Young activists take on China

Young Hong Kong independence activists calling for a complete break from China stood for the first time yesterday in city-wide legislative elections, the biggest polls since mass pro-democracy protests in 2014.
4 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Ice cream diplomacy

Despite warm relations between Moscow and Beijing, Vladimir Putin brought a chilly gift for his Chinese counterpart Xi
4 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Avoid empty talks at G20: Xi

Chinese President Xi Jinping urged world leaders to avoid "empty talk" and confront sluggish economic growth and
4 September 2016, 18:00 PM

India gives Vietnam $500m in defence aid

India yesterday said it is giving Vietnam half a billion dollars in credit to boost defence ties, the latest security deal
3 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Myanmar peace summit ends

Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi concluded a landmark summit with ethnic rebels yesterday, calling it the first step on
3 September 2016, 18:00 PM

'Clouded legacy' of 'Saint Teresa'

As the Vatican prepares to declare Mother Teresa a saint today, in the Indian city where she rose to fame, claims of
3 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Abe calls for 'new era' in Russian ties

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe yesterday bappealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin for a new era in ties
3 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Singapore Zika is Asian

Singapore yesterday reported 215 cases of Zika infections as scientists in the city-state said the virus strain comes
3 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Blast at market kills 12 in Philippines

An explosion at a packed night market in the home city of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte killed at least 12 people on Friday and
2 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Japan typhoon kills 9

Surging flood water and mud brought by a devastating typhoon killed nine people in an elderly care home in northern Japan,
31 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Xi reshuffles key party posts ahead of congress

Chinese President Xi Jinping has reshuffled three top provincial-level Communist Party posts as he seeks to place his men in key
29 August 2016, 18:31 PM

North Korea rejects UNSC condemnation

North Korea yesterday hit back at a UN Security Council statement condemning its latest test-firing of a submarine-
28 August 2016, 18:00 PM

S'pore reports 41 locally transmitted Zika cases

Singapore yesterday confirmed 41 locally transmitted cases of the Zika virus, which can cause deformities in unborn
28 August 2016, 18:00 PM

WB hospital fire kills 3

Three people have been killed and 50 children injured in a fire broke out at the Murshidabad Medical College and Hospital in West Bengal
27 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Extradite Dawood, India tells Pak

After the UN confirmation of Dawood Ibrahim's addresses in Pakistan, India said on Friday that it was incumbent upon Islamabad
27 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Japan PM pledges $30b for Africa

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe yesterday told African leaders that his country will commit $30 billion in public and private
27 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Kashmir curfew enters day-50

Police in Indian-administered Kashmir have arrested a top separatist leader, his aide said yesterday, as the region's chief minister met
27 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Bus plunges into Nepal river; 21 killed

A packed passenger bus plunged into a river early yesterday in central Nepal, killing 21 people, a senior local official
26 August 2016, 18:00 PM

US aid to Pak shrinks

Pakistan's continued support for resurgent militant groups hostile to the United States, coupled with warming US
26 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Nasheed meets exiled opposition groups

The Maldives' dissident former president met opposition groups in neighbouring Sri Lanka yesterday to hatch a plan
26 August 2016, 18:00 PM