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Malala becomes emotional after return to native Pakistan

-- 2018-03-29 21:18:07

Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai broke down in tears during an emotional return to her native Pakistan on Thursday, six years after she was shot in the head by Taliban gunmen for advocating g...

Date set for North and South Korea leaders’ meeting

-- 2018-03-29 18:42:44

The leaders of North and South Korea will hold their first summit in more than a decade on 27 April.Talks between the North's Kim Jong-un and South Korean President Moon-Jae-in would be held in the bo...

20 militants die in Afghan cleanup operations

-- 2018-03-29 12:17:30

Afghan government forces launched cleanup operations in the county’s eastern province of Ghazni, killing about 20 Taliban militants and injuring 13 others, an official said Thursday. Aref Nuri,...

13 die in landslide, roof collapse in Pakistan

-- 2018-03-29 12:01:55

At least 13 people were killed and 28 others injured in two separate accidents— a landslide and a roof collapse—in northern and south regions of Pakistan, officials said. In the northe...

Malala returns to Pakistan for first time since Taliban attack

-- 2018-03-29 09:45:06

Nobel laureate and education activist Malala Yousafzai returned to her native Pakistan on Thursday, six years after she was shot by Taliban gunmen over her advocacy for schooling for girls. Pakistani...

Pakistan's PM faces security check at US airport

-- 2018-03-28 21:47:49

Security personnel of New York's John F Kennedy International airport searched Pakistan's Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi recently. The people of Pakistan have expressed anger in social media des...

N Korea, China focus on strong ties after Kim’s secret Beijing trip

-- 2018-03-28 19:19:16

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping sought to portray strong ties between the long-time allies despite a recent chill as both countries on Wednesday confirmed Mr. Ki...

Suu Kyi ally Myint becomes Myanmar president

-- 2018-03-28 14:22:22

Myanmar’s parliament has elected Win Myint as the country’s next president, a week after the resignation of his predecessor. Win Myint, a close aide of Aung San Suu Kyi, has been a speake...

Seven die in Philippines truck crash

-- 2018-03-28 11:05:19

Seven people have been killed and five other wounded after a truck, carrying sugarcane ploughed through a roadside eatery and five parked vehicles in a town in Batangas province of the Philippines on...

Kim jong-un visited China, confirmed

-- 2018-03-28 09:55:14

After days of speculation, it has been confirmed that North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un has visited China. The visit, confirmed by China and North Korea, was Mr Kim's first known foreign trip since ta...

UN expresses shock over comments of Myanmar military chief

-- 2018-03-27 21:14:25

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres expressed shock at recent comments of Myanmar’s military chief about citizenship of Rohingya people. Recently Senior General Min Aung Hlaing sa...

Rumours going round about Kim’s top secret visit to China

-- 2018-03-27 18:28:50

There is widespread speculation that a senior North Korean official who made a surprise day-long visit to Beijing was Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un. Japanese media outlets first reported that a high-pro...

20m Indians vying for 100,000 railway jobs

-- 2018-03-27 18:11:33

India's state-run railways have received more than 20 million applicants for about 100,000 jobs, a railway ministry official has said. The number of applicants is expected to rise further as the dead...

Vietnam nabs dissident singer Mai Khoi

-- 2018-03-27 13:01:46

Vietnamese singer and activist Do Nguyen Mai Khoi, an outspoken campaigner for free speech, was detained in the capital Hanoi on Tuesday after flying home from Europe, her husband said. Often dubbed...

Australia to oust two Russian diplomats over spy attack

-- 2018-03-27 11:19:31

Australia will expel two Russian diplomats in response to a nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy in Britain that the British government has blamed on Moscow, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said...

Half of Japanese want Abe out

-- 2018-03-27 10:48:25

Nearly half of Japanese voters believe Prime Minister Shinzo Abe should quit to take responsibility over a cronyism scandal and cover-up that have sent his support sliding, according to an opinion pol...

Pakistan declines Pervez Musharraf's request for security

-- 2018-03-26 17:41:54

The Pakistan government has rejected former dictator Pervez Musharraf's request for security on returning to the country to face a special court trying him on treason charges, according to a media rep...

India minister sparks row over ‘naked visa’ remark

-- 2018-03-26 16:44:00

An Indian minister has sparked a social media storm with his comments on the country's controversial biometric identity scheme. Alphons Kannanthanam said Indians had no problem "getting naked" for a...

Dispute over South China Sea a security challenge: Philippines

-- 2018-03-26 16:27:20

The territorial dispute with Beijing over the South China Sea remained a security challenge despite an improvement in bilateral ties, the Philippine defence chief said on Monday as he accepted three m...

Myanmar to hold presidential election on March 28

-- 2018-03-26 15:33:40

Myanmar will hold the presidential election on Wednesday to fill the presidency vacancy left by U Htin Kyaw who resigned from the post last week, the Union Parliament announced Monday. It was anno...

Modi app faces data theft claims

-- 2018-03-26 14:00:51

Indian PM Narendra Modi’s official mobile application has been criticised for sending personal user data to a third party without their consent. A security researcher had tweeted that the app w...

US sanctions Pakistani companies over nuclear trade

-- 2018-03-26 13:04:01

The United States has imposed sanctions on seven Pakistani companies over suspicion they have links to the nuclear trade, potentially hurting Pakistan’s ambitions to join the Nuclear Suppliers G...

Saudis intercept missiles fired by Houthis; one dead

-- 2018-03-26 12:48:34

Saudi forces say they have shot down seven missiles launched into Saudi territory by Houthi rebels in Yemen. Three of the missiles were fired at the capital, Riyadh, and one person was killed when...

South India road crash leaves 10 dead

-- 2018-03-26 12:35:26

A vehicle carrying some 14 people, plunged into a well in southern Indian state of Telangana on Sunday evening, killing at least 10 people, police said. The accident occurred in Mendora in the state&...

Malaysia proposes 10 years' jail for 'fake news'

-- 2018-03-26 12:09:56

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak’s government tabled a bill in parliament on Monday outlawing “fake news”, with hefty fines and up to 10 years in jail, raising more concerns abou...

Australia condemns Myanmar violence

-- 2018-03-26 11:38:11

Australia has told Myanmar that international observers must be allowed into the isolated Rakhine state to monitor the situation of Rohingya still living there, and to supervise the return of any of t...

Russia, Taliban discard US collusion claim

-- 2018-03-25 20:55:03

Russia and the Taliban have separately rejected comments made by the head of US forces in Afghanistan that Moscow has been supporting, and even supplying weapons to, the insurgent group. Gen John Nic...

Japan's Abe vows to revise constitution

-- 2018-03-25 14:33:29

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, his ratings in a slump amid a suspected cronyism scandal and cover-up, apologised again on Sunday for causing anxiety and loss of confidence in his government. Pro...

Historic Australia-UK flight lands in London

-- 2018-03-25 12:55:36

The first scheduled non-stop flight between Australia and the UK has touched down in London’s Heathrow Airport. Qantas Flight QF9 completed its 14,498km (9,009-mile) journey from Perth in just...

China air force drills again in South China Sea

-- 2018-03-25 11:03:50

China’s air force has held another round of drills in the disputed South China Sea and the Western Pacific after passing though Japan’s southern islands, the air force said on Sunday, call...