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Mamata launches 'BJP Quit India' campaign

While the nation is commemorating the 75th anniversary of Quit India Movement, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has
9 August 2017, 18:00 PM

Ousted Pak PM launches defiant procession

Ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif began a rally yesterday in a defiant show of political power after a Supreme Court
9 August 2017, 18:00 PM

60,000 evacuated after China quake

China yesterday evacuated nearly 60,000 people in its mountainous southwest after a strong earthquake killed at least 19, rattling a
9 August 2017, 18:00 PM

Emergency rice fund beefed up in Cambodia

Cambodia's government is putting more money into its emergency rice fund, despite farmers' lack of inclination to borrow.
9 August 2017, 06:09 AM

Chinese villager hero to US leukemia patient

Zhao Yuedong, a 39-year-old villager from China's Liaoning province, becomes a hero to a leukemia patient in the US city of Los Angeles when he became the first international bone marrow donor from Shenyang.
9 August 2017, 05:22 AM

Ignoring warnings, Nawaz Sharif to start for home today

Despite concerns about his security, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif is adamant that he will leave for Lahore via the historic Grand Trunk (GT) Road.
9 August 2017, 04:47 AM

Dozens feared dead in China

A 6.5-magnitude earthquake rattled southwest China late yesterday, killing at least five people, with up to 100 feared dead, according
8 August 2017, 20:40 PM

N Korea has missile-ready nukes

North Korea has produced a nuclear warhead small enough to fit inside its missiles, the Washington Post reported yesterday, a major
8 August 2017, 20:40 PM

Landslide in china kills 24, 4 injured

A landslide triggered by heavy rain killed at least 24 people in China's mountainous southwestern province of Sichuan yesterday, state
8 August 2017, 18:00 PM

Willing to pay economic price for regional peace

China will pay the biggest price from the new UN sanctions against North Korea because of its close economic relationship with the
8 August 2017, 18:00 PM

Quake strikes in remote part of China's Sichuan province

An earthquake measuring 6.5 in magnitude strikes China's remote and mountainous southwestern province of Sichuan, the US Geological Survey says, causing some damage to buildings in a tourist resort but no immediate reports of mass casualties.
8 August 2017, 14:56 PM

Landslide in southwest China kills 23

A landslide in southwestern China kills 23 people, the provincial government says, as heavy rain hits large parts of the country.
8 August 2017, 11:19 AM

Myanmar rejects allegations of human rights abuses against Rohingya

Myanmar rejects allegations of crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing during a crackdown against Rohingya Muslims last year, accusing the United Nations of making exaggerated claims in its report on the issue.
8 August 2017, 05:27 AM

50 killed in Afghan attack

Insurgents attacked a village in the northern Afghan province of Sar-e Pul, killing as many as 50 people, including women and children, officials say.
7 August 2017, 05:19 AM

Beijing gets Asean blow

Southeast Asian foreign ministers ended an impasse yesterday over how to address disputes with China in the South China Sea, issuing a communique that called for militarisation to be avoided and noting concern about island-building.
6 August 2017, 18:00 PM

Global pressure mounts

The United States and China piled pressure on North Korea yesterday to abandon its nuclear missile programme after the UN Security Council approved tough sanctions which could cost Pyongyang $1 billion a year.
6 August 2017, 18:00 PM

OPINION: From FinTech to EdTech

Last week my elder brother made a remark that shook my understanding of education, “I learn today more from YouTube than I have learnt all my life”. In truth, we are bombarded by so much information that we have knowledge indigestion.
6 August 2017, 05:04 AM

'Genuinely troubling' crisis brewing

China has stepped up its rhetoric in an increasingly tense border row with India, hinting at the possibility of military action in a propaganda push that analysts are calling "genuinely troubling."
5 August 2017, 18:00 PM

Vietnam takes aim at expansionism

Vietnam urged other Southeast Asian nations to take a stronger stand against Chinese expansionism in the South China Sea, as a tense regional security forum began yesterday.
5 August 2017, 18:00 PM

South opens door to talks

South Korea's foreign minister said Saturday she was open to rare discussions with her North Korean counterpart at a security forum in the Philippines in a bid to rein in Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programme.
5 August 2017, 18:00 PM