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KABUL: A suicide bomber dressed in a police uniform killed 14 people including a prominent provincial council chief yesterday in northern Afghanistan in an attack outsid

MANILA: The Philippines said yesterday that it would make “coordinated efforts” with Taiwan to look into the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman but stopped short of a joint investi

CHIANG MAI, Thailand: Fierce competition for water could trigger conflict unless nations cooperate to share the diminishing resource, leaders from Asia-Pacific nations w

NEW DELHI: The Indian and Chinese premiers pledged yesterday to resolve a border dispute that has soured ties for decades, saying good relations between the two Asian gi

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s presumptive prime minister called for peace talks with Taleban militants at war with the government yesterday, potentially charting a course

ISLAMABAD: A judge granted bail to Pakistan’s former military ruler yesterday in a case related to the assassination of ex-Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, his lawye

RAIPUR: Indian police reported yesterday that eight villagers, including three children, died in crossfire between security forces and Maoist rebels, but opposition poli

SHAWNEE, Oklahoma: Tornadoes ravaged portions of Oklahoma on Sunday, reducing portions of a mobile home park to rubble and killing a 79-year-old man whose body was found out in the open.

OTTAWA: Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper heads to Peru and Colombia on a two-day visit beginning tomorrow to bolster trade with Latin America and beyond.

SYDNEY: Australia seized a record 23 tons of illicit drugs in 2011-2012 with arrests at a 10-year high, data showed yesterday, as officials warned the country had become