World / Asia

Manila: At least 14 students were killed Monday when a passenger bus rammed into an electric post in a town east of the...

HANOI, Vietnam: Seven Vietnamese sailors are being held hostage after their ship was attacked near the Philippines’ troubled south. The ship, which was...

SEOUL: Acting South Korean President Hwang Kyo-ahn sought global cooperation Monday to punish Pyongyang for its suspected murder of North Korean leader Kim...

KARACHI, Pakistan: Seven suspected militants have been killed in a pre-dawn operation in a port city in southern Pakistan, security forces said Monday....

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines: Communist rebels in the Philippines have expressed commitment to drawing up a fresh truce with the government after both sides...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: Malaysia's Foreign Ministry has summoned the North Korean ambassador, Kang Chol, over his accusation the government had something to conceal...

Jalalabad, Afghanistan: Eleven members of an Afghan family, including women and children, were killed in a grenade attack on their home in the...

Kuala Lumpur: Pyongyang cannot trust the Malaysian police investigation into the sudden death of a North Korean, the country's ambassador said Monday, after...

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia will host the Third Counter-Terrorism Financing (CTF) Summit from Nov 20-23 this year, a manifestation of the country's support and...

KUALA LUMPUR: Footage from airport cameras purportedly showing the assault on the half-brother of the North Korean leader emerged on Monday as a...

ISLAMABAD: In order to reach Pakistanis living overseas, particularly in the Middle East, the Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) has prepared a plan...

Beijing: Chinese security forces have staged another mass anti-terror rally in the restive far western region of Xinjiang, parading hundreds of armed men...

Peshawar: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa provincial government in Pakistan has started offering free of cost Chinese language courses for the youth in five technical institutions...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka: At least 11 people were killed and 24 others rescued Sunday after the boat they were traveling in capsized off...

Bangkok: A United States aircraft carrier strike group has begun patrols in the South China Sea amid growing tension with China over control...

Manila: The Philippine army will create a "battalion size" task force to help the government's anti-narcotics agency run after high-value targets in President...

Armed groups such as the Pakistani Taliban and others have often targeted shrines for not conforming to their strict, literalistic interpretation of Islam....

KABUL: Twenty-five people were killed by snowstorms and avalanches in northern Afghanistan yesterday, just days after more than 100 people died due to...