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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has called a meeting with his senior military officials to discuss national defense policies and plans for further arms buildup, amid escalating tensions with the United States and South Korea over Pyongyang’s recent missile tests. The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Wednesday that …

The UN mission in Afghanistan says scores of people have been killed and wounded in a powerful bomb explosion at a busy market in the country’s troubled east. The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said on Monday that the deadly attack took place in Nangarhar province. “UNAMA condemns this morning’s …

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has said the US government played the main role in removing him from power, threatening his government with “consequences” unless he steps down from his position. Speaking to the Sunday Times on Monday, Khan noted that “in the past 40 years, our leadership has basically bowed …

Monsoon storms in Bangladesh and India have killed at least 41 people and unleashed devastating floods that left millions of others stranded, officials say. Floods are a regular menace to millions of people in low-lying Bangladesh, but experts say climate change is increasing their frequency, ferocity and unpredictability. Relentless downpours …

China will not allow the secession of Taiwan from the mainland, says a senior Chinese official, amid heightened tensions between Beijing and the self-ruled island. Liu Jieyi, head of the Taiwan Work Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, made the …

Major floods have occurred in southern and eastern parts of China following days of heavy rain, prompting emergency response by central and local government authorities. The Ministry of Natural Resources on Wednesday issued a level III alert for floods, the third highest level, in the provincial level regions of Fujian, …

At least two people have been killed and six others wounded when heavily-armed gunmen fired at a bus ferrying airport employees in northern Afghanistan. Balkh Provincial Police Spokesman Mohammad Asif Waziri said the bus was ambushed by two gunmen on its way to the Mazar-i-Sharif airport on Sunday. “The vehicle …

North Korea test-fired suspected artillery pieces into the sea on Sunday, according to the South Korean military, days after Kim Jong-un vowed to enhance the country’s military power in the face of foreign threats. The South Korean military’s joint chiefs of staff in a statement claimed to have detected “several flight …

A strike by truckers in South Korea has entered its seventh day, after talks failed to yield a breakthrough, forcing more factories to cut production due to a lack of warehouse space to stock products. On Monday, petrochemical firms joined the automobile and steel makers in cutting operations due to …

Russia and China have inaugurated a new cross-border bridge in the Far East in a bid to further boost trade and counter rising US-led sanctions as Washington and Beijing traded threats of military conflict over Taiwan. The bridge linking the Russian city of Blagoveshchensk to the Chinese city of Heihe …

China says the United States should stop fabricating and spreading false information and end taking pride in its “empire of lies.” At a press briefing in Beijing on Wednesday, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Zhao Lijian said it was reasonable that the Disinformation Governance Board established by the US was paused …

Swathes of Sri Lanka have been hit by electricity cuts after a power sector union went on strike in protest against new government legislation, potentially leading to power blackouts as the country faces its worst economic crisis in decades. About 900 out of around 1,100 engineers of the state-run Ceylon …

The US has approved a $120 million sale of naval equipment to Taiwan to boost the self-ruled island’s “combat readiness” amid heightened tensions with China. The equipment would help Taiwan’s ships “maintain proper equipment… and meet the practical needs of combat readiness tasks in light of recent frequent activities by …

China has warned Canada and Australia to stop their provocations or face “severe consequences,” after Ottawa and Canberra accused Chinese warplanes of intercepting their reconnaissance aircraft in the Pacific Ocean. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian made the remarks at a regular press briefing on Monday, after Canada accused Beijing of …

South Korea and the United States fired eight missiles into the east sea of the Korean Peninsula in a tit-for-tat move after North Korea launched a series of short-range ballistic missiles, a report said. The ground-to-ground Army Tactical Missile System missiles were fired off South Korea’s east coast early on …

At least 17 Rohingya refugees, including children, have been reported dead after their boat capsized in bad weather off the Myanmar coast.

Media sources on Monday reported a terrorist attack in the Afghan capital of Kabul. The suicide attack took place in an educational institute in western Kabul. Several teachers were killed and wounded during the attack, according to the reports. Further information has not been published yet. The news comes as …

Chinese and Russian fighter jets carried out joint flights near Japan on Tuesday during the last day of Joe Biden’s visit to the region. South Korea’s military said it intercepts fighter jets after at least four Chinese and four Russian warplanes entered its air defense zone on Tuesday. The Russian …

ISIS terrorist group claimed responsibility for yesterday’s attack near the Esteghlal Hotel where the anniversary of the assassination of former Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour was held. In a statement on Monday, ISIS terrorist group announced that Shahram Movahed was the perpetrator of the terrorist act, who blew himself up …

Local media sources reported on Sunday that the sound of an explosion was heard in the 10th Security District of Kabul, on the way towards Hamid Karzai International Airport. According to Afghan sources, an explosion took place in the 10th Security District of Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. The blast …