Asiia-Pacific

4 Shia women killed in attack on a bus in southwest Pakistan

  Four women from Pakistani Shia community have been killed in an attack on their bus in the southwest of the…

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Myanmar abolishes law meant to silence dissent by junta

  Myanmar’s parliament has abolished a law that the former military government had excessively acted upon to suppress dissent. Parliament…

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Indonesia holds biggest drill in South China Sea

  Indonesian officials say the country is holding its largest military exercise near some of the disputed islands in the South China…

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Taliban flushed out of northern Afghan city of Kunduz

  Afghan commandos have repelled a Taliban attack on Kunduz after the terrorists briefly took control of the northern city’s…

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Powerful blast kills 6 in northern Afghanistan

  At least six people have been killed in a powerful explosion that rocked a mountainous region in Afghanistan’s northern…

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Japan’s Ohsumi awarded Nobel Medicine Prize

  Japanese scientist Yoshinori Ohsumi has been awarded the 2016 Nobel Medicine Prize for his studies on autophagy, the process…

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Taliban militants launch major attack on Afghanistan’s Kunduz

  Taliban militants in Afghanistan have launched a major attack on Kunduz one year after briefly seizing control of the…

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‘Indian officials reluctant to recognize Kashmiris’ right to choose’

  Long-simmering tensions between India and Pakistan have been inflamed by a recent attack on an Indian army base in Kashmir that left 17…

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Singapore minister warns of rising risk of terrorism in SE Asia

  Singapore Defense Minister Ng Eng Hen has warned of the growing threat posed by extremist terror groups in Southeast Asia,…

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India, Pakistan clash along disputed Kashmir border

  India and Pakistan have again exchanged gun fire across the disputed Kashmir border, Pakistani military authorities say as tensions mount between…

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Pakistan ‘completely rejects’ India’s claim on Kashmir strikes

  Islamabad has rejected claims by New Delhi that Indian commandos carried out strikes on “terrorist” targets inside Pakistan-administered Kashmir. Indian sources…

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South Korea picks new site for THAAD missile installment

  Seoul has announced a new location for the installment of a controversial United States missile system in South Korea,…

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