Asia

Srinagar: Curfew remained in force in Srinagar district and two south Kashmir towns even as normal life in the Valley was paralysed for the 43rd day on...

Kabul: The Afghan Taliban captured a strategic district in the northern province of Kunduz on Saturday, forcing troops to retreat to the provincial capital...

Beijing/Yangon: Chinese President Xi Jinping told Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday China wants to ensure relations develop in the "correct...

Manila: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte rejected on Friday criticism from the United Nations about a surge in killings of suspected drug traffickers...

Tokyo: Japan aims to develop a prototype drone fighter jet in two decades with private sector help in a technology strategy that focuses on weapons...

Jakarta: Indonesia's disaster agency urged prompt action against slash-and-burn plantation fires on Friday as the annual smoke "haze" begins...

Bangkok: Police identified a Thai man on Friday as a suspect in their investigation into attacks that killed four people and wounded dozens in a wave of...

Salang Pass (Afghanistan): Afghanistan's campaign to clear millions of landmines left by the Soviet invasion and ensuing civil war is in danger of...

Manila: Seventeen communist guerrilla leaders in the Philippines, granted bail by the courts to attend peace talks next week in Norway, vowed on Friday to...

Kashmir: A lecturer was killed and 18 others were injured in clashes between security forces and protesters who were opposing a search operation in Khrew...