World / Asia

Maldives top court seeks to impeach president, attorney-general says 04 Feb 2018 - 09:09 am

MALE: The Supreme Court in the Maldives is trying to impeach President Abdulla Yameen for not obeying its order to release jailed opposition...

Tesla, Australia to turn 50,000 homes into power generators 04 Feb 2018 - 08:54 am

Sydney, Some 50,000 homes in South Australia will receive solar panels and Tesla batteries, the state government announced Sunday, in a landmark plan...

Thai students taunt 'Rolex General' in latest burst of dissent 03 Feb 2018 - 01:34 pm

Bangkok: Thai students with huge banners and caricature puppets on Saturday delivered the latest satirical swipe at the junta's number two -- known...

Maldives opposition fears government scuttling prisoner release 03 Feb 2018 - 10:20 am

Colombo, The Maldivian opposition Saturday accused President Abdulla Yameen of resisting local and international pressure to comply with a landmark Supreme Court order...

Perfect storm: China's blizzard exposes flaws in rail, coal policies 03 Feb 2018 - 09:32 am

BEIJING: China's worst blizzard this winter exposed a flaw in Beijing's drive to create remote coal mining hubs as it tries to streamline...

Suspect arrested for petrol bomb thrown at Suu Kyi's Yangon villa 03 Feb 2018 - 08:37 am

Yangon, Myanmar police say they have arrested a mentally ill man who confessed to tossing a petrol bomb into the Yangon compound of...

Myanmar denies report of new mass graves in Rakhine 02 Feb 2018 - 07:28 pm

YANGON: Myanmar denied on Friday that there were mass graves in a village in troubled Rakhine state, where a military crackdown on insurgents...

Cleared Nasheed vows to challenge Maldives president in polls 02 Feb 2018 - 06:18 pm

Colombo: The exiled former leader of the Maldives vowed Friday to run for president after the Supreme Court quashed his conviction, dealing a...

Former Uzbek leader's daughter resigns as ambassador 02 Feb 2018 - 03:41 pm

ALMATY: Lola Karimova-Tillyaeva, daughter of former Uzbek leader Islam Karimov, has stepped down as Uzbekistan's UNESCO representative, becoming the latest official from her...

Nine killed due to gas poisoning in China 01 Feb 2018 - 02:29 pm

Beijing: At least nine people were killed due to carbon gas poisoning at an iron and steel plant in Liupanshui city in China's...

Protest in Kabul as Afghan officials press Pakistan over attacks 01 Feb 2018 - 12:43 pm

KABUL, Demonstrators protested outside the Pakistani embassy in Kabul on Thursday as senior Afghan officials said they had handed over evidence connecting insurgents...

WWII bomb defused in Hong Kong after thousands evacuated 01 Feb 2018 - 10:52 am

Hong Kong, A wartime bomb was defused in Hong Kong on Thursday after forcing a busy commercial district into lockdown, with roads closed...

Petrol bomb thrown at Suu Kyi's lakeside villa 01 Feb 2018 - 10:19 am

Yangon: A man threw a petrol bomb at the lakeside Yangon compound of Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday, officials said,...

Highlights: India's budget focuses on rural economy ahead of elections 01 Feb 2018 - 09:59 am

New Delhi: India said on Thursday it expected economic growth to surge above 8 percent as it announced a 2018/19 budget that allocated...

Modi seeks to woo farmers and rural Indians with federal budget 01 Feb 2018 - 09:55 am

India pledged to focus its budget on farmers and its rural population as Prime Minister Narendra Modi looks to win over voters before...

Taboo North Korean flag raised in South for Olympics 01 Feb 2018 - 08:59 am

Seoul, North Korea's national flag was raised in the South Thursday for the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, organisers said, after an exemption came into...

Decision on orange passport called off: MEA 31 Jan 2018 - 01:49 pm

New Delhi: India on Tuesday rescinded its decision to issue passports with orange-coloured jackets to those with ECR status, such as unskilled workers...

Thailand charges eight activists as public frustration at junta grows 31 Jan 2018 - 12:55 pm

BANGKOK, Thailand on Wednesday charged eight activists of a civil rights group with violating the military government's ban on public gatherings, after it...