SHANGHAI: The Chinese military will establish a joint operational command over its military forces to improve coordination between different parts of the country's...
SHANGHAI: The Chinese military will establish a joint operational command over its military forces to improve coordination between different parts of the country's...
Supporters of the former military ruler Pervez Musharraf carry a banner bearing his image as they gather outside the Armed Forces Institute of...
An Afghan blacksmith and his children work at a shop on the outskirts of Jalalabad in Nangarhar province on Wednesday.
KABUL: A decision to release jailed Taliban militants further aggravated US-Afghan relations on Thursday as pressure mounts for the two countries to sign...
PESHAWAR: The government can eradicate polio in the country in year 2014 if it tackles political and management issues that have marred immunisation...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain has summoned the Senate session yesterday to enable the government to meet the constitutional requirement of holding 110...
KARACHI: Pakistan’s southern province of Sindh has asked for sophisticated equipment, including armoured cars, jammer vehicles and thousands of bulletproof jackets to conduct...
TANK: A policeman was martyred and three others were injured when a remote-controlled bomb blast occurred on Tank-Wana Road that targeted a police...
A man injured by a firecracker is treated by doctors at Jose Reyes Memorial Medical Centre in Manila early on Wednesday, after New...
A hot air balloon carrying a Chinese man lands on the water, south of the disputed islands known as the Senkaku islands in...
A man walks past barricades during a rally at Government House in Bangkok yesterday. Thai PM Yingluck Shinawatra urged a ‘peaceful solution’ to...
PHNOM PENH: Cambodian troops armed with batons and rifles broke up a protest yesterday by textile workers demanding a doubling of wages as...
Tokyo: The Japanese government plans to revise a basic policy for disposing of nuclear waste so that it can play a more active...
TAIPEI: Ending Taiwan’s political standoff with mainland China is necessary to boost Taiwan’s sagging economy and to help it integrate more effectively with...
DHAKA: Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ruled out yesterday any last-minute cancellation of weekend elections boycotted by the opposition, accusing her rivals of...
YANGON: Myanmar’s leader yesterday lent his support to reform of the country’s junta-era constitution, indicating he would back changes to allow opposition leader...
People walk along West 59th Street near Central Park bundled against the cold in advance of a winter storm, in New York, yesterday....
A helicopter from Chinese icebreaker Xue Long picking up the first batch of passengers from the stranded Russian ship MV Akademik Shokalskiy as...
