World / Asia

MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: India's largest law firm, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM), is being scrutinized by federal agents after they seized documents related to the...

SYDNEY: Australia plans to increase the maximum jail term to 15 years for anyone convicted of contaminating foodstuffs, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said...

Tianjin, China: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang railed against "unilateralism" on Wednesday in a veiled allusion to the trade fight with the United States,...

Seoul:  South Korea's president and the North's leader Kim Jong Un drove together through the streets of Pyongyang Tuesday past thousands of cheering...

Itogon, Philippines:  Hundreds of Philippine rescuers used shovels and their bare hands Tuesday to sift through a massive landslide, with dozens feared dead...

A Pakistani Shiite Muslim man chooses knives mounted on chains used in ritual self flagellation during the Ashura mourning rituals at a shop...

Geneva: Myanmar's army has used unfathomable levels of violence against minority Rohingya, UN investigators said Tuesday, calling for the military to be removed...

Kurnool:  Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was a 'chowkidar' who opens the door and lets thieves...

New Delhi:  Rebutting Congress' charges against the Narendra Modi government over the Rafale deal, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday held the erstwhile...

Itogon, Philippines: The miners in the mountains of the northern Philippines usually dig for gold. But on Tuesday they were digging for their...

SEOUL: When South Korean President Moon Jae-in arrived on Tuesday to begin his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the wildly...

Hong Kong: Teachers, refugees, children and office workers mobilised in Hong Kong Tuesday for a massive clean-up after Typhoon Mangkhut.  In a city...

CHENNAI:  Garment workers in Bangladesh have rejected an increase in the minimum wage, saying it is still not enough to live on and...

BANGKOK:  When Jay Fai, a 70-year-old street food seller in Bangkok known for her crab omelettes, won a Michelin star last year at...

SIKSA:  When a pipeline was installed last year to bring spring water and snowmelt to this village of 500 households in northern Pakistan,...

Kochi: Veteran Kerala actor, Captain Raju, died on Monday at his residence here, said family sources. He was 68. While travelling from here...

Hong Kong: Hong Kong began a massive clean-up Monday after Typhoon Mangkhut raked the city, shredding trees and bringing damaging floods, in a...

GHAZNI, Afghanistan/KABUL: Afghanistan's poorly armed and underpaid police are usually on the frontlines against Taliban militants and they lost 90 men defending the...