Business confidence in India declines
2012-01-29 14:29:54
Business confidence in India is declining due to uncertainty surrounding the global economy, rising input costs and high interest rates.
Tornado kills 14, injures 60 in Indonesia
2012-01-29 14:02:13
Fourteen people were killed, 60 were injured and 2,364 houses were damaged due to tornado attack in Indonesia.
Anti-US protest held in Philippines
2012-01-29 09:45:58
Protesters burn a mock US flag made of cardboard during a protest in front of the US embassy in Manila January 28, 2012.
Philippines eyes US military ties, not bases
2012-01-28 01:20:16
The Philippines would conduct more joint military drills with the US, and not bring back the American military bases in the country.
Taliban leader captured in Afghan province
2012-01-26 16:06:25
Afghan and the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) on Thursday detained a local Taliban leader in Helmand province, 555 km south of capital Kabul, the alliance said in a statement.
S. Korea conducts firing drill near tense sea border
2012-01-26 14:34:15
South Korea's Marine Corps conducted live-fire drills Thursday near a tense sea border with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), the first such exercise since top DPRK leader Kim Jong Il's death.
Anti-Qaida senior leader gunned down in Baghdad
2012-01-25 16:10:09
A senior leader of Awakening Council group in Iraq was shot dead in western Baghdad by unidentified gunmen, an Interior Ministry source told Xinhua on Wednesday.
40 Taliban rebels surrender to Afghan govt
2012-01-25 15:10:32
A total of 40 Taliban insurgents surrendered to government in Baghlan province with Pul-e-Khumri as its capital, some 160 km north of capital city of Kabul, a police official said on Wednesday.
About 60 feared dead in Papua New Guinea landslide
2012-01-25 12:30:12
About 60 people are believed to have been killed in a massive landslide in the Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea (PNG), Australian Associated Press ( AAP) reported on Wednesday.
Prison clash in Sri Lanka, at least 20 injured
2012-01-25 10:54:02
Important records of inmates of the main Sri Lankan prison in Colombo were destroyed during a riot on Tuesday, the government said.
Qaida agree to withdraw from Yemeni town: official
2012-01-25 09:33:14
Al-Qaida militants agreed Tuesday to withdraw from a Yemeni southeast town of Radda, which they seized a week ago, a provincial security official said.
Thai opposition seeks removal of PM, FM
2012-01-25 09:31:45
The main opposition Democrat Party on Tuesday filed a petition seeking the dismissal of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul over the reissuing of a Thai passport for ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinwatra.