World / Asia

World's oldest man, 113, dies at his home in northern Japan 20 Jan 2019 - 12:11 pm

TOKYO: The world's oldest man has died at his home - a hot springs inn - in northern Japan at the age of...

Australian rallies demand safe streets for women after Israeli student murder 20 Jan 2019 - 08:50 am

MELBOURNE, Several thousand people marched through major Australia cities on Sunday calling for safety for women after an Israeli exchange student was murdered...

Taiwan's traditional medicine stores struggle on life support 20 Jan 2019 - 08:06 am

Taipei, Traditional medicine store owner Gu Cheng-pu knows her dispensary can only stay open as long as her ailing father-in-law lives, their careers...

Indian opposition stages giant joint rally to oust Modi 19 Jan 2019 - 03:30 pm

KOLKATA, India: India's main opposition parties joined forces against Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday at a rally which attracted hundreds of thousands...

Trump, North Korean envoy discuss 2nd Trump-Kim summit 18 Jan 2019 - 10:06 pm

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump met with a North Korean envoy Friday as the two sides worked to resume stalled efforts to end the...

India court orders security for women who entered flashpoint temple 18 Jan 2019 - 12:13 pm

New Delhi, India's Supreme Court on Friday ordered southern Kerala state to provide "round-the-clock" security to two women who enraged conservatives by entering...

Pakistan's 'poetic justice' takes oath, pledges reform 18 Jan 2019 - 10:03 am

Islamabad, Pakistan's new chief justice was sworn in Friday, pledging reform of a Supreme Court whose controversial decisions include ousting a prime minister...

Life term for Gurmeet Ram, 3 others in journalist’s murder 18 Jan 2019 - 03:52 am

Chandigarh: A special CBI court in Panchkula on Thursday sentenced Dera Sacha Sauda sect chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh to life imprisonment in...

Karnataka Congress MLAs meet to be show of strength 18 Jan 2019 - 03:52 am

Bengaluru: Buoyed by the return of its “prodigal” MLAs and failure of “Operation Lotus” against the JD(S)-Congress coalition, Karnataka’s ruling Congress Legislature Party...

Congress points fingers at Doval son, demands details of FDI from Cayman 18 Jan 2019 - 03:52 am

New Delhi: Alleging links between National Security Advisor Ajit Doval’s son Vivek opening a hedge fund in the Cayman Islands soon after 2016...

Freed by court, Pakistani Christian woman still a prisoner 18 Jan 2019 - 03:52 am

ISLAMABAD: Aasia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian acquitted of blasphemy, still lives the life of a prisoner, nearly three months after her release from...

North Korea envoy in US for talks with Pompeo, possibly Trump 18 Jan 2019 - 03:52 am

WASHINGTON: A North Korean envoy arrived in Washington on Thursday for expected talks with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and a possible encounter...

Two top lieutenants of Indian PM's Modi unwell months before election 18 Jan 2019 - 02:33 am

NEW DELHI: The president of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, Amit Shah, said on Wednesday he was being treated for swine flu, the...

Isro to launch Microsat, Kalamsat on January 24 18 Jan 2019 - 02:33 am

Chennai/Bengaluru: India will open its 2019 space programme account on January 24 launching imaging satellite Microsat-R for Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) and...

Malaysia jails laundrette cat killer 17 Jan 2019 - 01:42 pm

Kuala Lumpur: A Malaysian taxi driver who killed a pregnant cat by putting it into a laundrette dryer was jailed for two years...

Body of trapped Indian miner found after 36 days 17 Jan 2019 - 08:01 am

New Delhi: Indian emergency workers said Thursday they have found the body of one of 15 miners trapped inside a so-called "rat hole"...

China brushes off international concern over death sentence for Canadian 16 Jan 2019 - 12:48 pm

Beijing: China said on Wednesday that it was "not worried in the slightest" by mounting international concern over the death sentence handed to...

Pakistan kills 2 men linked to 2011 abduction of American 15 Jan 2019 - 08:41 pm

MULTAN: Pakistani security forces raided a militant hideout in the country's east before dawn Tuesday, killing two members of the Islamic State group...