Myanmar's parliament has abolished a law that the former military government had excessively acted upon to suppress dissent. Parliament speaker, Mahn Win Khaing Than, said on…
Indonesian officials say the country is holding its largest military exercise near some of the disputed islands in the South China Sea. "We want to show…
Afghan commandos have repelled a Taliban attack on Kunduz after the terrorists briefly took control of the northern city’s center. "Government controls Kunduz City and Afghan…
At least six people have been killed in a powerful explosion that rocked a mountainous region in Afghanistan’s northern Jawzjan Province. According to Jawzjan provincial officials,…
Japanese scientist Yoshinori Ohsumi has been awarded the 2016 Nobel Medicine Prize for his studies on autophagy, the process of recycling cellular components whose failures cause…
Taliban militants in Afghanistan have launched a major attack on Kunduz one year after briefly seizing control of the strategic northeastern city. According to local officials,…
Long-simmering tensions between India and Pakistan have been inflamed by a recent attack on an Indian army base in Kashmir that left 17 soldiers dead. Press…
Singapore Defense Minister Ng Eng Hen has warned of the growing threat posed by extremist terror groups in Southeast Asia, insisting that they have become more…
India and Pakistan have again exchanged gun fire across the disputed Kashmir border, Pakistani military authorities say as tensions mount between the neighboring nuclear-armed rivals in…
Islamabad has rejected claims by New Delhi that Indian commandos carried out strikes on "terrorist" targets inside Pakistan-administered Kashmir. Indian sources said on Thursday that the…
Seoul has announced a new location for the installment of a controversial United States missile system in South Korea, amid local and international opposition to the…
Pakistan says it has briefed the presidency of the United Nations Security Council of the escalating tensions with India in an attempt to avert a potential…