SEOUL: Seoul yesterday accused North Korea of a ‘blatant lie’ in claiming it had not fired shells near a South…

URUMQI, China: Five suicide bombers carried out the attack which killed 31 people in the capital of China’s troubled Xinjiang…

BEIJING: The bombing of a civilian market in Xinjiang represents a shift in tactics by militants towards more spectacular attacks,…

DAVAO, Philippines: Gunmen shot dead a radio broadcaster in the violence-stricken southern Philippines yesterday – the latest in a string…

MANILA: Indonesia and the Philippines yesterday signed a maritime border accord, hailing it as a model for peacefully settling increasingly…

HERAT, Afghanistan: Four insurgent gunmen launched a pre-dawn attack on India’s consulate in the western Afghan city of Herat yesterday…

MANILA: The US military’s commander in the Pacific called yesterday for compromise in Asia’s worsening maritime territorial rows, cautioning against…

NEW YORK: The twin bombs that went off at the Boston Marathon last year were made using improvised fuses from…