World / Asia

Python selfie puts Indian forest ranger in tight spot 18 Jun 2018 - 12:37 pm

Kolkata: An India forestry ranger found himself in a bind after a python briefly strangled him while he posed for pictures with the...

Three dead, 200 hurt as strong quake jolts Japan's Osaka 18 Jun 2018 - 11:40 am

Tokyo: A powerful quake rocked Japan's second city of Osaka on Monday, killing three people including a nine-year-old girl and injuring more than...

Suicide bomber targets Afghans celebrating truce, killing 14 17 Jun 2018 - 05:36 pm

KABUL, Afghanistan, A suicide bomber struck in Afghanistan's eastern city of Jalalabad on Sunday, killing at least 14 people in the second attack...

Afghan Taliban tells fighters to stay at posts after attack on ceasefire revellers 17 Jun 2018 - 10:35 am

Kabul: The Taliban on Sunday ordered its fighters in Afghanistan to avoid gatherings of security forces and civilians, a day after a suicide...

When it comes to North Korea, no one puts Beijing in a corner 17 Jun 2018 - 10:12 am

Beijing: China may not have been at the table for Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un's historic summit, but it still scored a...

Car bomb kills 26 during Eid ceasefire in east Afghanistan 16 Jun 2018 - 05:45 pm

KABUL: A car bomb killed at least 26 people at a gathering of Taliban and Afghan armed forces in the eastern city of...

Papua New Guinea declares state of emergency over riots 16 Jun 2018 - 09:47 am

SYDNEY: Papua New Guinea has declared a state of emergency, suspended a provincial government and is sending armed forces to its rugged highlands...

Rising Kashmir editor Shujaat Bukhari shot dead in Srinagar 14 Jun 2018 - 08:46 pm

Srinagar: Unknown gunmen shot a veteran journalist and his police bodyguard dead on Thursday in the main city of violence-plagued Indian Kashmir, police...

Half of Americans back Trump's handling of North Korea: Reuters/Ipsos poll 13 Jun 2018 - 09:42 pm

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK: Just over half of all Americans say they approve of how President Donald Trump has handled North Korea, but only a...

Bend it like Modi: Indian PM trots and treads in fitness video 13 Jun 2018 - 12:34 pm

New Delhi: Narendra Modi, whose supporters boast of his physical prowess and indifference to sleep, has shared the secrets to his morning fitness...

Taliban assure Afghans of bright future once U.S. "invaders" leave 13 Jun 2018 - 11:44 am

KABUL: The Taliban told "American invaders" to leave Afghanistan in an announcement marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, assured the...

Trump, Kim co-star in US-made summit film mixing propaganda, Hollywood 12 Jun 2018 - 07:53 pm

SINGAPORE: When U.S. President Donald Trump sat down to make the case for peace to North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday,...

Alone time: Trump, Kim Jong Un ditch aides to meet 1 on 1 12 Jun 2018 - 10:31 am

SINGAPORE: As the world waited, Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un sat by themselves for the better part of an hour, alone but...

Trump, North Korea's Kim Jong Un sign unspecified document 12 Jun 2018 - 09:45 am

Singapore: US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pledged on Tuesday to work toward complete denuclearisation of the Korean...

Vietnam MPs approve sweeping cyber security law 12 Jun 2018 - 09:01 am

Hanoi: Vietnamese lawmakers on Tuesday approved a sweeping cyber security law which could compel Facebook and Google to take down critical posts within...

Official says suicide bomber kills 5 police in Afghanistan 12 Jun 2018 - 08:56 am

KABUL, Afghanistan: An Afghan official says at least five policemen have been killed by a suicide bomber using a military Humvee in eastern...

Trump and Kim shake hands in scene complex as their rivalry 12 Jun 2018 - 08:45 am

SINGAPORE: Donald Trump approached from the right, striding down the long portico at the colonial-era Singapore resort. Kim Jong Un, dressed in his...