Indonesia picks site for new capital

Indonesia will move its capital from Jakarta to East Kalimantan.
26 August 2019, 18:00 PM

Manmohan Singh’s top security cover withdrawn

Former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s top Special Protection Group (SPG) security will be withdrawn. He will have Central
26 August 2019, 18:00 PM

Truck driver killed in Kashmir by protesters

Stone-throwing protesters in Indian Kashmir killed a driver of what they thought was a military truck, police said yesterday, as a crippling
26 August 2019, 18:00 PM

Could data help us tell Dengue’s future?

2019 is one of the worst years for dengue outbreaks. Scientists and officials looking for new ways to use data to predict the deadly
26 August 2019, 18:00 PM

Could data help us tell Dengue’s future?

2019 is one of the worst years for dengue outbreaks. Scientists and officials are looking for new ways to use data to predict the deadly disease.
26 August 2019, 12:35 PM

HK officer fires shot

A Hong Kong police officer fired at least one gunshot yesterday, the first time a live round has been used during three months of
25 August 2019, 18:00 PM

‘Nothing more anti-national’

Indian Congress’s Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, whose brother Rahul Gandhi was turned away from Srinagar airport on Saturday, ripped into
25 August 2019, 18:00 PM

North Korea launches 2 short-range missiles

North Korea fired what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast yesterday, the South Korean military said, the latest in a series of launches in recent weeks amid stalled denuclearisation talks.
24 August 2019, 18:00 PM

Opposition delegation led by Rahul Gandhi sent back to Delhi on arrival at Srinagar airport

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi along with other opposition leaders, who had flown to Jammu and Kashmir, are sent back to Delhi from the Srinagar airport.
24 August 2019, 11:05 AM

Pompeo a ‘diehard toxin’: North Korea

North Korea’s top diplomat said yesterday that US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was a “diehard toxin” who only complicates denuclearisation talks and North Korea was ready for both dialogue and standoff.
23 August 2019, 18:00 PM

S Korea scraps intel-sharing pact with Japan amid row

South Korea yesterday said it will scrap an intelligence-sharing pact with Japan, a decision that could further escalate a dispute over history and trade and undercut security cooperation on North Korea.
22 August 2019, 18:00 PM

Myanmar troops' sexual violence against Rohingyas 'genocidal intent': UN report

Sexual violence committed by Myanmar troops against Rohingya women and girls in 2017 was an indication of the military's genocidal intent to destroy the mainly Muslim ethnic minority, United Nations investigators concluded in a report release.
22 August 2019, 15:27 PM

Australia to join US in Gulf mission

Australia will join the US-led mission to protect shipping through the Strait of Hormuz amid heightened tensions with Iran, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced yesterday. Morrison said Australia would send a “modest” contribution -- including a frigate, a P8
21 August 2019, 18:00 PM

China threatens sanctions

China yesterday blasted a huge planned US arms shipment to self-ruled Taiwan and threatened to sanction firms involved in the sale of F-16 fighter jets.
21 August 2019, 18:00 PM

Australia’s Cardinal Pell loses child sex abuse appeal

Disgraced Cardinal George Pell lost his appeal against child sex abuse convictions yesterday, prompting relief from victims who fought to
21 August 2019, 18:00 PM

Emperor ‘prevented from voicing remorse’ after war

Japan’s wartime emperor Hirohito wanted to express his regret and remorse shortly after World War II but the prime minister at the time stopped him, local media reported yesterday, citing newly disclosed documents.
20 August 2019, 18:00 PM

Afghan wedding suicide blast kills 63, amid hopes for talks

A suicide bomber kills 63 people and wounds 182 in an attack on a packed wedding reception in the Afghan capital, the interior ministry says, as violence shows no sign of easing despite hopes for a deal on a US troop withdrawal.
18 August 2019, 04:26 AM

Open for business, not for sale

Greenland is not for sale, local authorities said Friday, after a newspaper reported that US President Donald Trump is looking into whether it might be possible for the United States to buy the mineral-rich Arctic island.
17 August 2019, 18:00 PM

Hong Kong adds another dimension to US-China trade war

The United States and China are embroiled in a trade war for almost two years with reciprocal tariffs and fiery rhetoric coming from both sides.
17 August 2019, 06:00 AM

FMs of China, Japan, S Korea to hold talks

Top diplomats of South Korea and Japan plan to meet their Chinese counterpart in Beijing next week amid a flare-up in tension over trade and history, Seoul’s foreign ministry said yesterday. Foreign ministers Kang Kyung-wha of South Korea, Taro Kono of Japan and
16 August 2019, 18:00 PM