World / Asia

Bug in cake gives Ikea India fresh embarrassment 21 Sep 2018 - 11:28 am

Mumbai, Ikea's first store in India faced a fresh sticky problem on Friday after a customer said he found an insect emerging from...

Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang dead at 61: state media 21 Sep 2018 - 09:56 am

Hanoi: Vietnam's President Tran Dai Quang, a former police chief known as a tough politician and committed communist with little tolerance for dissent,...

Malnutrition, child deaths plague India's tribal people, says government 20 Sep 2018 - 08:41 pm

MUMBAI: India's indigenous children are far more likely to die or suffer from malnutrition than those from other communities, according to the first...

New landslide kills 18, buries houses in Philippines 20 Sep 2018 - 04:18 pm

NAGA, Philippines: A massive landslide buried dozens of homes near a central Philippine mountain Thursday, killing at least 18 people and sending rescuers...

India, Pakistan ministers to meet in U.S., but prospects are low 20 Sep 2018 - 02:39 pm

NEW DELHI: The foreign ministers of India and Pakistan will meet on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly this month, the Indian...

Air pressure mix-up causes mass bleeding on Indian flight 20 Sep 2018 - 09:43 am

Mumbai: A cockpit mix-up left more than 30 passengers on an Indian plane bleeding from their ears and noses Thursday after the crew...

Landslide in Philippines kills four, dozens feared trapped 20 Sep 2018 - 09:24 am

MANILA: A landslide triggered by heavy rains on Thursday killed at least four people in the central Philippines, with dozens feared trapped in...

Japan's Abe re-elected as party head, to stay on as PM 20 Sep 2018 - 09:13 am

TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was re-elected as head of his ruling Liberal Democratic Party in a landslide Thursday, paving the way...

US ready to negotiate with North Korea 'immediately': Pompeo 19 Sep 2018 - 10:24 pm

Washington: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo welcomed Pyongyang's "important commitments" made by Pyongyang during Wednesday's inter-Korean summit, adding Washington was ready to...

Philippine landslide shows poor often live in danger's path 19 Sep 2018 - 10:24 pm

ITOGON, Philippines: They're eerie photographs, probably the final images of a few Filipino villagers standing placidly outside low-slung buildings a day before the...

India against peace talks with Taliban sans Afghan government 19 Sep 2018 - 10:24 pm

New Delhi: Even as media reports cited the Russian Foreign Ministry as saying that Taliban was prepared to attend multilateral peace talks on...

Police break up Muharram gatherings in Kashmir 19 Sep 2018 - 10:24 pm

SRINAGAR, India: Police in Indian-controlled Kashmir fired tear gas and used batons on Wednesday to break up religious processions marking the Muslim month...

India bans instant divorce by Muslim men 19 Sep 2018 - 04:33 pm

NEW DELHI: India's government on Wednesday approved an ordinance to implement a top court ruling striking down the Muslim practice that allows men...

Pakistan court frees ousted prime minister Sharif and daughter 19 Sep 2018 - 01:30 pm

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's high court on Wednesday ordered the release from jail of ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter, suspending the sentences...

Death toll from Philippines landslide rises to 46 19 Sep 2018 - 12:37 pm

ANKARA: The death toll from a landslide in northern Philippines has risen to 46, local media reported Wednesday. The landslide occurred Saturday as...