World / Asia

Militant attack ongoing at Kabul intelligence training centre: ministry 18 Dec 2017 - 11:40 am

Kabul: Militants stormed an intelligence agency training facility in Kabul on Monday, officials said, triggering intense fighting with police in the latest attack...

Gunmen seize building in Afghan capital, firing on security forces 18 Dec 2017 - 10:59 am

KABUL: A group of armed men seized a building under construction in the Afghan capital on Monday and were exchanging fire with security...

Islamic State claims pre-Christmas suicide bombing of Pakistan church, eight dead 17 Dec 2017 - 05:05 pm

Quetta, Pakistan: A suicide bomb attack on a Pakistan church claimed by the Islamic State group killed at least eight people and wounded...

26 dead in landslides after Philippine storm 17 Dec 2017 - 03:11 pm

Matnog, Philippines: Landslides triggered by Tropical Storm Kai-Tak have killed 26 people and 23 more are missing in the eastern Philippines, authorities said...

Gunmen attack Christian church in Pakistan, at least one dead 17 Dec 2017 - 11:35 am

ISLAMABAD: Attackers detonated a bomb and opened fire on worshippers inside a Christian church in southwestern Pakistan on Sunday, killing at least one...

Rahul Gandhi: 'inevitable' heir to India's Congress dynasty 16 Dec 2017 - 05:53 pm

New Delhi: He has never held public office, once likened power to "poison", and saw his politician father and grandmother assassinated. Now Rahul...

Three dead, 77,000 flee as storm pounds Philippines 16 Dec 2017 - 04:58 pm

Tacloban, Philippines: At least three people were killed and tens of thousands were driven from their homes by floods as Tropical Storm Kai-Tak...

China, UK vow to continue, strengthen economic, financial cooperation 16 Dec 2017 - 12:53 pm

BEIJING: China and the United Kingdom vowed to continue and strengthen cooperation on a wide range of economic, financial and trade issues, the...

Sonia Gandhi: Power behind Congress throne 16 Dec 2017 - 10:51 am

New Delhi: Sonia Gandhi stepped down as head of India's opposition Congress party Saturday after an extraordinary odyssey that transformed her from a...

Detained asylum-seekers win right to sue PNG government for compensation 16 Dec 2017 - 09:27 am

MELBOURNE, A Papua New Guinea court has given hundreds of asylum-seekers who were held for years in a controversial Australian detention centre the...

Toll rises to two dead after Indonesia quake 16 Dec 2017 - 09:21 am

Jakarta: At least two people have been killed following a strong 6.5-magnitude earthquake on Indonesia's main island of Java, an official said Saturday....

India's Rahul Gandhi takes over as president of Congress party 16 Dec 2017 - 09:13 am

New Delhi: India's Rahul Gandhi took over Saturday as president of the main opposition Congress party after years of speculation about the scion...

Thailand cuts back N. Korean trade to nearly 'none': goverment 14 Dec 2017 - 01:02 pm

Bangkok: Thailand has drastically reduced trade with North Korea amid mounting international pressure to isolate the pariah state, the government said Thursday, as...

Don't sleepwalk into war over N. Korea, warns UN boss 14 Dec 2017 - 12:35 pm

Tokyo: United Nations chief Antonio Guterres Thursday warned the world against "sleepwalking into war" over North Korea, as he called for diplomatic efforts...

S. Korea prosecutors seek 25 years for ex-president's friend 14 Dec 2017 - 11:55 am

Seoul: The powerful secret confidante at the centre of the sprawling corruption scandal that brought down South Korean president Park Geun-Hye should spend...