S Korea to scrap intelligence-sharing pact with Japan amid history feud
SEOUL: South Korean President Moon Jae-in (center) attends a meeting following a weekly meeting of the National Security Council's standing...
Indonesia deploys troops; Papua hit by fresh unrest
MANOKWARI: Protesters take to the street to face off with Indonesian police in Manokwari, Papua. - AFP
Malaysia quizzes Indian preacher as pressure mounts
Dr. Zakir Naik
KUALA LUMPUR:
Malaysian police yesterday questioned a controversial Indian Islamic preacher
for allegedly making insensitive...
IS Kabul wedding attack kills 63; Amir sends condolences
KABUL: Afghan men investigate at a wedding hall after a deadly bomb blast yesterday. - AFP
N Korea fires missiles, derides S Korea’s Moon as ‘impudent’
UNDISCLOSED LOCATION: Photo shows the test-firing of a new weapon, presumed to be a short-range ballistic missile, at an undisclosed...
Lawmaker warns of ‘too large’ expat communities
Ahmad Al-Fadhl
KUWAIT: MP Ahmad
Al-Fadhl yesterday warned against "too large" expatriate communities,
saying they could pose a...
S Korea urges dialogue in a WWII anniversary message
SEOUL: South Korean protesters march with signs reading 'No Japan, No Abe' during an anti-Japanese rally marking the anniversary of...
Pak PM visits Kashmir as tensions boil
MUZAFFARABAD: Pakistanç—´ Prime Minister Imran Khan addresses the assembly in the capital of Pakistan-controlled Kashmir yesterday. - AFP
Southern Yemen separatists seize all govt camps
ADEN: Yemeni supporters of the southern separatist movement pose for a picture in Khor Maksar in this southern port city...
Myanmar landslide kills 34, many more feared missing
PAUNG: The body of a landslide victim is seen in Paung township, Mon state. - AFP
Philippines sends ex-rebels on lavish trip abroad
MANILA: The Philippines has sent scores of former communist rebels on an all-expenses paid foreign shopping trip, in an attempt to end...
More than 100 million hit by Indonesian power blackout
Jakarta transit system evacuated, some traffic lights out
JAKARTA: Indonesia's state power company PLN estimated yesterday it would take...
