World / Asia

Double murder at luxury Hong Kong hotel 14 Jan 2018 - 10:15 am

Hong Kong, A foreign man has been arrested for the suspected murder of a woman and a boy on Sunday at the luxurious...

People evacuated from Papua New Guinea island after volcano explodes 14 Jan 2018 - 09:11 am

SYDNEY, About 1,500 people are being evacuated from an island off the northern coast of Papua New Guinea (PNG) after a nearby volcano...

Philippines raises volcano alert level as eruptions spew ash 14 Jan 2018 - 08:09 am

MANILA, The Philippines raised the alert at its restive Mayon volcano by one notch early on Sunday, citing signs of rising magma that...

China demolishes Christian megachurch 13 Jan 2018 - 12:28 pm

Beijing, Authorities in northern China have demolished a Christian megachurch in a move denounced by a religious rights group as "Taliban-style persecution". China's...

India oil firm chopper goes missing with seven on board 13 Jan 2018 - 12:06 pm

New Delhi: An Indian helicopter with seven people on board has gone missing off the coast of Mumbai, an official said on Saturday....

Rohingya insurgents say 10 found in Myanmar grave "innocent civilians" 13 Jan 2018 - 09:52 am

YANGON, Rohingya Muslim insurgents said on Saturday that ten Rohingya found in a mass grave in Myanmar’s troubled Rakhine state last month were...

Kazakh President stresses further industrialisation 13 Jan 2018 - 09:25 am

DOHA: President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev (pictured) says it is crucial to continue work on further industrialisation of the country. In his annual...

Pakistan army chief says nation felt betrayed by US criticism 12 Jan 2018 - 09:06 pm

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s army chief told a top U.S. general the nation “felt betrayed” by criticism that it was not doing enough to fight...

Japan protests after Chinese frigate sails near disputed isles 11 Jan 2018 - 11:12 am

Tokyo: Japan Thursday lodged an official protest with China, after it spotted a Chinese frigate in waters surrounding flashpoint islands in the East...

Californian man dies hiking Australia's sweltering outback 11 Jan 2018 - 09:55 am

SYDNEY, An American tourist has died in the Australian outback while hiking though sweltering conditions on the Larapinta Trail, renowned for its ancient...

Tattoos lead Thai police to Japanese gang murder suspect 11 Jan 2018 - 09:38 am

BANGKOK, A 74-year-old Japanese man accused of a gang murder in Japan 15 years ago has been arrested in Thailand after pictures of...

Trump's 'madman' rhetoric may have scared N. Korea to talks: analysts 11 Jan 2018 - 09:06 am

Seoul: US President Donald Trump's notoriously threatening rhetoric towards nuclear-armed North Korea -- which has drawn comparisons with Richard Nixon's "madman theory" of...

Myanmar security forces took part in killing 10 Rohingya: army 10 Jan 2018 - 04:46 pm

Yangon: Myanmar security forces took part in the massacre of 10 Rohinyga, the army chief's office said Wednesday, also admitting for the first...

Denied land, Indian women stake claims in collectives 10 Jan 2018 - 03:15 pm

PALLUR, India: Fed up with local officials denying their demand for land, 40 women decided to form a collective and simply start farming...

Indonesian minister urged to stop destroying illegal fishing boats 10 Jan 2018 - 01:31 pm

JAKARTA: Senior government and business officials on Wednesday urged Indonesia’s fisheries minister to stop blowing up foreign boats caught fishing illegally, saying the...

Islamic State's rise in Afghanistan 10 Jan 2018 - 12:34 pm

Kabul, The Islamic State group, or Daesh as it is known in Afghanistan, has killed hundreds of people in multiple attacks across the...

Anti-establishment Pakistani journalist escapes kidnap attempt 10 Jan 2018 - 12:14 pm

ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani journalist, known for criticising his country's military establishment, said on Wednesday he had narrowly escaped being kidnapped by armed men,...