CHINESE POLICE DON HIGH-TECH GLASSES TO NAB SUSPECTS

Chinese police are sporting high-tech sunglasses that can spot suspects in a crowded train station, the newest use of facial recognition
7 February 2018

33 infected with HIV in Uttar Pradesh after "quack" uses tainted syringe

At least 33 people have tested positive for HIV in Bangarmau town of Uttar Pradesh after an unqualified medical practitioner injected some of them with an infected syringe, a government official says.
7 February 2018

Taiwan quake kills 4, tilts buildings; over 145 missing

Rescuers comb through the rubble of collapsed buildings on Wednesday, some using their hands as they searched for about 145 people missing after a magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck near the popular Taiwanese tourist city of Hualien overnight.
7 February 2018

China activity has eroded trust: Asean

China's continued reclamation in the South China Sea has eroded trust among claimants and could raise regional tensions, Southeast Asian foreign ministers said yesterday.
6 February 2018

US, N Korea clash again

North Korea is only months away from obtaining the capability to hit US territory with a nuclear weapon and must be disarmed, a US envoy said yesterday, dismissing Pyonyang's diplomatic thaw with South Korea as a "charm offensive" that fooled no one.
6 February 2018

Magnitude 6.4 quake strikes northeast Taiwan, hotel collapses

A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck just to the northeast of the city of Hualien in Taiwan tonight, the US Geological Survey says, causing a hotel to collapse and forcing the closure of a nearby highway, the government says.
6 February 2018

Chinese men shot in southern Pakistan

Unidentified gunmen yesterday fired multiple shots at two Chinese nationals and injured one of them critically in a targeted attack in a
5 February 2018

Hopes for Korea talks grow

North Korea's ceremonial leader will make an unprecedented visit to South Korea this week, officials said yesterday, as hopes grow for
5 February 2018

It's when, not if

Armed officers patrol a train station where television screens and giant posters warn of the threat from militants. Nearby, fake gunmen
4 February 2018

'Cold War mentality'

China has criticised suggestions by the US government that it could be a potential nuclear adversary, accusing the Trump
4 February 2018

Pakistan actress killed by gunmen

A Pashto theatre actress was shot dead by three gunmen after she refused to go with them for a private event in Pakistan's Khyber
4 February 2018

N Korea flouting sanctions

North Korea violated United Nations sanctions to earn nearly $200 million in 2017 from banned commodity exports, according to a
3 February 2018

Maldives defies pressure

Maldivian authorities yesterday announced an indefinite postponement of parliament as President Abdulla Yameen's regime resisted
3 February 2018

India-Asean trade on the rise

India-Asean trade relations have been growing steadily, with Asean being India’s fourth largest trading partner. Both sides have set a target of at least US$200 billion in two-way trade by 2022 compared to US$ 71 billion in 2016-17.
3 February 2018

Myanmar government denies AP report of Rohingya mass graves

Myanmar’s government has denied a report by The Associated Press documenting at least five mass graves containing Rohingya Muslim civilians killed by the military with help from Buddhist neighbors, saying that only “terrorists” were killed and they were “carefully buried.”
3 February 2018

China in talks over military base in remote Afghanistan

Worried about militants sneaking into a restive Chinese region from war-torn Afghanistan, Beijing is in talks with Kabul over the
2 February 2018

Van carrying gas tanks hits 18 pedestrians in Shanghai

A minivan ploughed into pedestrians on a sidewalk in downtown Shanghai on Friday, sending 18 people to hospitals.
2 February 2018

Japan fire kills 11 at home for the elderly

Eleven people were killed in northern Japan after fire broke out at a home for elderly people with financial difficulties, police said
1 February 2018

Military option not close

A US special envoy said yesterday all options remain on the table for solving the nuclear standoff with North Korea but that he did not
1 February 2018

Xi wants 'new level' of ties

Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday told British Prime Minister Theresa May that their countries should take trade ties to "a new
1 February 2018