ISLAMABAD, April 5 (Xinhua) — The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on Wednesday claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on a census team in the country’s eastern Punjab province, which left six people killed and 15 others injured, local Urdu media reported. Express News said that TTP spokesperson Muhammad Khurasani took credit of the attack in a […]

MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan, April 4 (Xinhua) — Seven militants were killed and 19 others wounded in two separate clashes in northern Afghanistan, said a military statement on Tuesday. In one incident, six militants were killed and 18 others injured after fighting flared up between security forces and militants in Guzar village, Chimtal district in Balkh province […]

SEOUL, April 4 (Xinhua) — South Korean prosecutors on Tuesday grilled former President Park Geun-hye, who has been taken into custody over corruption allegations. Park has been held in detention at a detention center outside Seoul since March 31 when a Seoul court issued an arrest warrant for the former leader. She was removed from […]

TOKYO, April 3 (Xinhua) — Japan’s Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said Monday that Japan’s ambassador to South Korea, who was ordered to return to Tokyo, will return to Seoul on Tuesday. Ambassador Yasumasa Nagamine was recalled from Seoul on Jan. 9 as part of a protest by Tokyo against a “comfort woman” statue erected in […]

SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir, April 3 (Xinhua) — Troops of India and Pakistan Monday exchanged heavy fire and targeted each other’s positions on Line of Control (LoC), dividing the disputed region of Kashmir, officials said. Defense officials said the exchange started at around 9:30 a.m. local time in the morning and went on for some time. […]

MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan, April 1 (Xinhua) — More than 200 rebels affiliated with the Taliban group laid down arms and surrendered to the government in the northern Afghan province of Balkh on Saturday, said a provincial source. “The armed men joined peace and reconciliation process in Chimtal district, following calls by provincial Governor Atta Mohammad Noor […]

SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir, April 1 (Xinhua) — At least four Indian army troopers were wounded Saturday after militants attacked an Indian army convoy in restive Indian-controlled Kashmir, officials said. The army convoy was attacked at Bemina bypass road in outskirts of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir. “Militants attacked army vehicles this afternoon […]

SEONGJU, SOUTH KOREA, March 30 (Xinhua) — Hope and concern co-exited among South Korean residents living in a little, peaceful village where the U.S. missile shield, called Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD), is set to be deployed as early as next month. Five trucks loaded with unidentified equipments attempted Wednesday to pass through the […]

SEOUL, March 30 (Xinhua) — South Korea’s former President Park Geun-hye on Thursday appeared in a court that will decide whether to issue an arrest warrant for her over a corruption scandal that led to her impeachment. Park, dressed in a dark blue coat, got into a black sedan at her private residence in an […]