Asia

BEIJING: China's premier says North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is in the country to learn...

Suicide bombers wielding machine guns have stormed a government building in eastern Afghanistan, officials say.Initial reports...

BEIJING: China will give 50 JF-17 aircrafts to Pakistan on emergency basis while reaffirming to standby...

TAIPEI: Two 15-year-old boys were arrested in northern Taiwan for allegedly pimping at least a dozen...

ISHINOMAKI, Japan: When water begins to trickle down the streets of her coastal neighborhood, Yoshiko Takahashi...

Afghan officials say government troops backed by NATO forces are close to eliminating a cell of...

SEOUL: South Korea and China are seeking to set up a hotline between their defence ministers...

ISLAMABAD: By the middle of this century, an additional 3 billion Asians could enjoy higher living...

BEIJING: At least 10 people were killed and 35 others injured when a fire broke out...

TEHRAN: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad attended a Cabinet meeting Sunday after more than a week’s absence...

A suicide bomber said to be aged 12 has killed four people in east Afghanistan, one...

China's census shows its population grew to 1.34 billion people by 2010, with a sharp rise...

Eight US troops and a US contractor have been killed by an Afghan air force pilot...

DHAKA: No irregularities were found in Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus’ transfer of Norwegian development funds from...

The former head of the Organizing Committee of the Commonwealth Games, Suresh Kalmadi, was taken into...