BEIRUT: Iran said attacks would continue on rebel-held areas near Damascus, where clashes were reported yesterday between insurgents and government…

MANILA: The widow of two slain militant leaders has been arrested for allegedly supporting extremist groups and possessing firearms and…

KINSHASA: At least one died and two people were wounded as police fired live bullets and tear gas yesterday to…

THE HAGUE: Dutch police called Saturday on more than 20,000 men to come forward with DNA samples in a bid to…

JOLO, Philippines: Philippine police said yesterday they were hunting for 12 inmates who escaped from a jail on a southern island…

BANGKOK: Hundreds of pro-democracy activists in Thailand wore cartoon masks portraying the country’s junta leader with a long nose on Saturday,…

SRINAGAR, India: India and Pakistan have exchanged artillery fire in the disputed Kashmir region forcing hundreds of people to flee,…

PHNOM PENH: Voting for Cambodia’s Senate began yesterday in an election decried by critics as a ‘farce’, with Prime Minister Hun…