Are we really going to abandon the PM's new best friend?
12 February 2012 12:00 AM
The Maldives coup unseated David Cameron's new best friend last week. Now the islands are at the mercy of their resort owners again
12 February 2012 12:00 AM
The Maldives coup unseated David Cameron's new best friend last week. Now the islands are at the mercy of their resort owners again
12 February 2012 09:17 AM
Japanese Emperor Akihito will have heart bypass surgery later this month, his palace said today after the 78-year-old monarch was hospitalized for tests over the weekend.
12 February 2012 12:00 AM
Umar Patek tells police how he used household items to make 1,500lb device that killed 202
11 February 2012 12:00 AM
One person was killed and a dozen injured as two gunmen opened fire and threw hand grenades at a political rally led by Imran Khan. The cricketer-turned-politician had left the venue before the attack and was not hurt.
11 February 2012 12:00 AM
Unrepentant activist behind Saffron uprising 'taken away' from monastery in night raid
11 February 2012 12:00 AM
Eight candidates are running for president, each with the same message: vote for the incumbent. Shaun Walker reports from a country where democracy is still a dream
11 February 2012 12:00 AM
India and the European Union have agreed to speed up negotiations for a long-anticipated free trade pact, aiming to seal an deal later this year that would nearly double their trade with each other.
11 February 2012 12:00 AM
The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal filed by the Prime Minister against a looming contempt charge, paving the way for a case that could plunge the country into political turmoil.
10 February 2012 12:00 AM
News that a not-so-little chap called Chun Chun – born last Saturday in China's Henan province at a staggering 15.5 lbs – has set the record as the country's heaviest baby, begs the question: what does the big blighter weigh the same as? Well, he weighs the same as seven bags of sugar – or just over 11 iPads – and is twice the weight of the average domestic cat.
10 February 2012 12:00 AM
Mohamed Nasheed calls on international community to protect democracy in Maldives
09 February 2012 02:50 PM
A Maldives court issued an arrest warrant for former President Mohamed Nasheed, one day after his supporters rampaged in the capital and his claim of being ousted by a coup left unclear the stability of the fledging Indian Ocean democracy.
09 February 2012 12:23 PM
A leading Taliban commander and key link to al Qa'ida, has been killed in a US drone attack on a house in Pakistan's north-west tribal region.
09 February 2012 12:00 AM
Two senior Indian politicians were forced to resign after they were caught watching a pornographic film during a session of their state assembly.
09 February 2012 12:00 AM
Newly sworn-in President denies plotting police coup that saw his predecessor overthrown
09 February 2012 12:00 AM
The Pakistani army held a meeting with Nato and Afghan forces yesterday to improve co-ordination along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.