AFP, BEIJING: Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi arrived in China yesterday for a debut visit that will cast an intriguing light on Beijing's attitude towards the democracy champion and Nobel laureate as she bids to take power. Suu Kyi emerged from Beijing's main international airport…

AFP, MARIGNANE, France: The first bodies from the Germanwings plane that was deliberately crashed in the French Alps were repatriated to Germany on Tuesday. A special flight operated by Lufthansa carried the remains of 44 Germans, among the 150 onboard when the jet crashed on March 24, from the southern…

Agencies, Kathmandu: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the agreement of a new constitution for Nepal as “a major milestone” in the country's democratic development. In a statement issued yesterday, Ban applauded the “diligent effort and constructive leadership”…

AFP, ISLAMABAD: Pakistan yesterday hanged a man allegedly tortured into confessing to murder as a minor and rejected an appeal from another rights groups say was condemned as a juvenile, in the latest death row cases to draw international condemnation. Aftab Bahadur Masih went to the gallows in the…

AFP, CAIRO: Egyptian police said yesterday they had foiled an attempted suicide bomb attack on one of the country's most popular tourist destinations in Luxor and killed two militants. Police said one attacker detonated a bomb he was carrying and two other assailants died in a firefight close to…

Park delays US trip for MERS AFP,  SEOUL:  South Korean President Park Geun-Hye has postponed a planned trip to the US, her spokesman said yesterday, amid growing public alarm over the MERS outbreak which has now claimed nine lives. The decision to delay the June 14-18 visit came after Park's…