LAHORE: The situation among Christians in Lahore, Pakistan’s second largest city, is tense. After the attack on the Peshawar church, followed by the...
LAHORE: The situation among Christians in Lahore, Pakistan’s second largest city, is tense. After the attack on the Peshawar church, followed by the...
ISLAMABAD/KABUL: A former Afghan Taliban commander, who Pakistan said had been released at the weekend, is being held under virtual house arrest by...
JALALABAD: Surgeons in Afghanistan have carried out a life-saving operation on a baby girl born with an extra head, doctors and relatives said...
KABUL: A man in an Afghan army uniform opened fire on foreign soldiers in an eastern province yesterday, killing a US serviceman, local...
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama will welcome Pakistani Premier Nawaz Sharif to the White House on October 23, his spokesman said yesterday. “The...
Indonesian special force soldiers prepare their gear during security preparations ahead of the APEC meeting in Bali yesterday. The week-long meeting starts on...
DHAKA: Most Bangladesh garment factories reopened yesterday after five days of violent protests, following a promise of a wage rise for workers and...
TOKYO: Japan’s government yesterday suspended a senior bureaucrat who blogged about the pointlessness of rebuilding tsunami-wrecked towns because they were populated mostly by...
YANGON: Former world leaders led by ex-US president Jimmy Carter appealed yesterday for an end to impunity over a wave of anti-Muslim attacks...
TAIPEI: Taiwan’s navy launched its premier surface-to-air missile from the deck of a warship yesterday, its first test of the weapon in six...
SEOUL: South Korean prosecutors yesterday formally charged a leftist lawmaker with plotting an armed revolt in support of North Korea. United Progressive Party...
JAKARTA: Australia’s new Prime Minister Tony Abbott played down Indonesian opposition to his controversial refugee boat plans yesterday, and pledged to never “do...
SEOUL: North Korea hit out yesterday at South Korea for the fatal shooting of a would-be defector, calling its government “barbarians in human...
MNLF members wait to be fingerprinted at a police station in Zamboanga City yesterday. MANILA: Aid workers warned yesterday of a worsening humanitarian...
MANILA: Retired Chief Supt Roberto Damian had a dilemma when he heard that his son, 1Lt Francis Damian, would be deployed to Zamboanga...
SUBIC: Areas hit by landslides triggered by the southwest monsoon in this town have been declared permanent danger zones. Subic Mayor Jefferson Khonghun...
MANILA: A new low-pressure area off Oriental Mindoro will continue to bring rains over some parts of Luzon and the Visayas over the...
MANILA: Justice Secretary Leila De Lima said more individuals in the alleged congressional and Malampaya fund scams will be charged in the coming...
