World / Asia

Smriti Irani, India's most controversial and most trolled minister shifted in a sweeping government reshuffle 06 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

Smriti Irani, a former TV soap star, had been engulfed in several controversies over her tenure at the helm of the agency, including...

Modi expands council of ministers, Javadekar elevated 05 Jul 2016 - 12:19 pm

President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the newly inducted ministers after a swearing-in ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi...

Nepal landslides kill 11 after heavy rains 05 Jul 2016 - 11:18 am

Kathmandu: Landslides triggered by heavy rains killed 11 people in western Nepal on Tuesday, including a teenage boy and four young girls, police...

Bangladesh hunts for six accomplices of cafe attackers 05 Jul 2016 - 11:13 am

A policeman stands guard as a placard is seen at a makeshift memorial near the site, to pay tribute to the victims of...

IS-linked suicide bomber hits Indonesia police station 05 Jul 2016 - 10:20 am

Police secure the scene at a police station following an attack in Solo, Central Java, Indonesia on July 5, 2016 in this photo...

China floods leave more than 100 dead or missing: report 05 Jul 2016 - 09:26 am

A dog is seen trapped on a flooded street in Shucheng county, Anhui province, July 3, 2016. Reuters/Stringer CHINA OUT. Beijing: Flooding in...

Car bomb hits checkpoint in rebellious Thai south 05 Jul 2016 - 09:19 am

File photo of a railroad damaged by a bomb planted by suspected separatist militants in the Rueso district in Thailand's restive southern province...

Bangladesh politician 'stunned' by son's role in attack 05 Jul 2016 - 08:47 am

Combination pictures of five men, allegedly the gunmen who carried out an attack in the capital Dhaka on July 1, 2016, posing with...

Aide to former Chinese president Hu Jintao jailed for life: media 04 Jul 2016 - 01:03 pm

Ling Jihua, then vice chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), during a meeting in Beijing March 11, 2013. (REUTERS/Jason Lee/File...

Bangladesh police trying to confirm ID of Dhaka attackers 04 Jul 2016 - 08:55 am

A relative mourns after receiving the body of a victim killed in the attack on the Holey Artisan Bakery and the O'Kitchen Restaurant,...

PM Modi to fill cabinet vacancies Tuesday 04 Jul 2016 - 08:01 am

NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will "expand" his cabinet on Tuesday, a government spokesman said, largely filling up vacancies caused by...

Kerry offers Bangladesh FBI help as police probe attackers' links 04 Jul 2016 - 07:48 am

File photo of US Secretary of State John Kerry. Reuters DHAKA: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has offered Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh...

Bangladesh denies IS link after hostage bloodbath 03 Jul 2016 - 06:58 pm

A Bangladeshi child leaves a floral arrangement on a road block leading to the Holey Artisan Bakery, the scene of a fatal attack...

Thousands protest Myanmar govt's new term for Rohingya 03 Jul 2016 - 02:50 pm

In this photograph taken on July 2, 2016, a Muslim Rohingya children are seen at one of the displacement camp in Sittwe located...

At least 40 feared dead in rains, landslides in northern India 03 Jul 2016 - 02:29 pm

This handout photograph released on July 2, 2016 by the Indian Army shows Indian soldiers searching for survivors of a landslide following torrential...

China eyes hunt for alien life with giant telescope 03 Jul 2016 - 01:51 pm

The last panel of China's world largest radio telescope named "FAST", is installed in Pingtang county, Guizhou Province, China, July 3, 2016. China...

31 killed in northern Pakistan flash floods 03 Jul 2016 - 01:26 pm

Islamabad: At least 31 people were on Sunday killed after torrential rain hit Chitral’s Arsoon area in northern Pakistan, triggering flash floods in...