Four dead as car rams Melbourne shoppers

A car ploughed into pedestrians on a popular shopping strip in the heart of Australia's second-largest city yesterday, killing four people
20 January 2017, 18:00 PM

N Korea preparing to launch new missiles

North Korea is preparing to test new rockets, a report said yesterday, after its leader Kim Jong-Un said the country was in the final stages
19 January 2017, 18:00 PM

Congress announces alliance with SP in UP

Efforts to form a "grand secular alliance" in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh went into top gear yesterday with the Congress
17 January 2017, 18:00 PM

Mother gets death

A mother who murdered her own daughter and set her alight for marrying the man of her choice has been sentenced
17 January 2017, 18:00 PM

Modi hails multi-polar Asia

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday hailed the rise of multi-polarity in Asia, but went on to say that it was not unusual for powerful neighbours to have their differences.
17 January 2017, 18:00 PM

Ex-CJ Ruhul Amin passes away

Former chief justice MM Ruhul Amin dies of heart diseases at a hospital in Singapore. He was 74.
17 January 2017, 05:16 AM

37 dead as cargo plane hits Kyrgyz village

A cargo plane attempting to land in thick fog yesterday crashed into a village near Kyrgyzstan's main airport and killed at least 37
16 January 2017, 18:00 PM

India boat accident toll rises to 26

The death toll from a boat accident in eastern India rose to 26 yesterday, a senior official said, warning of more
15 January 2017, 18:00 PM

UN: E-waste rising sharply in Asia

Electronic waste is rising sharply across Asia as higher incomes allow hundreds of millions of people to buy
15 January 2017, 18:00 PM

Duterte threatens martial law to wage his drug war

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to impose martial rule to prosecute his deadly war on drugs,
15 January 2017, 18:00 PM

Uproar as Modi replaces Gandhi

It is Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi spinning the "charkha" - not Mahatma Gandhi - on the 2017 calendar and
13 January 2017, 18:00 PM

US's pick for top diplomat can talk his way into war

Prospective US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson better watch his mouth, angry Chinese media said yesterday, warning
13 January 2017, 18:00 PM

Indian soldier kills four colleagues

A paramilitary soldier from one of India's elite security units shot dead four of his senior officers yesterday in an apparent row over
12 January 2017, 18:00 PM

Pak stays execution of mentally ill man

A Pakistani court yesterday stayed the execution of a schizophrenic man, his lawyers said, days before he was set to
12 January 2017, 18:00 PM

Nepal names new quake reconstruction chief

Nepal fired the head of its earthquake reconstruction agency and named his predecessor to the job in a game of
12 January 2017, 18:00 PM

Fifth Pak social media activist goes missing

A fifth Pakistani rights activist has gone missing, his colleagues said yesterday, as the United Nations raised
12 January 2017, 18:00 PM

US forces killed 33 Afghans last year

Nato yesterday confirmed that US forces in Afghanistan killed 33 Afghan citizens "in self-defence" in Kunduz last
12 January 2017, 18:00 PM

US, Australian hostages appear in Taliban video

An American and an Australian have appeared in a Taliban hostage video, five months after they were kidnapped from
12 January 2017, 18:00 PM

Abe offers support to Philippines' Duterte

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe yesterday offered support for Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's
12 January 2017, 18:00 PM

Tillerson hits out at China

China offered a muted response yesterday after Donald Trump's secretary of state pick Rex Tillerson warned the US
12 January 2017, 18:00 PM