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An Indian accountant and the only person sentenced to death for his role in the 1993 Mumbai bombings that killed 257 people — the country’s worst terrorist attack — was
Two high-ranking Afghan Taliban officials have confirmed the death of their leader, Mullah Mohammad Omar, and say the group’s council has elected a successor. The two told The Associated Press that
More than 150 Chinese workers sentenced to life in prison for illegal logging were freed in Myanmar yesterday under a massive presidential pardon that saw nearly 7,000 prisoners released. Others included
PARIS (AP) — Malaysia's prime minister says debris from an aircraft found on the French island of Reunion will be sent to France for investigation. Prime Minister Najib Razak said on
The International Olympic Committee has awarded exclusive Olympic broadcast rights in 22 Asia-Pacific countries to Japan-based advertising agency Dentsu Inc. The IOC yesterday said the deal covers the 2018 Winter Olympics
An Afghan official said yesterday his government is examining claims that reclusive Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar is dead. The Taliban could not be immediately reached on the government’s comments
Pakistani police gunned down one of the country’s most-feared Sunni militant leaders and 13 followers in a mysterious pre-dawn shootout yesterday, killing a man believed to behind the slaughter of
Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy will contest almost all the 498 parliamentary seats in the Nov. 8 polls, and expects heavy gains, according to party spokesman Nyan Win. He
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, stung by allegations that he received some USD700 million in government money, yesterday fired the attorney general who had been investigating him and a deputy
South Korea said yesterday it is now virtually free of the deadly MERS virus that killed 36 people and sickened nearly 200 since an outbreak was declared in May. Prime Minister
The North Korean ambassador to China said yesterday that his country has no interest in an Iran-style nuclear disarmament deal because North Korea is a “nuclear weapons state.” Ji Jae Ryong
Left-wing protesters clashed with riot police amid a downpour yesterday as they tried to breach a barricade of barbed wire and shipping containers ahead of the Philippine president’s final state
Indian forces fought a prolonged gunfight yesterday with militants who attacked a moving bus and stormed into a police station in a northern town bordering Pakistan, with at least nine
A shootout at a wedding party in northern Afghanistan has left 21 people dead and eight wounded, an official said yesterday. Abdul Jabar Perdili, police chief of Baghlan province, said a
North Korean officials warned the United States that another war on the Korean Peninsula would leave no Americans alive to sign a surrender document as the country marked yesterday’s anniversary
An Australian nurse who says he was forced by Islamic State militants to work as a medic in Syria was arrested after returning home and faces terrorism-related charges of supporting the movement. Adam
Grammy award-winning singer Chris Brown says he’s confused about why he’s stuck in Manila, where his departure has been delayed by a fraud complaint over a canceled concert last New Year’s Eve. Immigration
Thailand will ban alcohol sales near universities and technical colleges, putting the nation at the forefront of efforts in Asia to curb consumption. Under amendments to the Alcohol Control Act endorsed
Singapore has frozen two bank accounts in connection with investigations into 1MDB, Malaysia’s troubled state fund, the Financial Times reported yesterday. According to an article by Jennifer Hughes in Hong Kong,
The Australian government said yesterday that a boat carrying dozens of Vietnamese asylum seekers intercepted close to the northwest coast could be sent back to Vietnam. Some fled Vietnam after their
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