Asia

KABUL:  More than 40 people, mostly children, have frozen to death in Afghanistan’s coldest winter in...

Myanmar: In Myanmar's new war on drugs, meet the weapon of mass destruction: the weed-whacker. Its...

Japan's Emperor Akihito has undergone a successful heart bypass operation at a hospital in Tokyo, media...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and India Wednesday signed three trade agreements with pledges to adhere to all the...

KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai will press Pakistan to provide access to senior Afghan Taliban leaders...

The man likely to become China's next leader, Vice-President Xi Jinping, has begun a closely watched...

SAN DIEGO:  The Marine Corps on Thursday once again did damage control after a photograph surfaced...

The US and Japan have resurrected a controversial deal to move thousands of US Marines from...

NEW DELHI: India will ease visa restrictions on Pakistani nationals in what is described as a...

PARIS: French forces have withdrawn from a forward operating base in Afghanistan where four French servicemen...

ISLAMABAD: Following the PIC medicine debacle, Sri Lanka has banned the import of medicines from Pakistan...

TOKYO: Japan’s rapid aging means the national population of 128 million will shrink by one-third by...

KABUL: A suicide car bomber targeting a NATO-sponsored reconstruction team killed four Afghan civilians, including a...

NEW DELHI: Pakistan and India Wednesday announced several initiatives to accelerate cooperation in the oil and...

KABUL: Six foreign soldiers were killed in a helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, a...