World / Asia

Pakistan will no longer fight someone else's war: Imran Khan 08 Dec 2018 - 02:27 am

Islamabad: Pakistan will no longer act as a hired gun in someone else's war, Prime Minister Imran Khan said Friday, striking a note...

India's ruling BJP seen losing ground in key state polls before national vote 08 Dec 2018 - 02:27 am

NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling party is likely to lose two heartland states while a third is too close to...

China's Xi urges North Korea, United States to meet halfway 08 Dec 2018 - 01:58 am

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday told North Korea's foreign minister that he hoped North Korea and the United States could meet...

Clashing views color future of stalled North Korea nuclear talks 08 Dec 2018 - 01:52 am

SEOUL, South Korea: To hear a beaming Donald Trump at his June summit with Kim Jong Un in Singapore, the solution to North...

Philippine rebels declare holiday truce; government says won't be fooled 07 Dec 2018 - 11:02 am

MANILA, Maoist rebels in the Philippines declared a ceasefire on Friday for the Christmas and New Year holidays, but the government said it...

Huawei arrest a 'despicable rogue' action: Chinese media 07 Dec 2018 - 10:57 am

Beijing, Chinese state-run media on Friday condemned the arrest in Canada of a top executive of telecoms giant Huawei on a US extradition...

Pakistan's army says it backs U.S. peace talks with Afghan Taliban 06 Dec 2018 - 04:17 pm

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's army on Thursday threw its support behind the latest U.S. efforts for a political settlement with the Afghan Taliban to end...

North Korean sends top diplomat to key ally China 06 Dec 2018 - 01:59 pm

BEIJING: North Korea's foreign minister arrived in key ally China on Thursday for talks amid stalled efforts to persuade his government to dismantle...

Sri Lanka's political crisis spurs cancellations at peak tourist period 06 Dec 2018 - 01:42 pm

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's travel industry is starting to suffer the fallout of a political crisis in the middle of its peak tourist season,...

Five Marines missing after two U.S. aircraft collide, crash into sea off Japan 06 Dec 2018 - 10:05 am

TOKYO/WASHINGTON: Five U.S. Marines were missing after two Marine Corps aircraft collided in mid-air and crashed into the sea off the coast of...

As Japan considers allowing more foreigners, tiny rural town wants to go further 06 Dec 2018 - 09:40 am

AKITAKATA: Brazilian Luan Dartora Taniuti settled in the remote municipality of Akitakata in southwest Japan when he was nine. Leonel Maia of East...

New Zealand military braces for climate change battle 06 Dec 2018 - 09:11 am

Wellington: The New Zealand Defence Force identified climate change as one of its biggest security challenges Thursday, warning that responding to global warming...

From dream to nightmare: Afghan 'Little Messi' forced to flee 06 Dec 2018 - 07:59 am

Kabul: Murtaza Ahmadi moved the world with his love for footballer Lionel Messi in 2016. His dream of meeting the Argentinian came true,...

Nepal attempts record with a Dead Sea of plastic bags 05 Dec 2018 - 02:50 pm

Kathmandu: Young Nepalis created a map of the Dead Sea with used plastic bags Wednesday in a bid to set a new international...

Indonesia hunts suspects in alleged Papua mass killing 05 Dec 2018 - 11:33 am

Wamena, Indonesia, Indonesian soldiers hunted Wednesday for rebels suspected of killing as many as 24 construction workers in restive Papua province, as an...