World / Asia

Indonesian man pays $10,000 to ex-wife... in coins 24 Aug 2018 - 10:14 am

Solo, Indonesia: An Indonesian civil servant who owed his ex-wife a large alimony has paid back some $10,000 worth of missed payments --...

Indonesian earthquake death toll reaches 555 24 Aug 2018 - 09:47 am

Jakarta: A string of deadly earthquakes that rocked Indonesia's Lombok island this summer killed 555 people and injured nearly 1,500, the disaster agency...

Flood-stricken Kerala infuriated by rejection of $100 mn aid offer 23 Aug 2018 - 05:14 pm

Kochi, India: Leaders of flood-stricken Kerala state angrily hit out at India's national government Thursday for rejecting a $100-million aid offer from the...

Congress leader Gurudas Kamat' funeral today 23 Aug 2018 - 08:03 am

Mumbai/New Delhi: Former Union Minister and senior Congress leader Gurudas Kamat died in New Delhi yesterday following a massive heart attack. He was...

Pakistan official: 2 dead, 5 missing after boat sinks in sea 23 Aug 2018 - 08:03 am

Quetta, Pakistan: A Pakistani official says at least two anglers drowned and five others were missing after their boat sank in rough waters...

Thailand seizes huge $45-mln haul of methamphetamines 23 Aug 2018 - 08:03 am

Bangkok: Thai police have seized more than 14 million methamphetamine pills worth 1.48 billion baht ($45 million) that were bound for neighbouring Malaysia...

Kerala presses Centre to allow foreign aid 23 Aug 2018 - 07:16 am

Thiruvananthapuram: India’s refusal to accept foreign aid for relief work in flood-battered Kerala has touched a raw nerve, with leaders of political parties...

Senior journalist Kuldip Nayar dead 23 Aug 2018 - 07:16 am

New Delhi: Veteran journalist Kuldip Nayar, who fell foul of the establishment and was jailed during Emergency and a peacenik on Indo-Pak relations,...

China defence minister meets Indian PM as ties warm further 23 Aug 2018 - 07:16 am

BEIJING: Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe praised relations with India, describing them during a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a friendship...

Man arrested over Facebook post depicting Nepal PM as monkey 22 Aug 2018 - 02:04 pm

Kathmandu: A man in Nepal was arrested for sharing a doctored image on Facebook showing Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli's head superimposed on...

Fire in 17-story building in India's Mumbai kills 4 22 Aug 2018 - 01:53 pm

NEW DELHI: A fire broke out Wednesday on the 12th floor of a residential building in Mumbai, India's financial and entertainment capital, killing...

Rohingya mark Eid, one year after Myanmar crisis began 22 Aug 2018 - 12:43 pm

Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, Nearly one million Rohingya Muslims marked Eid al-Adha on Wednesday in the world's largest refugee camp, almost a year to...

China culls thousands of pigs as African swine fever spreads 22 Aug 2018 - 12:28 pm

Beijing, More than 14,500 pigs have been culled in an eastern Chinese city, officials said Wednesday, as the world's largest pork producer scrambles...

Snappy salute: Philippines hails Diaz for Asian Games lift 22 Aug 2018 - 12:17 pm

Manila, The Philippines saluted Asian Games gold medallist Hidilyn Diaz on Wednesday as the soldier-weightlifter gave the basketball-mad nation a lift after a...

Emotional farewells as North and South Koreans part for last time 22 Aug 2018 - 12:03 pm

Seoul, Clinging to each other for every last second, elderly North and South Korean family members allowed to meet for the first time...

Fire in India's financial hub of Mumbai kills 4, injures 16 22 Aug 2018 - 11:42 am

NEW DELHI, A fire in India's financial hub of Mumbai killed four people and injured 16 on Wednesday, authorities said, as the blaze...

Pakistan's new PM proposes dialogue with India 21 Aug 2018 - 06:53 pm

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's newly-elected prime minister on Tuesday offered to start a dialogue with India to resolve long-running disputes between the two nuclear-armed rivals,...