KABUL: Afghan lawmakers have passed a bill to give the controversial electoral complaints watchdog more power and independence for the upcoming elections, officials...
KABUL: Afghan lawmakers have passed a bill to give the controversial electoral complaints watchdog more power and independence for the upcoming elections, officials...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has appointed the chairmen of the Pakistan International Airline (PIA) and Board of Investment without advertising the...
KABUL: An Afghan interpreter for US special forces arrested on accusations of torturing and killing civilians has denied involvement in the murders to...
KABUL: Afghanistan’s only Olympic medallist, taekwondo star and national hero Rohullah Nikpa, yesterday said he would boycott international competition unless reforms root out...
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Finance Minister Ishaq Dar yesterday said that Pakistan and United States have agreed to hold dialogue on the cooperation in civil...
PESHAWAR: The Pakistani Taliban yesterday rejected suggestions they were sending fighters to Syria, saying some have gone there independently but the movement’s focus...
KABUL: A group of Afghan female lawmakers and activists are eyeing an unlikely alliance with the religious leaders, hoping to promote women’s rights...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s lawmakers will elect a new president on August 6, the election commission said yesterday, to replace Asif Ali Zardari who will...
DHAKA: Police fired on Islamist demonstrators in southwestern Bangladesh yesterday, killing two as machete-wielding protesters went on the rampage over the conviction of...
MANILA: Washington and Manila have expanded talks on military cooperation to include possible US funding to build facilities and the storage of US...
ZAMBOANGA: Seven children and four other hostages caught up in a decades-old southern Philippines clan war have been freed in a straight swap...
TOKYO: Japan’s premier at the time of the Fukushima crisis said yesterday he was suing the current prime minister for defamation over online...
SEOUL: South Korea yesterday blamed North Korea for a crippling cyberattack last month against government and media websites, including the president’s office. The...
BEIJING: China said yesterday it had lodged a protest with the United States over President Barack Obama’s signing of legislation expressing US support...
TAIPEI: Taiwan’s defence minister has apologised for the death of a corporal from heatstroke as the island’s top government watchdog launches an investigation...
Visitors look at images at an exhibition on former South African president Nelson Mandela presented by the City of Cape Town at the...
MOSCOW: Fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden applied yesterday for temporary asylum in Russia, ending three weeks of uncertainty after arriving from Hong...
LONDON: British investigators yesterday said a transmitter made by US firm Honeywell was one of several components that may have caused a fire...
