World Bank backs India

The World Bank (WB) has asked Pakistan to stop pursuing the Kishanganga dam dispute in the International Court of Arbitration (ICA)
6 June 2018

Pak anti-graft body orders inquiry into former PMs

Pakistan's anti-corruption agency has approved an inquiry into former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and his predecessor
6 June 2018

Pakistani journalist critic of military freed after abduction

A Pakistani journalist and rights activist who openly criticised the military and its alleged meddling in politics is freed early today, several hours after being abducted.
6 June 2018

Duterte says will quit if enough women protest his kiss

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte defends his kiss on the lips of a married Filipino woman in South Korea, and says he will resign if enough women are offended and sign a petition calling for him to step down.
6 June 2018

Trump-Kim summit to be held at Sentosa hotel

The Capella Hotel on Sentosa will host next Tuesday's summit between United States President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un, Chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
6 June 2018

11 killed, 25 trapped in China mine blast

Eleven people were killed and nine injured yesterday in an explosion at an iron-ore mine in northeast China's Liaoning province, state
5 June 2018

Mid-air scare

An Indian Air Force aircraft carrying External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to South Africa went incommunicado for fourteen minutes
4 June 2018

Japan FM returns salary over scandal

Japan's Finance Minister Taro Aso said yesterday he was returning a year's salary after his ministry scrubbed public documents related to
4 June 2018

US, China tussle over Tiananmen anniversary

China lashed out at the United States yesterday after Washington marked the anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen protests by urging
4 June 2018

Outrage as Duterte kisses worker on stage

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte draws condemnation after kissing a Filipino woman onstage during his visit to South Korea, prompting outraged activists to call it "disgusting".
4 June 2018

8 killed in Kabul suicide blast near clerics' gathering

A motorcycle suicide bomber kills at least eight people near a gathering of Muslim clerics in the Afghan capital after they had issued a fatwa against suicide bombings, officials say, in the latest in a series of attacks to hit Kabul.
4 June 2018

Filipino man dies days after defending 2 women in Slovakia

A Filipino man dies a “hero” days after he was attacked by two men who he confronted trying to defend two women in Slovakia.
4 June 2018

Feminist activists protest topless, Facebook Korea apologises

Facebook apologises the deletion of the post from a feminist group
4 June 2018

India test-fires nuclear capable Agni-5 missile

India yesterday successfully test-fired its indigenously developed nuclear-capable Long Range Ballistic Missile Agni-5, which has a strike
3 June 2018

Indo-Pak clash along border ends brief truce

India and Pakistan exchanged fire across the Kashmir border yesterday, officials said, killing two guards and ending a days-old
3 June 2018

Philippines' Duterte tells UN expert to 'go to hell'

President Rodrigo Duterte yesterday told a United Nations rights expert to "go to hell" over criticism of the Philippine leader for
3 June 2018

Toyota’s auto manufacturing birthplace unveiled

Toyota Motor Corp unveils to the media its historic plant where the company’s first prototype vehicle was developed in the early years of Showa era (1926-1989).
3 June 2018

More hospitals in Japan use apps to watch over patients at home

An increasing number of medical institutions are using smartphone apps to help improve the lifestyles of patients suffering from diabetes and heart failure while also providing them with better treatment.
3 June 2018

China intimidating neigbours: Mattis

The United States is willing to work with China on a "results- oriented" relationship, but Beijing's actions in the South China Sea were coercive and the Pentagon would "compete vigorously" if needed, US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said yesterday.
2 June 2018

Indonesians cope with ash as Mount Merapi erupts again

Mount Merapi in Central Java of Indonesia erupts again, forcing refugees from several villages to take shelter.
2 June 2018