A huge explosion and fire has hit a restaurant in the northern Japanese city of Sapporo. Japanese police say 42 people were injured in the explosion,...
A second Canadian has been detained in China on accusations of harming national security, as tension continues between the two countries. It was confirmed on Thursday...
India’s currency slumped one day after the abrupt resignation of the country’s central bank governor. The Indian rupee fell 1.2% against the US dollar and stocks...
The family of a US man reportedly killed by arrows fired by members of an endangered tribe in India’s Andaman and Nicobar islands have said they...
A Pakistani Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy is being flown out of the country after being freed from prison, her lawyer says. Asia Bibi spent eight...
More than 400 Afghans were killed or wounded in poll-related violence during three days of voting last month, the United Nations said Tuesday, making the parliamentary...
Taliban militants captured an important security post outside the central Afghan city of Ghazni Monday, killing 13 members of government forces and underscoring their vulnerability even...
Thousands of Sri Lankans are marching in support of a new government under the country’s former strongman. The rally near Parliament Monday comes amid a deepening...
Pakistani police say gunmen opened fire from a car and killed a police officer, as well as his guard and his driver in the country’s eastern...
One US soldier has been killed and another injured in an apparent insider attack in Afghanistan, the Nato-led mission in the country says. Initial reports suggest...
France’s prime minister has visited the site of the 1954 battle of Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam, which led to the end of French presence in...