North Korea’s deputy UN ambassador has warned the UN General Assembly that the crisis on the Korean Peninsula “has reached the touch-and-go point and a nuclear...
A firefight is under way after suicide bombers and gunmen launched an attack on a police training centre in southeastern Afghanistan, killing at least 15 people...
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has declared the city of Marawi “liberated” from militants, even as fighting continues. The army said it was battling up to 30...
Floods caused by a tropical depression in Vietnam killed 37 people, one of the highest death tolls recorded in the country from flooding, the disaster prevention...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Government troops have successfully completed operations against Daesh militants in different locations in the south, military officials said. The combat strike operations led...
KARACHI, Pakistan – An anti-corruption court on Monday released on bail the former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s son-in-law in multiple cases, state-run Pakistan Television reported. Sharif’s...
At least 12 people have died after a boat packed with Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in Myanmar capsized near Bangladesh, officials say. Several people are missing...
Suicide attackers have hit an Indian army camp in Srinagar in Indian-administered Kashmir, officials said. Three Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers were injured and two attackers...
KABUL – Six people were killed and 16 others wounded when a suicide attacker posing as a shepherd blew himself up near a Shiite mosque in...
BALI – More than 120,000 people have fled the region around the Mount Agung volcano on the Indonesian tourist island of Bali, fearing it will soon...
NEW DELHI – An Indian Catholic priest has returned to India after being freed from 18 months of captivity in Yemen. The Rev. Tom Uzhunnalil arrived...