MALAYSIA: Malaysia said on Thursday that it believes 139 people are buried in graves at remote detention camps used by people-smugglers on the Thai border which were discovered on the weekend. "Based on the size of the graves, and after the area was cleared... we have a clearer indication — singl

BEIJING: Amid escalating tensions with the US over disputed South China Sea, China on Tuesday unveiled an assertive military strategy enhancing its naval reach for the first time to "open seas protection" far from its shores, which could pose a challenge to the Indian Navy, especially in the Indian

NEW YORK: A series of anonymous telephone threats against commercial airliners Monday, possibly from the same source, prompted searches of at least two planes at Kennedy Airport and nearly interrupted a third flight from England, authorities said. Authorities said the threats didn’t appear to be cr

TOKYO: A strong quake shook buildings in Tokyo on Monday, setting off alarms and bringing the city's subway system to halt, AFP reporters in the Japanese capital said. There was no risk of a tsunami from the quake, which measured 5.6, according to the Japanese meteorological agency. The epicen

LAHORE: Pakistan's former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani today said he had spoken to his son Ali Haider for the first time since he was kidnapped by a Taliban group in 2013 and is now being held in Afghanistan. "Today I received a telephone call from an unknown number. It was from my abducted

KARACHI: A 140-foot bullet-proof cross is being erected here in Pakistan's largest and most populous city by a devout Christian who calls it a "symbol of God". Parvez Henry Gill, Christian Pakistani businessman is building the largest cross in Gora Qabristan, one of the oldest Christian cemetery.

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama has described the loss of key Iraqi territory to Islamic State as a tactical setback, while insisting the war against the jihadist group is not being lost. “I don’t think we’re losing,” Obama said in an interview with news magazine The Atlantic published Thur

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida: A mysterious space plane rocketed into orbit Wednesday, carrying no crew but a full load of technology experiments. The Air Force launched its unmanned mini-shuttle late Wednesday morning. An Atlas V rocket lifted it up and out over the Atlantic. This is the fourth fli

ATARA: Sri Lanka’s new president pledged his support for the military as he marked six years since the end of the civil war on Tuesday, a day after his predecessor accused him of forgetting the country’s “war heroes.” Maithripala Sirisena pledged to ensure that the Tamil Tigers, who waged a viole

BAGHDAD: Just last month Shia prime minister Haider al-Abadi visited the Habbaniya military base in Iraq's Sunni heartland hoping to fire up pro-government fighters seen as critical in the battle against Islamic State militants. But the group's seizure of provincial capital Ramadi in Anbar has fo

UNITED NATIONS: UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon expressed serious concern on Monday after an Egyptian court sentenced ousted president Mohamed Morsi to death. Morsi was among more than 100 defendants given the death penalty on Saturday for their role in a mass jailbreak during the 2011 uprising.

DOHUK (Iraq): A spokesman for the governor of Iraq's Anbar province said Monday that about 500 people - both civilians and Iraqi soldiers - are estimated to have been killed over the past few days as the city of Ramadi fell to the Islamic State group. The estimates follow a shocking defeat as Isl

In this April 3, 2007 file photo, President Bush speaks about the congressional debate on Iraq war spending, in Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. A dozen years later, American politics has finally reached a rough consensus about the Iraq War: It was a mistake. – AP file Washington - A

TOKYO: Thousands of people rallied in Okinawa in southern Japan on Sunday in protest against a controversial US airbase on the island, as a two-decade-old bitter row over the relocation of the site drags on. Okinawa is home to more than half of the 47,000 US service personnel stationed in Japan a

The United States voiced alarm Sunday at death sentences handed to Egypt's ousted president Mohamed Morsi and dozens of others, a verdict experts called a declaration of "total war" on his Muslim Brotherhood. Morsi was among more than 100 defendants ordered by an Egyptian court on Saturday to face

CAIRO: An Egyptian court has sentenced ousted President Muhammad Mursi and more than 100 other defendants to death over jail breaks during the 2011 uprising. Mursi, sitting in a caged dock in the blue uniform of convicts having already been sentenced to 20 years for inciting violence, raised his fi

ALMATY: A Proton-M carrier rocket carrying a Mexican satellite malfunctioned and crashed in Siberia soon after launch on Saturday, the latest in a series of mishaps for Russia's space industry. The third stage of the rocket carrying the MexSat-1 communications satellite suffered a problem about 5

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping welcomed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to his ancestral home province Thursday, highlighting ancient ties as the Asian giants reportedly discussed a simmering border dispute. Attempting to put their relationship on a more personal footing, Xi met his visi