World / Asia

India swears in Ram Nath Kovind as 14th president 25 Jul 2017 - 03:22 pm

NEW DELHI: Ram Nath Kovind was sworn in on Tuesday as India’s 14th president, becoming the first member of a powerful Hindu nationalist...

Free speech faces 'real danger', says former EPW editor Paranjoy Guha Thakurta 24 Jul 2017 - 09:48 pm

New Delhi: India faces a "real danger to freedom of expression", says Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, a veteran journalist, who quit as editor of...

Not sure if 39 missing Indians are alive: Iraqi foreign minister 24 Jul 2017 - 09:47 pm

New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) Iraq's Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari on Monday said here that he was not sure whether the 39 Indians...

Maldives opposition says blocked from entering parliament for impeachment vote 24 Jul 2017 - 08:20 pm

Soldiers and police in the Maldives roughed up opposition lawmakers and sprayed pepper on Monday, preventing them from entering parliament to take part...

Thailand freezes former PM Yingluck’s bank accounts in rice subsidy case 24 Jul 2017 - 07:02 pm

BANGKOK: Thailand’s justice ministry froze some of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s bank accounts, the ministry and her legal team said on Monday,...

Maldives leader shuts parliament amid political turmoil 24 Jul 2017 - 06:55 pm

Colombo: Maldives parliament was shut Monday after President Abdulla Yameen ordered troops to evict legislators and prevent an impeachment of his speaker, the...

Bomb blast kills 16 in Pakistani city of Lahore 24 Jul 2017 - 03:47 pm

LAHORE: A suicide bomber killed at least 16 people, many of them police, in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Monday, officials...

A look at major issues Duterte confronting in his 2nd year 24 Jul 2017 - 12:03 pm

MANILA, Philippines: A year ago Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte promised to cleanse his Southeast Asian nation of illegal drugs in three to six...

Taliban suicide car bomber kills at least 35 in Afghan capital 24 Jul 2017 - 09:49 am

KABUL: A Taliban suicide attacker detonated a car bomb in the western part of Kabul on Monday, killing at least 35 people and...

Marawi standoff enters third month, underlining crisis in Philippines 23 Jul 2017 - 07:03 pm

MANILA: Two months after Islamist militants launched an assault on one of the biggest southern cities in the Philippines, the fighting is dragging...

Sri Lanka navy rescues two elephants washed out to sea 23 Jul 2017 - 06:37 pm

Colombo: Two young elephants washed out to sea were saved from drowning Sunday by the Sri Lankan navy in the second such incident...

East Timor votes for parliament amid huge challenges 22 Jul 2017 - 11:53 pm

Dili, East Timor: East Timor headed to the polls to elect a new parliament Saturday as Asia's youngest democracy battles economic challenges 15...

Musicians to highlight rights violations in Darjeeling 22 Jul 2017 - 11:38 pm

New Delhi: Delhi-based bands like Parikrama and Bipul Chettri & The Travelling Band are set to perform here today to highlight the violation...

Kerala’s Congress MLA arrested in assault case 22 Jul 2017 - 11:38 pm

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Congress legislator M Vincent (pictured) was yesterday arrested, a day after being charged with sexual harassment and stalking of a 51-year-old...

Eight cops thrashed by army personnel in Kashmir 22 Jul 2017 - 11:38 pm

Srinagar: Eight Jammu and Kashmir policemen, including an Assistant Sub-Inspector, were beaten up by some army men in civvies when asked to stop...

Philippine Congress extends martial law in south amid siege 22 Jul 2017 - 11:38 pm

MANILA, Philippines: The Philippine Congress on Saturday overwhelmingly approved the president's appeal for martial law in the south to be extended to the...

16 Afghan policemen killed in US strike 22 Jul 2017 - 02:09 pm

Kandahar, Afghanistan: A US airstrike has killed 16 policemen in Afghanistan, officials said Saturday, the latest setback to Washington's efforts to bring peace...

Indonesian President orders officers to shoot drug traffickers 22 Jul 2017 - 12:35 pm

JAKARTA: Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo has instructed law enforcement officers to shoot drug traffickers to deal with a narcotics emergency facing the country....