April 05, 2014 1:56 PM LOGAR (REUTERS) - Four voters were wounded in an explosion at a polling station in the southeastern province of Logar on Saturday, a few hours after Afghanistan's presidential election began. ...
April 05, 2014 2:40 PM YOKOTA AIR BASE (AFP) - US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel on Saturday vowed America would stand by its security commitments to Tokyo, after Russia's intervention in Ukraine raised concerns in a region plagued by its own territorial disputes. ...
April 05, 2014 4:57 AM WASHINGTON (AFP) - Several US lawmakers voiced concern Friday for the future of religious minorities in India in a hearing critics denounced as an attempt to influence upcoming elections. ...
April 05, 2014 5:14 PM LAHORE (AFP) - A court in eastern Pakistan has sentenced a Christian couple to death for sending a blasphemous text message insulting to the Prophet Mohammed, their lawyer said on Saturday. ...
April 05, 2014 6:33 PM SEOUL (AFP) - North Korea has sacked its commerce minister, according to state-run media on Saturday, as its young leader Kim Jong Un apparently seeks to sideline supporters of his once-powerful uncle who was executed last year. ...
April 05, 2014 7:21 PM TOKYO (AFP) - A whaling fleet anchored at a Japanese port on Saturday after Tokyo said it would cancel its annual hunt for the first time in more than 25 years to abide by a UN court ruling. ...
April 05, 2014 11:21 AM BEIJING (AFP) - A 5.4-magnitude earthquake struck southwest China on Saturday, the US Geological Survey said, with authorities checking for damage. ...
April 05, 2014 11:25 AM KABUL (REUTERS) - Voting began on Saturday in Afghanistan's presidential election, which will mark the first democratic transfer of power since the country was tipped into chaos by the fall of the hardline Islamist Taleban regime in 2001. ...
April 05, 2014 2:29 AM UNITED NATIONS (REUTERS) - North Korea said on Friday that the world would have to "wait and see" when asked for details of "a new form" of nuclear test it threatened to carry out after the United Nations Security Council condemned Pyongyang's recent ballistic missile launch. ...
April 05, 2014 12:00 AM COLOMBO (AFP) - India has asked Sri Lanka to grant limited autonomy to its ethnic Tamil minority and ensure "genuine reconciliation" five years after crushing Tamil guerrillas, New Delhi's top envoy said Friday. ...
April 04, 2014 4:02 PM TOKYO (AFP) - Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten said on Friday it has told online retailers to stop selling whale meat after a UN court ordered an end to the country's Antarctic whale hunt. ...
April 04, 2014 4:46 PM HONG KONG (AFP) - An Indonesian maid allegedly tortured by her Hong Kong employer will return to the city next week for a medical examination to help bolster the investigation in the case that sparked angry protests, officials said on Friday. ...
April 04, 2014 5:03 PM SYDNEY (AFP) - China has asked to operate under Australian command when it takes part in a major international military exercise led by the United States later this year, a report said on Friday. ...
April 04, 2014 5:28 PM SEOUL (REUTERS) - North Korea published comments on Friday attacking South Korean President Park Geun Hye, descending to unprecedented levels of personal insult by describing her as a "repulsive wench" who had failed to marry or bear children. ...
April 04, 2014 5:40 PM BEIJING (REUTERS) - Police in China are briskly dispersing a wave of protests against a chemical plant in the country's south, activists said on Friday, as demonstrators prepared to hold more rallies over the weekend. ...
April 04, 2014 5:47 PM KABUL (AFP) - The Associated Press (AP) said that one of its photographers was killed and a reporter wounded on Friday when an Afghan policeman opened fire on them in eastern Afghanistan. ...
April 04, 2014 7:20 PM MUMBAI (AFP) - An Indian court on Friday ordered three men to hang after they were convicted of two gang-rapes, the first death sentences to be handed down for multiple sex attacks since the law was toughened last year. ...
April 04, 2014 7:57 PM LAHORE (AFP) - A Pakistani policeman has been suspended for bringing a case of attempted murder against a nine-month old boy and forcing the crying infant to appear in court, officials said on Friday. ...
April 04, 2014 8:51 PM MANILA (AFP) - The Philippines pledged to act with restraint on Friday a week after China tried to block a boat ferrying supplies to Filipino troops on a disputed reef in the South China Sea. ...
April 04, 2014 3:03 PM SEOUL (AFP) - South Korea summoned the Japanese ambassador on Friday over what it saw as a fresh move by Japan to stake its claim to a disputed set of tiny islets and a plan to promote its stance in school text books. ...