistan foils attempt to free Daniel Pearl murderer: Military 12 Feb 2016 - 06:58 pm

Major General Asim Bajwa, Pakistani Army spokesman speaks to journalist about busting a joint terrorist network of al-Qaeda in the Indian Sub-Continent, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi...

Pakistan says no "organised presence" of Islamic State, despite intelligence chief's warning 12 Feb 2016 - 06:22 pm

? ? An Islamic State flag hangs amid electric wires over a street in Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp, near the port-city of...

Pakistan TV channel warned over anti-Malala hate speech 12 Feb 2016 - 06:19 pm

File photo of Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai. Islamabad: Pakistan's TV regulator on Friday censured a leading news channel for airing "hate...

Senior politician gunned down in India's Bihar: police 12 Feb 2016 - 06:12 pm

Vishveshwar Ojha New Delhi: A top state politician from India's ruling party was gunned down Friday as he returned home from a wedding,...

Britain: missing Hong Kong bookseller “involuntarily removed” to China 12 Feb 2016 - 05:06 pm

By James Pomfret HONG KONG: Britain said on Friday a missing Hong Kong seller of gossipy books on China’s leaders had likely been...

N. Korea expels S. Koreans from industrial zone, seizes assets 11 Feb 2016 - 04:54 pm

Policemen guide a vehicle transporting South Korean employees working at the KIC (Kaesong industrial complex) as they return from KIC on the Grand...

Calls for safety overhaul in Taiwan after quake disaster 11 Feb 2016 - 01:00 pm

Excavators are used during the search and rescue operation at the Wei-Kuan complex, which collapsed in the 6.4-magnitude earthquake in the southern Taiwanese...

Ishrat Jahan was an LeT member, claims Headley 11 Feb 2016 - 11:48 am

Ishrat Jahan Mumbai: Pakistani-American terrorist-turned approver David Coleman Headley said on Thursday that Ishrat Jahan was a member of the women wing of...