PAKISTAN
Deadly suicide car bomb blast hits busy market town
A car bomb exploded in a busy market in the central Pakistani town of Dera Ghazi Khan, killing at least 27 people and injuring dozens.
AFGHANISTAN
Karzai warns eradicating corruption will take years
Afghan President Hamid Karzai told an audience of senior politicians and judges at a conference in Kabul that eliminating rampant corruption in the country would take years. Earlier, a bomb blast killed at least eight people in the Afghan capital.
AFGHANISTAN
Red Cross pays first visit to prisoners held by Taliban
Members of the International Committee of the Red Cross have been allowed to visit prisoners held by Taliban militants in Afghanistan for the first time since a US-led invasion in 2001, the organisation said in a statement.
TURKEY
Two killed in Kurdish ban protests
Two Kurdish protesters were killed and several others wounded in a south-eastern Turkish town Tuesday, after a local shopkeeper attacked demonstrators protesting against a government ban on the Kurdish Democratic Society Party.
GAS
China's Hu opens pipeline with Turkmenistan
China's President Hu Jintao on Monday opened a pipeline to transport Turkmen natural gas to China, signalling a major victory for Beijing in its drive to access a market traditionally dominated by Russia.
COPENHAGEN SUMMIT
China repeals demand for developed world to fund action on climate
In a first major concession of divisive talks, the world's biggest polluter China has given up demands that developed nations fund the fight against climate change as the Copenhagen summit entered its second week Monday.
IRAN
US pushes for tougher sanctions after engagement yields 'very little'
The United States pushed for tougher sanctions on Iran on Monday to curb its nuclear ambitions as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton noted that US attempts to engage Tehran had yielded "very little".
AFP
Cambodia frees convicted Thai spy
Cambodia released from jail Monday a Thai man convicted and then pardoned for spying on Thailand's fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra.The release of Siwarak Chothipong came as Thaksin paid a visit to Cambodia that could reignite diplomatic ...
IRAN
Clinton urges Iran to free US hikers, calls charges unfounded
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called on Iran to free three American hikers charged with spying, whom Tehran says will stand trial. The case comes at a time of high tension between Iran and the West over Iran's nuclear programme.
AFGHANISTAN
Brown looks to repair relations with Karzai on surprise Kabul visit
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (far left) looked to repair frayed relations with Afghan President Hamid Karzai (second from left) on a visit to Kabul Sunday as he vowed to defeat the Taliban insurgency threatening the country.
PHILIPPINES
31 inmates flee after suspected Islamists storm jail
Suspected Islamic militants freed at least 31 inmates before dawn this Sunday after breaking through the wall of a provincial jail in the southern Philippines, security officials said.
AFP
Five held with plane full of weapons from N.Korea
Thailand Saturday detained five men after they made an emergency landing in Bangkok with a cargo plane from North Korea full of heavy weapons, ministers and officials said.The crew requested to land for refuelling at Don Mueang airport, where ...
IRAN
Supreme leader Khamenei issues stern warning to opposition
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has warned opposition leaders to distance themselves from protesters, whom he accused of insulting the founder of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Khomeini.
PHILIPPINES
Tribal gunmen release all 47 hostages
Tribal gunmen freed all 47 hostages that they had held for four days in a mountainous area of the southern Philippines, a government official said Sunday. The hostages have been taken to hospital so doctors can their condition after their ordeal.
THAILAND
Former PM Thaksin expected in Cambodia to meet Thai prisoner
Thailand's fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra was expected in Cambodia Sunday to meet a Thai man jailed for spying on him last month, a government spokesman said.
AFP
Chinese man kills 12 in gun rampage: state media
Police in central China encircled Sunday a remote hilltop where a gunman suspected of killing 12 people, including his father, was believed to be hiding, state media said.Special police and paramilitary troops have cornered suspect Liu Aibing, 34, ...
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