S Korean delegation meets N Korean leader Kim

A South Korean delegation meets North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, a South Korean official said, after arriving in the North on a visit aimed at encouraging North Korea and the United States to talk.
5 March 2018

Pakistan elects first female Dalit senator

Pakistan elected its first female senator from the lowest Dalit caste in weekend polls which also saw the ruling party
4 March 2018

South sends envoys to North

South Korea will dispatch a delegation led by senior security officials for a two-day visit to North Korea starting
4 March 2018

Nothing to rejoice, 2019 will be disaster for BJP

Downplaying the BJP's victory in Tripura, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee yesterday said the BJP will never win West Bengal
4 March 2018

Hindu woman elected to Pakistan's senate in historic first

A woman from Pakistan's marginalised Hindu minority is elected to the senate for the first time ever in an election over the weekend in which a Taliban-linked cleric was defeated.
4 March 2018

BJP set to form govt in Nagaland

The BJP will form the next government in Nagaland with the help of other parties, Union minister and BJP incharge
3 March 2018

Hung assembly in Meghalaya

Meghalaya threw up a hung Assembly yesterday with the ruling Congress emerging as the single largest party after
3 March 2018

Planned Indian military base stirs controversy in Seychelles

A plan for India to build a military base on an outlying Seychelles island has won favour among the archipelago
3 March 2018

Japan cannot declare wartime crimes over

South Korean President Moon Jae-in yesterday said Japan cannot declare the issue of its former wartime sex slaves "over", repeating calls for Tokyo to apologise over the issue and confront wrongdoings.
1 March 2018

Maldives breached N Korean sanctions

Maldives on Wednesday denied a Japanese foreign ministry statement that said a Maldives-flagged vessel was used to illegally transfer goods from a North Korean-flagged tanker in defiance of UN Security Council resolutions.
1 March 2018

Anger as US bill promotes Taiwan ties

China lodged an official protest with the United States yesterday, saying it was "strongly dissatisfied" after the US Senate passed a bill promoting relations with self-governing Taiwan.
1 March 2018

Suicide, gun attacks kill six in SW Pakistan

A suicide bomber killed four soldiers in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta and a gunman shot dead two policemen in a separate
1 March 2018

No pay rise for S'pore's million-dollar ministers

Singapore government ministers were told yesterday their salaries will stay frozen despite a recommendation for a hike. Ministerial
1 March 2018

Duterte says no help for UN rights probe

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said yesterday he would not cooperate with UN investigators looking into extrajudicial killings under his rule, telling police and soldiers not to cooperate with any probe.
1 March 2018

China to build nuke-powered carrier

China is developing technologies to build a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, state media reported yesterday, as Beijing pushes forward
28 February 2018

30-yr jail term sought for ousted S Korean president

South Korean prosecutors yesterday demanded a 30-year-jail sentence for former president Park Geun-hye, sacked over a wide-
27 February 2018

'Dictator for life'

China's plan for President Xi Jinping to remain in office indefinitely has sparked social media opposition, drawing
26 February 2018

Cambodia ruling party wins in 'farce' vote

Cambodia's ruling party swept controversial Senate elections yesterday, early results suggest, in a vote derided as a "farce" by critics as it proceeded without a viable opposition.
25 February 2018

Protests greet NKorean delegation to Olympics

A blacklisted North Korean general arrives in the South for the Winter Olympics closing ceremony, which will also be attended by US President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka.
25 February 2018

Bollywood mourns death of legendary actress Sridevi

The entire Bollywood and television industry is shocked by the news of Sridevi’s sudden demise.
25 February 2018