New Delhi: Both houses of parliament yesterday paid tribute to the nine people killed when terrorists attacked parliament this day 11 years ago....
New Delhi: Both houses of parliament yesterday paid tribute to the nine people killed when terrorists attacked parliament this day 11 years ago....
Labourers sit around a fire by a roadside to keep themselves warm after a downpour in Lahore yesterday.
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan military and the Taliban are guilty of rights abuses with a lack of justice fuelling a crisis in the tribal...
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan government wastes a whopping $51m to $72m every day as a result of inefficiency, corruption and tax shortcomings, the head...
ANKARA: Afghanistan and Pakistan agreed on Wednesday to jointly investigate an assassination attempt last week on Afghanistan’s spy chief that has heightened tension...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday gave 1.6 million Afghan refugees the right to stay another six months, extending a deadline on their residency papers...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has withdrawn its diplomatic staff from Syria due to deteriorating security in the country, the foreign ministry said yesterday. “We have...
TOKYO: Japan scrambled eight fighter jets yesterday after a Chinese state-owned plane breached its airspace for the first time, over islands at the...
BANGKOK: Former Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva denied yesterday a murder charge brought against him for his role in a bloody military crackdown...
BEIJING: China yesterday resisted US-led pressure to bring its ally North Korea to heel for launching a long-range rocket, arguing that any response...
KATHMANDU: Nepal’s president yesterday gave rival political parties a third extension to his deadline for forming a national unity government to lead the...
SEOUL: Running a close second in opinion polls, South Korean presidential candidate Moon Jae-in announced yesterday plans for a 20 trillion won ($18.60bn)...
SINGAPORE: Singapore has turned away a ship carrying 40 people rescued off Myanmar, port officials said yesterday, amid media reports the passengers could...
HANOI: Vietnam has jailed four people from the mainly Christian Hmong ethnic group for their roles in an alleged separatist plot to overthrow...
Admiral Samuel J Locklear III (right) shakes hands with General Jessie Dellosa, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of Philippines, after the...
MANILA: The Court of Appeals (CA) has junked the government’s bid to run after the assets of retired military budget officer Lt. Col....
MANILA: As the government struggles to deliver relief goods to starving typhoon victims, the problem of providing shelter to some 90,000 families is...
MANILA: Four people were killed and at least four were wounded in a clash yesterday between government troops and leftist rebels in Negros...