The guards have been tasked to protect the 18-year-old rights activist because spy chiefs warn that threats against her have been growing. “Her life’s been at risk since that failed murder attempt. But threats have grown significantly, as her profile has ....

Pakistan accused India of “concocting terror incidents and keeping the LoC [Line of Control] hot”, while India said Pakistan was using firing at the LoC and terror attacks to “run away from the talks”. If on Friday, the two nations sparred by ....

Overnight, record wind-gusts of 256 kph (159 mph) flipped over cars and knocked down utility polls on the remote Japanese island of Ishigaki, near Taiwan, Japanese media reported. A few people were cut by broken windows. Heading for Kyushu The storm, with sustaine ....

The Sri Lankan political situation has taken an interesting turn with the narrow victory of the United National Party in the general election, its leader being sworn in as Prime Minister for the fourth time, and the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the t ....

President Maithripala Sirisena administered oath of office to Mr. Wickremesinghe at a brief ceremony attended by leaders of various parties including former President Mahinda Rajapaksa. On the occasion, general secretaries of the UNP and the Sri Lanka Freedom Party ( ....

South Korean Vice-Defence Minister Baek Seung-joo said on Friday it was likely the North would fire at some of the 11 sites where the loudspeakers are set up on the South’s side of the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) separating the countries. The North’s officia ....

The statement from Pakistan sets the stage for a full blown confrontation over the talks between NSA Sartaj Aziz and Ajit Doval on August 23, with Indian officials indicating they would physically prevent the meeting between Mr. Aziz and the Hurriyat by detaining the Se ....

In an exclusive interview with The Guardian, the 66-year old Labour party veteran, who was one of the founders of Stop the War Coalition against British involvement in Iraq, said that he would issue a public apology for the “deception” on which Britain enter ....

 A gunman opened fire on a high-speed train travelling from Amsterdam to Paris, wounding two people before three American passengers subdued him, according to officials and one of the Americans involved. French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve, speaking in Arras ....

Military spokesman Col. Winthai Suvaree also said that Chinese tourists, who were among the victims, were not the “direct target.” “The security agencies have collaborated with intelligence agencies from a lot of countries and have come to the same ....