AFP, ADEN: A humanitarian truce in Yemen has failed to take hold after Saudi-led warplanes resumed raids Tuesday on rebels, who clashed with loyalists, military sources said. Iran, which backs the Shiite Huthi rebels, accused its Sunni regional rival Riyadh of “playing with fire and with the ceasefire”.…

AFP, TRIPOLI: A Libyan court Tuesday sentenced a son and eight aides of slain dictator Moamer Kadhafi to death for crimes during the 2011 uprising, in a verdict strongly criticised by rights campaigners. Seif al-Islam, the strongman's one-time heir apparent who is also wanted by the International…

AFP, COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's main opposition party Tuesday scrapped a longstanding promise to give greater autonomy to minority Tamils, as it tries to win over hardline sections of the Sinhalese majority before a general election. In its manifesto launched in Colombo, former strongman Mahinda Rajapakse's…

AFP, YANGON: Myanmar authorities have seized methamphetamine tablets worth an estimated $100 million from an abandoned truck in Yangon, state media said Tuesday, as the country struggles to stem surging drug production. Police discovered the unattended vehicle stuffed with sacks carrying an estimated…

AFP, KATHMANDU: In a victory for activists, Nepalese temple authorities said Tuesday they would end a centuries-old Hindu tradition of mass animal slaughter that attracts hundreds of thousands of worshippers. The festival, held once every five years, sees hordes of devotees from Nepal and India flock…

AFP, HANOI: At least 14 people have been killed in the worst flooding for 40 years in Vietnam's northern Quang Ninh province, home to the UNESCO-listed Halong Bay tourist site, officials said Tuesday. Three more people were missing and a number of local tourists remained stranded on nearby Co To…

AFP, LONDON: A British peer who had been in charge of parliamentary ethics quit the House of Lords on Tuesday after allegedly snorting cocaine off a prostitute's breasts, fuelling calls for reform of the unelected upper chamber. Lord John Sewel, 69, apologised for the "pain and embarrassment"…