World / Asia

Qantas aircraft evacuated in Sydney after smoke fills cabin 15 Dec 2019 - 07:37 am

Sydney: Passengers on a Qantas flight from Sydney to Perth on Sunday used slides to evacuate the Airbus A330 after it was forced...

Supporters throng streets as Myanmar leader Suu Kyi returns from The Hague 14 Dec 2019 - 11:07 pm

NAYPYITAW: Thousands of supporters of Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi thronged the streets of the capital Naypyitaw on Saturday to celebrate her...

Violent protests rage in India for fourth day over citizenship law 14 Dec 2019 - 03:11 pm

KOLKATA/LUCKNOW: Demonstrators in eastern India set fire to more than a dozen buses and vandalised at least six railway stations on Saturday, as...

Nine Afghan forces killed in Taliban insider attack: official 14 Dec 2019 - 01:43 pm

Ghazni, Afghanistan: The Taliban have killed nine Afghan soldiers in an insider attack in central Afghanistan, the military said Saturday, underscoring the dangers...

Michelle Obama tells girls to fight man's 'presumption' to power 14 Dec 2019 - 02:23 am

KUALA LUMPUR: Former U.S. first lady Michelle Obama on Thursday urged girls to resist the "imposter syndrome" she had felt on the way...

European Rohingya Council slams Suu Kyi for 'genocide' 14 Dec 2019 - 02:07 am

ANKARA: The European Rohingya Council (ERC) on Friday "strongly condemned" Aung San Suu Kyi for her statements at an international court seeking to...

Remote island off East Timor turns sunlight, air into drinking water 13 Dec 2019 - 10:25 pm

KUALA LUMPUR: Villagers on a tiny island off the coast of East Timor who have long struggled with water shortages have secured regular...

'It could've been me': India women demand safety as recent rapes prompt hundreds of petitions 13 Dec 2019 - 10:25 pm

MUMBAI: Aila Bandagi Kandlakunta's first reaction to the gang rape and murder of a female veterinarian last month in India's IT hub of...

Myanmar's Suu Kyi's defense of army puzzles former admirers 13 Dec 2019 - 07:18 pm

BANGKOK: What drives Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of Myanmar who this week defended her country at the International Court of Justice...

Clashes erupt in Delhi over citizenship law; Japan PM cancels visit 13 Dec 2019 - 05:47 pm

New Delhi: Violent clashes erupted in Delhi between police and hundreds of university students on Friday over the enactment of a new citizenship...

What does India's new citizenship law mean? 13 Dec 2019 - 05:47 pm

MUMBAI: A new Indian law that grants citizenship to persecuted Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians who fled Muslim-majority Pakistan, Bangladesh and...

Urban planning in Afghanistan: angry warlords and no census 12 Dec 2019 - 11:59 pm

KABUL: Like any other mayor of a booming city, Kabul Mayor Ahmad Zaki Sarfaraz worries about traffic congestion, affordable housing and water shortages,...

Two dead in India as police fire at demo against citizenship bill 12 Dec 2019 - 09:39 pm

Guwahati, India: Two people were killed and several wounded Thursday when police in northeast India opened fire on a large crowd demonstrating against...

Suu Kyi criticised for 'silence' over Myanmar genocide claims 12 Dec 2019 - 05:34 pm

The Hague: The Gambia condemned Aung San Suu Kyi's "silence" over the plight of Rohingya Muslims on Thursday after the Nobel Peace Prize...

Saving Indonesians from climate disasters, one social media post at a time 12 Dec 2019 - 04:23 pm

KUALA LUMPUR: Can bots save lives? An Indonesian architect who harnesses social media to improve disaster relief - a project that on Friday...

India's top court to probe police killings of rape-murder suspects 12 Dec 2019 - 03:07 pm

New Delhi: India's top court on Thursday ordered an inquiry into the police shootings of four rape-murder suspects, as speculation grew that four...

Thousands gather for glimpse of Thai king at final coronation event 12 Dec 2019 - 12:53 pm

Bangkok - Flanked by more than 2,000 oarsmen rowing to a steady drumbeat, Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn travelled down Bangkok's Chao Phraya river...