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China accuses two detained Canadians of spying

China accuses two detained Canadians of spying

-- 2019-03-05 13:19:57

China has accused two Canadians of spying, as tensions between the nations grow over the possible extradition of a Huawei executive to the US. Michael Kovrig, a former diplomat, and Michael Spavor, a...

Flash floods kill many in Pakistan, Afghanistan

Flash floods kill many in Pakistan, Afghanistan

-- 2019-03-04 19:34:43

Flash floods in southern Pakistan and Afghanistan have killed at least 20 people. The unusually heavy rains over the past 10 days have cut off tens of thousands of people. The Afghan government has...

US wants to know if Pakistan used F-16 jets to down Indian warplane

US wants to know if Pakistan used F-16 jets to down Indian warplane

-- 2019-03-04 14:52:02

The United States said on Sunday it was trying to find out if Pakistan used US-built F-16 jets to down an Indian warplane, potentially in violation of US agreements, as the stand-off between the nucle...

Car rams into Israeli soldiers in West Bank

Car rams into Israeli soldiers in West Bank

-- 2019-03-04 10:55:29

Palestinians drove a car into several Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank on Monday and the three attackers were shot by troops, the military said. Two of the assailants were “neutralize...

S Korea, US end massive military drills as North dislikes it

S Korea, US end massive military drills as North dislikes it

-- 2019-03-03 21:55:57

South Korea and the US are eliminating their massive springtime military drills and replacing them with smaller exercises as part of efforts to support diplomacy aimed at resolving the North Korean nu...

Afghanistan donates $1.0m to Palestine refugees

Afghanistan donates $1.0m to Palestine refugees

-- 2019-03-03 19:43:15

Afghanistan has given $1.0 million to the main UN programme for Palestinian refugees. Abdul Rahim Sayed Jan, Afghanistan's ambassador to Turkey, presented the donation on Sunday to Pierre Krähen...

India-Pakistan border quiet but Kashmir tense amid militancy crackdown

India-Pakistan border quiet but Kashmir tense amid militancy crackdown

-- 2019-03-03 17:08:05

As India and Pakistan seemingly dial down hostilities that brought the arch enemies to the brink of another war, a massive crackdown on militancy in the Indian-controlled Kashmir region is killing bot...

At least 20 die after flash floods in Afghanistan

At least 20 die after flash floods in Afghanistan

-- 2019-03-03 13:40:23

At least 20 people including children were killed in southern Afghanistan by flash floods that engulfed up to 2,000 homes and swept away cars, the UN agency coordinating relief efforts said on Saturda...

India says won’t share proof of air strikes

India says won’t share proof of air strikes

-- 2019-03-03 10:10:29

A top Indian minister said on Saturday the government would not share proof that "a very large number" of militants were killed in air strikes inside Pakistan this week, after doubts were raised there...

No economic future for NKorea with nuclear weapons: Trump

No economic future for NKorea with nuclear weapons: Trump

-- 2019-03-03 09:49:48

US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that North Korea does not have any economic future with nuclear weapons as the Pentagon confirmed the United States and South Korea had agreed to end joint l...

Islamic State faces final territorial defeat in eastern Syria battle

Islamic State faces final territorial defeat in eastern Syria battle

-- 2019-03-02 17:54:04

Islamic State faced final territorial defeat on Saturday as the US-backed Syrian force battling the jihadists said it was closing in on their last bastion near the Iraqi border, capping four years of...

Iran condemns Britain for listing ally Hezbollah as 'terrorist' group

Iran condemns Britain for listing ally Hezbollah as 'terrorist' group

-- 2019-03-02 17:19:12

Iran criticised Britain for its decision to list Hezbollah as a terrorist organisation, saying on Saturday it ignored both the will of a large portion of the Lebanese people and the Tehran-backed grou...

Two more Australian ministers quit as election nears

Two more Australian ministers quit as election nears

-- 2019-03-02 13:38:46

Two more ministers in Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s cabinet said on Saturday they will not contest elections due in May, adding to a flurry of high-profile resignations as opinion p...

Four die in Kashmir as India, Pakistan resume shelling

Four die in Kashmir as India, Pakistan resume shelling

-- 2019-03-02 13:10:05

Indian and Pakistani soldiers again targeted each other's posts and villages along their volatile frontier in disputed Kashmir, killing at least four civilians and wounding four others, officials said...

Pakistan hands over captured IAF pilot to India

Pakistan hands over captured IAF pilot to India

-- 2019-03-01 22:14:02

Pakistan, on Friday, has freed an Indian fighter pilot captured after his plane was shot down in Pakistan-administered Kashmir on Wednesday. Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman was handed over to Ind...

Process underway to hand over Indian pilot

Process underway to hand over Indian pilot

-- 2019-03-01 21:08:43

Captured pilot of Indian Air Force Abhinandan Varthaman is will be handed over to Indian High Commission officials at Pakistan's Wagah border on Friday night two days after he was taken into custody b...

China cancels all flights to and from Pakistan

China cancels all flights to and from Pakistan

-- 2019-03-01 20:29:30

China has cancelled all flights to and from Pakistan and rerouted its international aircraft flying over the Pakistani airspace due to the regional tensions, official media in China reported on Friday...

Pakistan to fully re-open commercial airspace on Monday

Pakistan to fully re-open commercial airspace on Monday

-- 2019-03-01 20:10:39

Pakistan will re-open its airspace for all commercial flights, which were suspended after military tensions with India erupted earlier this week, on Monday. The decision to re-open Pakistani airspac...

Thailand defends cyber security law amid concerns over rights, abuse

Thailand defends cyber security law amid concerns over rights, abuse

-- 2019-03-01 19:42:00

Thailand on Friday defended a controversial cyber security law approved this week, following an outcry from rights groups and internet users over privacy and surveillance concerns. 'Rubber-stamp' par...

Turkish criticism about Uighur Muslims could hit economic ties: China

Turkish criticism about Uighur Muslims could hit economic ties: China

-- 2019-03-01 17:42:03

A Chinese diplomat to Ankara has warned that Turkey's criticism about Beijing’s treatment of Uighur Muslims would affect mutual trust and understanding negatively and will be reflected in commer...

Australia experiences hottest summer on record

Australia experiences hottest summer on record

-- 2019-03-01 15:23:22

Australia has experienced its hottest summer on record, according to the nation's Bureau of Meteorology. Hundreds of individual heat records were shattered across the country over the past three mont...

India bans Kashmir-based Islamist party amid conflict

India bans Kashmir-based Islamist party amid conflict

-- 2019-03-01 13:09:32

India banned a Kashmir-based Islamist political party called Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) for five years on Thursday, accusing it of supporting militancy in the disputed region that is at the heart of an esc...

Israel PM faces corruption charges

Israel PM faces corruption charges

-- 2019-03-01 10:20:47

Israel’s attorney-general announced on Thursday he intends to indict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on corruption charges, a decision coming just six weeks before a closely contested national...

Pakistan to release Indian pilot Friday as peace gesture

Pakistan to release Indian pilot Friday as peace gesture

-- 2019-02-28 17:34:42

The Indian pilot shot down and captured by Pakistani forces this week will be released on Friday, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said as efforts to cool a crisis between the two nuclear-armed nei...

China says hopes US, North Korea dialogue can continue

China says hopes US, North Korea dialogue can continue

-- 2019-02-28 14:55:18

China’s Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that it hopes dialogue and communication between the United States and North Korea can continue. Ministry spokesman Lu Kang told a regular news briefin...

Hopefully India, Pakistan conflict coming to an end: Trump

Hopefully India, Pakistan conflict coming to an end: Trump

-- 2019-02-28 14:14:24

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he hoped the conflict between India and Pakistan will be coming to an end, after the two nuclear powers clashed across a contested border in the disputed Kas...

Vietnam summit ends with no agreement

Vietnam summit ends with no agreement

-- 2019-02-28 13:45:41

US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un failed to reach an agreement on denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula at their summit in Vietnam on Thursday, the White House said. Ea...

Cross-border firing between India, Pakistan continues

Cross-border firing between India, Pakistan continues

-- 2019-02-28 12:56:18

Pakistani police say troops deployed in the disputed region of Kashmir continued trading fire with India overnight, forcing villagers living near the contested frontier to move to safer places even as...

Thai Airways cancels flights over Pakistan

Thai Airways cancels flights over Pakistan

-- 2019-02-28 12:31:38

Thousands of travellers were left scrambling on Thursday when Thai Airways International cancelled more than a dozen flights to and from Europe after Pakistan closed its airspace amid rising tensions...

Pakistan offers dialogue; India expects safe return of its pilot

Pakistan offers dialogue; India expects safe return of its pilot

-- 2019-02-27 21:31:07

Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan has said his country will be compelled to respond if India violates sovereignty of Pakistan. In his address to nation on Wednesday, Imran Khan also invited India'...