Pakistan blocks LeT linked party from election

A Pakistani group linked to the deadly 2008 Mumbai terror attacks was denied permission yesterday to register as a political party just
13 June 2018

S Korea ruling party sweeps local polls

South Korea's ruling Democratic Party (DP) won a landslide victory yesterday in local elections held the day after a historic summit
13 June 2018

Journos mark six months in detention

A Myanmar police investigator failed to show up at court on Tuesday to testify as a prosecution witness against two Reuters reporters
13 June 2018

Top Malaysian officials quit as new govt cleans house

Malaysia's top two judges and its election chief are resigning, officials said yesterday, the latest senior public servants to leave their
13 June 2018

13 killed as boat sinks in Indonesia

At least 13 people died when a passenger boat overloaded with holidaymakers celebrating Eid capsized off the Indonesian island of
13 June 2018

Bend it like Modi

Narendra Modi, whose supporters boast of his physical prowess and indifference to sleep, has shared the secrets to his morning
13 June 2018

Rahul Gandhi vows to fight RSS in court

India's opposition leader Rahul Gandhi pleaded not guilty yesterday to defaming a powerful Hindu supremacist group closely linked to the ruling party of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
12 June 2018

We have heard this before

Two key words were conspicuous by their absence from the joint statement signed by US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un after their high-profile, soundbite-rich summit in Singapore.
12 June 2018

Trump, Kim agree on denuclearisation, but deal seen symbolic

US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pledge to work toward complete denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula while Washington committed to provide security guarantees for its old enemy.
12 June 2018

Prawns and Haagen-Dazs on menu as Trump-Kim meet

The main course may be hard-to-swallow denuclearisation, but Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un also had a heady mix of Yangzhou fried rice and a dark chocolate tartlet ganache on their plates during their historic summit.
12 June 2018

Xi backs nuclear deal in talks with Rouhani

Chinese leader Xi Jinping called for the Iran nuclear deal to be "earnestly" implemented as he met the country's president following the US withdrawal from the pact, state media said yesterday.
11 June 2018

Cyber addiction: We can do more to help our children

It is said too much of a good thing is bad thing. And the internet and technology are most certainly good things.
11 June 2018

Two-year stint only a suggestion: Mahathir

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has said that his stint at the premiership could be extended beyond the two years
10 June 2018

Xi rejects 'selfish' trade policies

Chinese President Xi Jinping, whose country is locked in a high-stakes trade dispute with the United States, yesterday said China
10 June 2018

Trump, Kim arrive for US-N Korea summit

​North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump arrive in Singapore for an unprecedented summit, with Pyongyang's nuclear arsenal at the top of the agenda and the US president calling it a "one-time shot" at peace.
10 June 2018

Tokyo hopes ‘solar road’ will lead to greener power

The Tokyo metropolitan government intends to take the initiative in introducing the new technologies of “solar roads” that collect energy from the sun via solar panels installed beneath the surface of roads and “power-generating floors” that generate electricity by utilizing the vibrations created by people walking, according to sources.
10 June 2018

Knife attack on Japan bullet train leaves 1 dead

A knife attack on a Japanese bullet express train near Tokyo left one passenger dead and two others injured, police say, as they arrested a suspect who was on top of a man lying unconscious.
10 June 2018

Xi hails 'unity' of bloc

Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday opened a regional security summit attended by Russia and Iran with boasts of the bloc's "unity",
9 June 2018

Central bank chief steps down

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has accepted the resignation of the central bank governor, the latest in a string of
6 June 2018

Pak journo freed after abduction

A Pakistani journalist and rights activist who openly criticised the military and its alleged meddling in politics was freed early yesterday,
6 June 2018