Indian PM calls for talks with Pakistan

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called for dialogue with Pakistan in a letter to its newly elected leader and Pakistan also saw
20 August 2018

Pay taxes in 'New Pakistan'

Pakistan's new Prime Minister Imran Khan called on Sunday for the rich to start paying taxes and said the country will begin an
20 August 2018

New quakes kill 10 in Indonesia's Lombok

At least 10 people are dead after a string of powerful quakes rocked the Indonesian holiday island of Lombok, authorities said yesterday,
20 August 2018

Taliban kidnap nearly 200 bus passengers

The Taliban rejected today an Afghan government offer of a ceasefire and they would persist with their attacks, two militant commanders said, while insurgents ambushed three buses and nearly 200 passengers travelling for a holiday.
20 August 2018

Journey of Vietnam’s smallest student

Afflicted with a rare disorder, Dinh Van K’Re faced a life of struggle, until a kind teacher took him under his wing.
19 August 2018

'Presumptuous'

China yesterday rejected what it called an "irresponsible" Pentagon report claiming Beijing's bombers are likely training for strikes against US and allied targets in the Pacific.
18 August 2018

Sports stars who shone in politics

Imran Khan's anointment as Pakistan's new prime minister caps a more than two decade transformation from a World Cup winning
18 August 2018

Thousands await rescue

Rescuers in helicopters and boats fought through renewed torrential rain Saturday to reach stranded villages in India's Kerala state as
18 August 2018

No place to hide

Sitting on the terrace of a Paris cafe, a young Chinese woman glances nervously at her mobile phone as a message from a police officer in her native Xinjiang region pops up.
17 August 2018

Chinese military 'likely training' for US strikes

China's military has expanded its bomber operations in recent years while "likely training for strikes" against the United States and its allies, a Pentagon report released on Thursday said.
17 August 2018

Death toll in Afghan suicide attack revised down to 34

Afghan authorities revised down the death toll from a suicide bomb attack on an educational centre in Kabul to 34 from 48, health ministry officials say.
16 August 2018

Violence kills 92 in Afghanistan

A suicide blast tore through a school in Kabul yesterday killing at least 48 people, while a Taliban attack on a military outpost killed 44 more as a relentless wave of violence continued across Afghanistan.
15 August 2018

Israel reopens Gaza crossing amid talks

Israel reopened its only goods crossing with the Gaza Strip yesterday after closing it to most deliveries on July 9 over months of border tensions, as relative calm returned and truce talks pressed ahead.
15 August 2018

Putin ready to meet Kim at 'early date'

Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un "at an early date", the North's state media reported yesterday.
15 August 2018

Walk in the woods

A two-year-old boy who went missing in woods in western Japan has been found unharmed after three days alone, apparently surviving on river water as volunteers hunted desperately for him.
15 August 2018

India's Cosmos Bank loses $13.5m in cyber attack

Cyber criminals hacked the systems of India's Cosmos Bank and siphoned off nearly 944 million rupees ($13.5 million) through simultaneous withdrawals across 28 countries over the weekend, the bank tells police.
15 August 2018

US, China vie for Lanka

The United States announced Monday it would grant Sri Lanka $39 million to boost maritime security as China develops its strategic hold on the Indian Ocean island.
14 August 2018

Malaysian women to be caned for 'attempting lesbian sex'

Two Malaysian women convicted for attempting to have lesbian sex will be fined and caned, a prosecutor says, in a rare case against gay people in the Muslim-majority country.
14 August 2018

China angered at new US defence act, to assess content

China condemns measures targeting it in a new US defence act, saying it exaggerated antagonism and that Beijing would take a close look at aspects that beef up the role of a US panel that reviews foreign investment proposals.
14 August 2018

China prevented 'great tragedy': state-run paper

Massively stepped-up security in China's restive far western region of Xinjiang has helped prevent "great tragedy", a state-run newspaper said yesterday, in the country's first response to a critical United Nations report on the situation there.
13 August 2018