World / Asia

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...

Traffic-weary Chinese man fined for repainting road lines 01 Dec 2017 - 12:24 pm

Shanghai: A Chinese man fed up with sitting in traffic during his daily bus commute came up with a brazen way of solving...

Gunmen attack agriculture institute in Pakistan, killing 9 01 Dec 2017 - 11:42 am

PESHAWAR, Pakistan: Islamist militants stormed a provincial government complex for agriculture research in the northwestern city of Peshawar on Friday, killing nine students...

Kim Jong-Nam was carrying VX 'antidote': lawyer 01 Dec 2017 - 10:45 am

Kuala Lumpur: North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un's half-brother was carrying a VX 'antidote' when he was assassinated with the deadly nerve agent in...

Five arrested over elephant killing in Sri Lanka 01 Dec 2017 - 10:08 am

Colombo: Sri Lankan police have arrested five men for allegedly killing a wild elephant, with officers seizing ivory and tusk-cutting tools, officials said...

Supporters, critics of Philippines' Duterte protest 01 Dec 2017 - 09:38 am

Manila: Thousands of supporters and critics of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte staged rallies on Thursday for and against his threat to declare a...

Japan’s Emperor Akihito to abdicate on April 30, 2019 01 Dec 2017 - 09:37 am

TOKYO: Emperor Akihito, who has spent much of his nearly three decades on Japan’s throne seeking to soothe the wounds of World War...

China vows improvements after kindergarten abuse scandal 01 Dec 2017 - 09:37 am

BEIJING: A Chinese official vowed Thursday to make administrative improvements following a scandal involving the abuse of children at a kindergarten in the...

Cyclone Ockhi: Navy, Coast Guard save 33 Kerala fishermen 01 Dec 2017 - 09:37 am

Thiruvananthapuram: The Indian Navy and Coast Guard have rescued 33 fishermen and have located another 70 following the bad weather conditions that hit...

Russia rejects US call to cut North Korea ties 30 Nov 2017 - 03:25 pm

Moscow: Russia on Thursday rejected a US call to cut ties with Pyongyang, suggesting Washington has been doing everything to prompt North Korean...

Tourists leave as Bali's volcano-hit airport gets back to business 30 Nov 2017 - 02:55 pm

Denpasar, Indonesia: Thousands of foreign tourists were leaving Bali by plane Thursday after an airport shutdown sparked by a rumbling volcano, but some...

Pope lands in Bangladesh after contentious Myanmar visit 30 Nov 2017 - 02:51 pm

Dhaka: Pope Francis on Thursday arrived in Bangladesh, where hundreds of thousands of Muslim Rohingya refugees have sought sanctuary after fleeing a crackdown...