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Suicide blast kills 31 as Pakistan votes in election

A suicide bomber killed at least 31 people near a polling centre as Pakistanis voted on Wednesday in a knife-edge general election pitting cricket hero Imran Khan against the party of jailed ex-Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. The Islamic State militant...

Blast near Pakistan polling station kills 20

A blast targeting a police van killed more than 20...

38 die in multiple attacks in Syria

Multiple attacks killed at least 38 people and wounded 37...

Suicide blast causes deaths in Syria’s Sweida

A suicide attack in the Syrian city of Sweida caused...

Pakistan votes in knife-edge election

Pakistanis began voting on after an election campaign overshadowed by...

Thai cave boys prepare to be ordained as monks

The young soccer teammates and their coach who were rescued...

Judge Tahira Safdar to head Balochistan high court

The chief justice of Pakistan's Supreme Court has appointed the...

Hundreds go missing after hydropower dam collapses in Laos

At least 100 people are missing after a hydropower dam...

Vietnam’s Son Tinh flood toll reaches 27

The death toll from floods and landslides triggered by tropical...

N Korea 'begins dismantling' rocket testing facilities

North Korea appears to have begun dismantling part of a...

Gunmen kill four in Afghanistan mosque

Gunmen opened fire on worshippers inside a mosque in eastern...

India residential building fire kills five

A fire at a residential building early Monday killed five...

Gunmen storm governorate building in Iraq’s Erbil

Gunmen entered the governorate building in Erbil, the seat of...

Japan records its highest temperature ever

An intense heat wave in Japan pushed temperatures to 41.1...

Russian-backed air strikes hit IS in Syria

Russian and Syrian jets stepped up their bombing of an...

Khamenei backs suggestion to block Gulf oil exports if its own sales stop

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday backed President...

War with Iran mother of all wars: Rouhani to Trump

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday cautioned US President Donald...

Two earthquakes hit Iran, no damage reported

Two earthquakes with a magnitude of 4.7 and 5.7 respectively...

'Son Tinh' claims lives of 20 in Vietnam

Tropical storm Son Tinh has killed 20 people, left 16...

Afghan government considering new Eid ceasefire offer

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani may offer the Taliban a ceasefire...

'Myanmar violated UN child rights pact'

Legal experts have said Myanmar violated its obligations to the...

Authority issues warnings as deadly heatwave strikes Japan

People across Japan have been urged to take precautions against...

'Israel, Hamas agree to restore calm in Gaza'

Hamas has announced that it agreed a truce with Israel...

Nawaz, daughter unlikely to be shifted to guest house from jail

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam...

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