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Staffan de Mistura, Italian special envoy and former deputy foreign minister, arrives at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in New Delhi yesterday, for...

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (centre) hoisting the national flag during a ceremony to mark the country’s Independence Day in Islamabad yesterday. ISLAMABAD:...

KABUL: The resumption of peace talks between the Taliban and Afghanistan in Qatar has become increasingly unlikely with fresh talks in Turkey or...

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), in collaboration with Rayyan Air, commenced its flight operations to Kashgar yesterday. The flights PK-1855 and PK-1856...

ISLAMABAD: As Al Qaeda marks its 25th anniversary this month, analysts say the recent security threat in Yemen shows the organisation’s centre of...

ISLAMABAD: For the first time in Pakistan’s electoral history, the Pakistan army will not only be in charge of security inside and outside...

Bulk carrier Trans Summer on its side before sinking off Hong Kong in a strong typhoon Utor yesterday. HONG KONG: A 190-metre-long cargo...

SEOUL: Rivals North and South Korea agreed yesterday to restart a troubled joint industrial park after a series of talks on the fate...

BANGKOK: Southeast Asian nations yesterday vowed unity in pressing China to accept a binding code of conduct for handling disputes in the South...

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s president yesterday ordered a new investigation into the disappearance of thousands of people in the island’s northeast during an ethnic...

JAKARTA: The head of Indonesia’s energy regulator has been detained for allegedly accepting almost $600,000 in bribes, officials said yesterday, in a case...

SHANGHAI: China is intensifying its investigation into rampant bribery in the pharmaceutical and medical services sector with a fresh three-month probe slated to...

TAIPEI: Taiwan’s main opposition grouping yesterday approved an application by disgraced ex-president Chen Shui-bian to rejoin the party despite fears the move would...

KUALA LUMPUR: US President Barack Obama will visit Malaysia in October to deliver the keynote address to an international entrepreneurship forum, organisers said...

Chief negotiator Carlos Sorreta (left) greets US Ambassador Eric John during the start of their meeting at the Department of National Defence headquarters...

MANILA: After lifting its hiring freeze, Taiwan has eased requirements for issuance of visas to Filipino workers in order to hasten their recruitment...

MANILA: A Japanese minister is set to visit former American military facilities in Clark Air Base and Subic Bay Naval base in September....

COTABATO CITY: Authorities yesterday released photos of three suspects in the deadly car bomb explosion here that left eight dead and injured more...