World / Asia

Japan imposes sanctions on North Korea after satellite launch 10 Feb 2016 - 12:11 pm

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watches a long range rocket launched into the air in this still image taken from KRT file...

Kerala CPI-M calls it truce ahead of polls 10 Feb 2016 - 11:58 am

Pinarayi Vijayan Thiruvananthapuram: Ahead of assembly elections in Kerala, the two known factions of the CPI-M in the state have decided to work...

UP woman volunteers to donate kidney to Siachen avalanche survivor 10 Feb 2016 - 11:45 am

Lucknow: Moved by the inspiring real-life story of Lance Naik Hanumananthappa Koppad, who was rescued five days after being trapped in an avalanche...

India police eye new weapon: chilli-loaded slingshots 10 Feb 2016 - 11:31 am

New Delhi: Police in northern India will soon use slingshots loaded with chilli powder and marbles to tackle unruly protesters in the world's...

Six children die in fireball as car, tanker collide in Pakistan 10 Feb 2016 - 10:19 am

Lahore, Pakistan: Six schoolchildren were among at least 10 people killed when a fireball erupted as a tanker carrying liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)...

Indonesian military plane crashes in Java, killing three 10 Feb 2016 - 09:42 am

Malang, Indonesia: An Indonesian military plane crashed into a house in a densely populated area during a test flight Wednesday, killing the pilot...

Curfew-like restrictions imposed in Srinagar 10 Feb 2016 - 09:35 am

Indian paramilitary soldiers stand guard near concertina wire set up as barricade during restrictions in Maisuma area of Srinagar, the summer capital of...

Warning of Islamic State's tentacles spreading to South Asia 10 Feb 2016 - 09:31 am

South Asian countries By Arul Louis United Nations: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has warned of the danger of the Islamic State spreading...

Pakistan airline workers end strike 10 Feb 2016 - 09:26 am

Islamabad: Workers of the Pakistan's state-owned airlines announced that they have called off strike against a government privatisation plan after they were invited...

Technical glitch forces adjournment of Headley deposition 10 Feb 2016 - 09:22 am

Mumbai: The deposition of Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist-turned-approver David Coleman Headley was adjourned till Thursday following some technical snags in videoconferencing from a US jail,...

Four feared dead in Myanmar military plane crash: officials 10 Feb 2016 - 08:46 am

Naypyidaw, Myanmar Naypyidaw, Myanmar: At least four Myanmar military personnel were feared dead after a small air force propeller plane crashed shortly after...

Thai cops bust high quality fake passport gang 10 Feb 2016 - 08:35 am

Bangkok: Thai police rounded up six foreigners allegedly behind one of the country's biggest and best counterfeit passport operations, officers said Wednesday, in...

Taiwan developer arrested over quake building collapse 10 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Rescue personnel work at the site where a 17-storey apartment building collapsed after an earthquake hit Tainan, southern Taiwan February 7, 2016. Reuters/Tyrone...

North Korean shipping firm skirts UN sanctions, gets port access 10 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

By Louis Charbonneau and Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS: A U.N.-blacklisted North Korean shipping company continues to evade sanctions through its use of foreign-flagged...

China confirms first imported Zika case: report 10 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Beijing: China confirmed its first imported case of Zika late Tuesday, Xinhua reported, as fears mount over the fast-spreading virus that has been...

North Korea satellite achieves stable orbit: US official 10 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

File photo WASHINGTON: A satellite launched by North Korea at the weekend has now stabilized in its orbit around the Earth in a...

North Korea has restarted plutonium reactor: US spy chief 09 Feb 2016 - 05:39 pm

James Clapper Washington: North Korea has restarted a plutonium reactor that could provide fuel for nuclear weapons, US Director of National Intelligence James...

Two Pakistani pilots die in air crash 09 Feb 2016 - 05:32 pm

Courtesy: The Nation Islamabad: Two Pakistani army pilots were killed on Tuesday after their plane crashed during a training flight, the military said....