COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s former leader Mahinda Rajapaksa on Thursday criticised a government plan to grant 15,000 acres for Chinese investment in his constituency,...
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s former leader Mahinda Rajapaksa on Thursday criticised a government plan to grant 15,000 acres for Chinese investment in his constituency,...
Dhaka: Some 50,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar, the foreign ministry in Dhaka said Thursday, seeking shelter from a bloody...
BAMAKO, Mali: A French aid worker abducted in northern Mali last week is likely to be in the hands of the al-Qaeda linked...
TOKYO: Japan’s defense minister paid a visit Thursday morning to a war-linked shrine, drawing criticism from South Korea. Tomomi Inada paid her respects...
BEIJING: Chinese police have shot dead four suspects authorities say attacked a government compound in the troubled northwestern Xinjiang region, according to state...
YANGON, Myanmar: A man found dead in a conflict-torn area of western Rakhine State has been identified as a Muslim who the government...
ZAMBOANGA CITY, the Philippines: Ten people are reported to have been killed and a further 20 wounded in an explosion in the southern...
ZAMBOANGA, the Philippines: A typhoon that barrelled across the Philippines for more than two days killed at least six people, left 19 others...
Singapore: A Singaporean teenager who became notorious for profanity-laced attacks on the city's revered late leader Lee Kuan Yew is seeking political asylum...
SHANGHAI: China's environment ministry on Thursday warned northern regions to get ready for emergency action to tackle another bout of heavy smog expected...
SHANGHAI: China has completed two new high-speed rail links connecting Kunming, the capital of southwestern Yunnan province, with Shanghai and Guangzhou on the ...
BEIJING: Attackers drove a vehicle into a government building in China's unruly far western region of Xinjiang, setting off an explosive device and...
TAIPEI: Taiwan welcomes the name change by Japan's de facto embassy on the self-ruled island, the foreign ministry said on Thursday, a day...
Taipei: China's sole aircraft carrier the Liaoning has arrived at a naval base on the southern Chinese province of Hainan, a senior Taiwanese...
Kabul: An Afghan MP was among at least three people wounded when a roadside bomb struck his vehicle in Kabul yesterday, officials said,...
Islamabad: Pakistan's fourth nuclear power plant went online yesterday, a joint collaboration with China that adds 340 megawatts to the national grid as...
Seoul: South Korea's state-run pension fund chief was detained yesterday in a widening probe to determine whether President Park Geun-hye forced companies including...
