India may surpass China as most populous country by 2024

Asia’s demographics by 2024 will look very different as India’s population is all set to surpass that of China. Although fertility is declining across the region, Asian populations will continue to grow, increasing pressure on the region’s natural resources.
5 August 2017, 06:11 AM

Imran Khan welcomes Pakistan PM's decision to form committee to probe Gulalai's allegations

Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan welcomes Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi’s call for the formation of a special committee to investigate the allegations of harassment levelled against the former by MNA Ayesha Gulalai.
5 August 2017, 04:34 AM

Pakistani president swears in members of new Cabinet

Pakistan swears in its new Cabinet, following a week of turmoil that included the election of a new prime minister after the resignation of his predecessor who was dismissed from office by the country’s Supreme Court for concealing family assets.
4 August 2017, 11:03 AM

New hope for MH370

A US exploration company has offered to take on the search for flight MH370 which was suspended earlier this year, the firm and a
3 August 2017, 18:58 PM

Malaysian PM under pressure over sub deal

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak faced renewed questions yesterday over a 2002 sale of submarines to his country after a close
3 August 2017, 18:44 PM

Move to disqualify Imran Khan over Ayesha Gulalai's allegations

Pakistani lawyer Raja Basharat files a petition in the country’s Election Commission, seeking Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman's disqualification on the basis of "shameful" allegations of harassment levelled against him by former PTI lawmaker Ayesha Gulalai.
2 August 2017, 18:49 PM

Floods in Thailand's northeast kill 23

Heavy rains have brought some of the worst floods in years to Thailand's rural northeast where 23 people have died over the past month,
2 August 2017, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh inks deal with Cambodia to buy 1m tonnes of rice

Bangladesh signed an agreement with Cambodia to purchase 1 million tonnes of rice within the next five years, officials say.
2 August 2017, 09:14 AM

Cambodian government’s ‘chilling effect’ on free speech

Government monitoring of online activities could have a “devastating effect” on freedom of expression in Cambodia, according to a new study, with most people saying that they felt less comfortable freely expressing themselves online while under such surveillance.
1 August 2017, 05:50 AM

Philippine mayor killed in drug raid

A Philippine mayor accused of involvement in narcotics trafficking was shot dead along with 14 other people in a police raid yesterday.
30 July 2017, 18:00 PM

13 killed as van catches fire in Pakistan

A total of 13 people are killed after a van carrying the passengers catches fire after hitting a gas pipeline near Attock in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, rescue officials say.
30 July 2017, 08:25 AM

Khaqan Abbasi interim PM, Shahbaz named successor to Nawaz

Two separate meetings, headed by ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, PML-N leaders decide to rally behind Nawaz's younger brother, Shahbaz Sharif, as his eventual successor, and Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, is tapped to take over as interim prime minister.
29 July 2017, 10:37 AM

China hosts most global companies in Asia

Asia is home to more Fortune Global 500 companies than any other continent, and Beijing hosts more global companies, the most of any city in the world.
29 July 2017, 04:39 AM

UN mission gets new chairman

The United Nations' Human Rights Council has replaced the chairwoman of a team investigating allegations of killings and rape by
27 July 2017, 18:54 PM

Indonesia Instagram's biggest market in Asia Pacific

Indonesia has 45 million active users of Instagram in a month, making the country the biggest market in Asia Pacific.
27 July 2017, 07:43 AM

Bihar chief minister resigns

Bihar Chief Minsiter Nitish Kumar resigns from his post citing that his conscience has pricked him to take the decision.
26 July 2017, 14:22 PM

Ramnath Kovind sworn in as India president

Ramnath Kovind, who was elected the president of India as the nominee of ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, is sworn in as the 14th head of state and called for preserving the diversity and unity of the country.
25 July 2017, 07:02 AM

Thai govt to seize 12 of Yingluck’s bank accounts

Twelve of Yingluck Shinawatra’s bank accounts will be seized by the Department of Legal Execution in the first civil liability action against the ex-premier whose rice-pledging scheme has been alleged to have caused huge financial damages to Thailand.
25 July 2017, 04:44 AM

China top holder of foreign exchange reserve in Asia

China is the world's largest holder of foreign exchange reserves. It has over two and half times more foreign reserves than the second largest reserve holder, Japan. The Asian giant has US$3.483 trillion of foreign exchange reserves, despite recent fall in foreign reserves.
22 July 2017, 04:39 AM

Myanmar sees insurgents behind Rohingya killings

In the middle of the night on July 4, more than a dozen masked men, dressed head-to-toe in black, surrounded Abdu Sulwon's home
20 July 2017, 18:15 PM