WASHINGTON: The United States and its allies carried out 10 air strikes against Islamic State militants in Syria and 25 strikes in Iraq since Sunday, the U.S. military said on Monday. Kurdish fighters, supported by the coalition, were forcing militants … read more
Kandahar: A Taliban truck bomber detonated around a tonne of explosives outside a government complex in southern Afghanistan on Monday, wounding at least 40 people as the summer fighting season sends civilian casualties surging. Women and children were among those … read more
SHANGHAI: Heavy rain which caused mudslides and flooding in southern and central China has left at least 35 people dead and another 13 missing, the official Xinhua news agency reported Sunday. Torrential rain, the worst for 40 years in some … read more
LONDON: The British government said Sunday that it would support a criminal investigation into Pakistan company Axact, which is being probed for orchestrating a million-dollar scam selling fake academic degrees online. A Home Office spokesperson said today that it would … read more
KUALA LUMPUR: Mass graves believed to contain bodies of hundreds of migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh have been found in Malaysia, media reported said on Sunday. Police discovered 30 large graves containing the remains of hundreds of people in two … read more