World / Asia

Joshua Wong leads 'anti-authoritarian' march in Hong Kong 03 Dec 2017 - 12:24 pm

Hong Kong: Around 1,000 people marched through Hong Kong Sunday, led by some of the city's high-profile democracy campaigners including Joshua Wong, in...

Tropical storm in Indonesia kills 20 03 Dec 2017 - 10:46 am

JAKARTA: A tropical storm in Indonesia killed 20 people Sunday, according to Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management (BNPB) statement. BNPB said that...

Pope says he 'wept' while meeting Rohingya refugees 03 Dec 2017 - 09:40 am

Vatican City: Pope Francis on Saturday said he wept hearing the plight first-hand of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, adding that this meeting was...

North Koreans face Mongolia exit as UN sanctions bite 03 Dec 2017 - 09:17 am

Ulaanbaatar: North Koreans have toiled and slept at construction sites in Mongolia, they have operated cashmere sewing machines, and their acupuncture skills are...

Thirteen dead in S. Korea fishing boat crash 03 Dec 2017 - 09:00 am

Seoul: Thirteen people were killed and two were missing after a fishing boat collided with a tanker off South Korea's west coast and...

Philippines 'prepared for worst' in dengue vaccine concerns 02 Dec 2017 - 02:08 pm

Manila, The Philippines is prepared for a "worst-case scenario" following warnings that an anti-dengue vaccine administered to thousands of children may worsen the...

Man arrested as smelly socks unleash chaos on Indian bus 02 Dec 2017 - 01:18 pm

New Delhi, Indian police arrested a man whose stinky socks caused a showdown on a bus as his fellow passengers protested the pungent...

Newborn declared dead by Max Hospital found alive before burial 02 Dec 2017 - 12:59 pm

New Delhi, In a clear case of medical negligence, doctors at a private hospital here declared a baby dead, along with his stillborn...

Twenty militants killed in Afghanistan airstrikes 02 Dec 2017 - 12:46 pm

Kabul: At least twenty ISIS and Taliban militants were killed in an airstrike conducted in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, official said. The...

Looted Angkor jewellery returned to Cambodia 02 Dec 2017 - 12:17 pm

Phnom Penh, A set of ancient Angkorian gold jewellery was returned to Cambodia Saturday with an elaborate procession through the capital, decades after...

Bangladesh: 7 dead, 20 injured in bus-truck collision 02 Dec 2017 - 11:09 am

DHAKA, Bangladesh: Seven people, including a child, were killed and at least 20 injured in a bus-truck collision in southern Bangladesh on Friday...

Communist Hanoi gets its first McDonald's 02 Dec 2017 - 11:00 am

Hanoi, Global burger behemoth McDonald's opened its first branch on Saturday in the historic heart of communist Hanoi, a conservative city renowned for...

Geoffrey Rush quits industry job after 'inappropriate behaviour' claim 02 Dec 2017 - 10:17 am

Sydney: Academy award-winning actor Geoffrey Rush resigned as head of an Australian film industry body Saturday after allegations surfaced against him of "inappropriate...

US Defence Secretary to visit Pakistan next week 02 Dec 2017 - 10:02 am

New York, US Defence Secretary James Mattis, who has said that Washington needs "to try one more time" to get Islamabad to act...

Cyclone batters southwestern India coast killing 14, many missing 02 Dec 2017 - 09:50 am

MUMBAI, Cyclone Ockhi barrelled into the Lakshwadeep islands in southwestern India on Saturday after drenching the neighbouring states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu,...

Pope visits Bangladesh orphans on last day of trip headlined by Rohingya crisis 02 Dec 2017 - 09:41 am

DHAKA, Pope Francis visited a home in Dhaka founded by Mother Teresa for orphans, unwed mothers and destitute elderly on Saturday as he...

North Korea holds mass celebrations for latest missile test 02 Dec 2017 - 09:29 am

Seoul: North Korea held mass celebrations for its latest successful long-range missile test, Pyongyang's state media said Saturday, with a propaganda-filled display of...

North Korea holds mass celebrations for latest missile test 02 Dec 2017 - 08:50 am

Seoul: North Korea held mass celebrations for its latest successful long-range missile test, Pyongyang's state media said Saturday, with a propaganda-filled display of...