Japanese court grants bail for ex-Nissan chair Ghosn

A Japanese court grants bail to ousted Nissan Motor Chairman Carlos Ghosn but prosecutors swiftly appeal the decision, delaying an immediate release of the once-feted executive after more than three months in jail.
5 March 2019, 10:51 AM

Thai e-cigarette users urge action after graft claim

A network of Thailand e-cigarette users has called on the authorities to quickly come up with appropriate solutions to regulate e-cigarettes in order to protect the country’s image among foreign tourists.
5 March 2019, 04:56 AM

Huawei CFO sues Canada authorities

Chinese telecoms giant Huawei's chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou, has filed suit against Canadian authorities for violating her constitutional rights when she was arrested in Vancouver, her lawyers said Sunday.
4 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh ranks 9th in most generous country in Asia

Bangladesh stands in the ninth position among its Asian neighbours in an international ranking as the most generous country. With an overall score of 31 per cent, the country has been ranked 74 in the world and fourth in South Asia in the CAF World Giving Index 2018.
3 March 2019, 06:36 AM

India-Pakistan train service to resume

With Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman back in India from Pakistan's custody, and hostilities between the two nations dialed
2 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Nobel Peace Prize for Imran Khan!

More than 300,000 people have signed online petitions calling for Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan to receive a Nobel Peace Prize
2 March 2019, 18:00 PM

5 years on, MH370 families band together to seek closure

Five years ago, their loved ones boarded a plane and vanished. The group of Malaysians meet about once a month - usually at a coffee shop or a home in Kuala Lumpur - to support each other and try to keep missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 in the public eye..
2 March 2019, 05:13 AM

Pakistan to lodge 'eco-terrorism' complaint against India over airstrikes

Pakistan plans to lodge a complaint of "eco-terrorism" against India after airstrikes by New Delhi in Pakistani territory this week damaged dozens of trees, its climate change minister tells.
2 March 2019, 04:30 AM

Trump urged Kim to go 'all in' on nuclear poker

US President Donald Trump urged North Korea's Kim Jong Un to go "all in" during their high-stakes nuclear negotiations but talks floundered amid differences over sanctions and the definition of "denuclearisation", a senior State Department official said yesterday.
1 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Putin calls Modi expressing solidarity in fight against terror

Russian President Vladimir Putin has called Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and conveyed solidarity of his country with India in the latter’s fight against terrorism.
1 March 2019, 07:43 AM

United States and North Korea since 1945

The peninsula is divided along the 38th parallel between the Soviet-backed regime of Kim Il-Sung in the North and a South under United States protection
28 February 2019, 18:00 PM

US acting Pentagon chief focused on de-escalating India-Pakistan tensions

Acting US Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan is focused on de-escalating tensions between India and Pakistan and urged them both to avoid further military action, the Pentagon said on Wednesday, without saying if he had spoken with his counterparts from either nation.
28 February 2019, 04:11 AM

The Philippines offers Rohingyas citizenship

The Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday offered citizenship to Rohingya refugees, reiterating his willingness to accept them into the country.
27 February 2019, 18:00 PM

60 buried in Indonesia mine collapse

A landslide in an unauthorised gold mine in Bolaang Mongondow regency, North Sulawesi of Indonesia buried at least 60 miners, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) says.
27 February 2019, 05:09 AM

China urges India, Pakistan to 'exercise restraint' after air strike

China urges India and Pakistan to "exercise restraint" after New Delhi said its warplanes attacked a militant camp, in a move that sent tensions soaring between the arch-rivals over disputed Kashmir.
26 February 2019, 10:40 AM

Imran Khan summons 'important meeting' in wake of India strike

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will hold an emergency meeting, according to the country’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi.
26 February 2019, 06:07 AM

Emperor urges Japan to be open to outside

Japan's Emperor Akihito urged his country to be open to the outside world at a ceremony marking 30 years of his reign yesterday, ahead of his abdication later this year.
24 February 2019, 18:00 PM

N Korea warns US sceptics as Kim heads for Vietnam

North Korea yesterday warned President Donald Trump not to listen to US critics who were disrupting efforts to improve ties, as its leader, Kim Jong Un, made his way across China by train to a second summit with Trump in Vietnam.
24 February 2019, 18:00 PM

Sushma Swaraj to attend OIC meet

India yesterday announced its External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will attend the inaugural plenary session of the 46th session of the
23 February 2019, 18:00 PM

February 21 observed at German University

South Asia Institute (SAI) of Heidelberg University in Germany on Thursday observed the International Mother Language Day for the first
23 February 2019, 18:00 PM