World / Asia

S. Korea halts border broadcasts ahead of Kim summit 23 Apr 2018 - 10:23 am

Seoul, South Korea on Monday silenced its battery of giant loudspeakers that blast messages at the North's border soldiers, in a conciliatory gesture...

Grief turns to anger over Kabul suicide attack 23 Apr 2018 - 09:57 am

Kabul, Grieving Afghans buried their loved ones in Kabul on Monday amid growing anger over a suicide attack on a voter registration centre...

Pashtuns defy Pakistan authorties with mass Lahore rally 22 Apr 2018 - 08:01 pm

Lahore, Pakistan: Thousands of Pashtuns defied authorities and held a mass rally in the Pakistani city of Lahore on Sunday, chanting anti-military slogans...

Australians, Turks commemorate Anzac ancestors 22 Apr 2018 - 07:36 pm

MELBOURNE, Australia: Turks and Australians in Melbourne gathered to remember the fallen Anzac troops of the Gallipoli campaign of 1915 at a memorial...

World's oldest person dies in Japan at age of 117 22 Apr 2018 - 03:43 pm

TOKYO: The world's oldest person, a 117-year-old Japanese woman, has died. Nabi Tajima died in a hospital Saturday evening in the town of...

Islamic State suicide bomber kills 48 in Kabul 22 Apr 2018 - 03:20 pm

KABUL, Afghanistan: A suicide bomber struck a voter registration center in the Afghan capital on Sunday, killing at least 48 people in an...

President okays ordinance for death to child rapists 22 Apr 2018 - 02:58 pm

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday approved an ordinance to provide death penalty for those convicted of raping girls below age...

Blast at election centre in Afghan capital, dozens of casualties 22 Apr 2018 - 10:57 am

KABUL: A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a voter registration centre in the Afghan capital Kabul on Sunday, killing at least 12...

Kim heralds more North Korea economic reforms: analysts 22 Apr 2018 - 10:32 am

Seoul: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's promise to build "socialist economic construction" in his nuclear-armed but impoverished and isolated country could herald...

Blast at election centre in Afghan capital, at least four dead 22 Apr 2018 - 09:52 am

KABUL: An explosion apparently caused by a suicide bomber hit a voter registration centre in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Sunday, causing casualties,...

5 killed, multiple missing after boat accident in China 21 Apr 2018 - 04:53 pm

BEIJING: Five people were killed on Saturday and multiple others were missing after two dragon boats capsized in southern China, causing 60 people...

Russia 'welcomes' North Korea's nuclear declaration 21 Apr 2018 - 03:13 pm

Moscow: Moscow "welcomes" North Korea's Kim Jong Un's declaration on halting nuclear tests and calls on the US and Pyongyang to work together...

India seeks death penalty for rape of girls under 12 21 Apr 2018 - 12:59 pm

NEW DELHI: India's government has decided to prescribe the death penalty for people convicted of raping girls under the age of 12 to...

China navy drills in Pacific as tension with Taiwan rises 21 Apr 2018 - 11:32 am

SHANGHAI: Chinese naval forces have passed through waters south of Taiwan and carried out military exercises in the western Pacific, the latest in...

China says welcomes North Korea's decision to halt nuclear, missile tests 21 Apr 2018 - 09:48 am

Beijing, China Saturday said it welcomed North Korea's decision to halt nuclear tests and intercontinental missile launches, with Pyongyang's chief ally saying the...

N. Korea's Kim promises no more nuclear or missile tests 21 Apr 2018 - 08:48 am

Seoul: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he would halt nuclear tests and intercontinental missile launches, in a Saturday announcement welcomed by...