North Korea releases jailed Canadian pastor
North Korea freed a Canadian pastor serving a life sentence there on humanitarian grounds, the official KCNA news agency said on Wednesday, just hours after
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Ousted Pakistani PM starts defiant ‘caravan’ to hometown
Ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif began a rally on Wednesday in a defiant show of political power after a Supreme Court decision disqualified him
Quake in China’s Sichuan kills 13, injures 175
A 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck a remote, mountainous part of China’s southwestern province of Sichuan, killing 13 people, including six tourists, and injuring 175, the
Trump boasts of US nuclear arsenal
President Donald Trump followed up his incendiary warning to North Korea against threatening the United States with a boast on Wednesday about the strength of
S.Korea, US agree to pressure N.Korea, China hopes for talks
South Korean President Moon Jae-in and his US counterpart, Donald Trump, agreed to apply maximum pressure and sanctions on North Korea in a telephone call
At least two dead as Typhoon Noru nears main Japanese islands
A slow-moving but weakening Typhoon Noru, at one point the strongest storm in the world this year, approached the main islands of Japan on Sunday,
Turkey promises to eliminate anti-China media reports
Turkey regards China’s security as akin to its own and will move to stamp out any anti-China reports in its media, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu
China urges all parties not to heighten tension on Korean peninsula
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged all parties on Thursday not to heighten tensions on the Korean peninsula and said China had already clearly condemned
Yemen suicide car bomb kills 5 soldiers
Two attackers detonated a car bomb in southern Yemen on Wednesday, killing themselves and five soldiers and injuring several others, residents and a local security
Pakistan’s new PM consults with ousted boss Sharif on cabinet
Pakistan’s new Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Wednesday began his first full day in office by meeting with his ousted former boss Nawaz Sharif,
Pakistan lawmakers pick Abbasi as PM
Pakistani lawmakers on Tuesday elected former petroleum minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, an ally of ousted leader Nawaz Sharif, to replace him and the new premier
Modi steps up assault on opponents, eyes Indian supremacy
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling alliance is stepping up its assault on the opposition Congress party as it looks to expand its national dominance
Ally of Pakistan’s ousted PM Sharif nominated to replace him
A close ally of ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday submitted papers in parliament to become the new premier, part of a two-part
Trump and Japan’s Abe talk about ‘grave and growing’ N.Korea threat
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe spoke with US President Donald Trump on Monday and agreed on the need for more action on North Korea just
Islamic State claims attack on Iraqi embassy in Kabul
Militant group Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack on the Iraqi embassy in Kabul on Monday that began with a suicide bomber blowing himself
Typhoon injures over 80 in Taiwan, traps dozens
A strong typhoon swept across Taiwan on Sunday, injuring more than 80 people, forcing the capital to shut down essential services and knocking out power
U.S. flies bombers over Korean peninsula after N.Korea missile test
By James Pearson The United States flew two B-1B bombers over the Korean peninsula in a show of force after recent North Korean missile tests,
Pakistan’s ruling party to appoint Abbasi as interim PM
Pakistan’s ruling party will appoint Shahid Khaqan Abbasi as interim prime minister after the ouster of Nawaz Sharif, two sources close to the toppled premier
Pakistani council orders ‘revenge rape’ of 16-year-old girl
Pakistani police have arrested 25 members of an informal village council accused of ordering the rape of a 16-year-old girl as revenge for her brother’s
Car bomb in Afghan capital kills at least 35 (Updated)
A Taliban suicide attacker detonated a car bomb in the western part of Kabul on Monday, killing at least 35 people and wounding more than