26 Shi'ite pilgrims killed in Pakistan
2011-09-21 11:54:17
Gunmen opened fire on a bus in Pakistan's southwestern province of Baluchistan in a suspected sectarian attack on Tuesday, killing at least 26 Shi'ite Muslim pilgrims travelling to Iran, police said.
Typhoon approaches Central Japan
2011-09-21 10:46:33
More than a million people in the central Japan city of Nagoya were advised to evacuate on Tuesday as typhoon Roke approached the country, bringing heavy rain.
Former Afghan president killed
2011-09-21 09:25:39
A suicide attacker with a bomb in his turban assassinated a former Afghan president who for the past year headed a government council seeking a political settlement with the insurgents.
Danger never far in Kabul
2011-09-21 07:34:55
While I was preparing to set off on my trip into this country, signs foretelling that it would not be easy kept appearing.
US embassy in Kabul sounds attack alarm
2011-09-20 23:01:32
The US embassy in the Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday sounded its "duck and cover" alarm warning of a possible attack, and told diplomats the alert was not a drill.
New bird flu outbreak reported in India
2011-09-20 22:29:28
Authorities in eastern India will start culling chickens and destroying eggs to contain a new outbreak of H5 bird flu, the government said in a statement on Tuesday, as a mutant strain of the virus is spreading elsewhere in Asia.
Typhoon nears Japan, 1.3 million told to evacuate
2011-09-20 21:15:49
More than 1.3 million people were advised to evacuate on Tuesday as typhoon Roke approached Japan, threatening the industrial city of Nagoya with heavy rain and landslides.
Death toll in Sikkim quake rises to 58 in India
2011-09-20 13:41:19
The death toll of earthquake which hit the northeast Indian state of Sikkim has risen to 58 in India.
Aussie PM says may end asylum-seeker detention overseas
2011-09-20 13:15:21
Australia may have to resume dealing with asylum seekers on its mainland because proposals to move their processing overseas are being blocked by the opposition and by legal obstacles.
S Korea and UK spat spreads to Falklands
2011-09-20 11:24:40
Irked by Britain's refusal to use South Korea's name for a sea off the east of the peninsula, Seoul is considering using an Argentine name for waters around the British-ruled Falkland Islands.
Japan set to reduce nuclear reliance
2011-09-20 11:13:55
There is political consensus in Japan to cut the country's reliance on nuclear power but there needs to be a public debate on how to proceed.
Russia sends food aid to DPRK
2011-09-20 10:57:53
Russia's United Grain Company (OZK) has sent two shipments of food aid to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), the state-owned company said in a Monday statement.