Asia
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has boarded his private train at the Vietnam-China border for a 60-plus-hour ride home, ending a trip to Vietnam...
Pakistan and India step back from the brink, tensions simmer
A flare up between arch-foes India and Pakistan appeared to be easing on Saturday after Islamabad handed back a captured Indian pilot, but tensions continued...
Pakistan releases captured Indian pilot as confrontation cools
P akistan handed a captured Indian pilot back to his country on Friday as the nuclear-armed neighbours scaled back a confrontation that has prompted world...
Election rival says Afghan President Ghani hindering peace deal
An influential former adviser to Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, now a leading electoral rival, has accused his old boss of hampering peace with the Taliban by blocking...
Pakistan prepares to return Indian pilot as confrontation cools
Pakistan prepared to release a captured Indian pilot on Friday as the nuclear powers scaled back their confrontation, at least temporarily, while Indian opposition politicians raised...
India welcomes Pakistan’s return of captured pilot
By Alasdair Pal and James Mackenzie Indian military officials said on Thursday they welcomed Pakistan’s planned return of a captured pilot, but refused to...
Trump on talks failure: ‘sometimes you have to walk’
US President Donald Trump said he had walked away from a nuclear deal at his summit with Kim Jong Un in Vietnam on Thursday because...
Trump says deal with Kim thwarted by N. Korean sanction demands
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he had walked away from a nuclear deal at a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un...
Pakistan says it will return captured Indian pilot (Updated)
By Alasdair Pal and James Mackenzie Pakistan will return a captured pilot “as a peace gesture” to India, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan said...
Trump and Kim predict success in high-stakes nuclear summit
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump met in Vietnam on Wednesday for a second summit that the United States hopes...