AFP, DUBAI: Rights watchdog Amnesty International called Tuesday for a UN-commissioned investigation into alleged war crimes committed during the Yemeni conflict that has killed more than 4,300 people since March. In a report, Amnesty criticises "unlawful coalition airstrikes in densely populated…

AP, Naypyitaw: Myanmar's parliament reopened Tuesday for its final session before November's national elections, with the spotlight on the influential speaker - who was violently ousted just days ago as head of the military-backed ruling party. Opposition leader Aung Sang Suu Kyi criticized…

AFP, SRINAGAR: A policeman and a civilian were killed Tuesday when suspected rebels opened fire outside a Muslim shrine in Indian Kashmir, police said. The militants targeted the police officer guarding the shrine of Tujjar Sharif, 55 kilometres (35 miles) northwest of the main city of Srinagar. "The…

AFP, KARACHI: Four attackers on motorcycles opened fire on the car of a Pakistani lawmaker on Tuesday, critically wounding him and killing his driver in an attack that raised tensions in the country's largest city Karachi. Rashid Godil, a legislator from the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) opposition…

AFP, KATHMANDU: Nepal police fired into a crowd of demonstrators protesting against a proposed new constitution on Tuesday, killing one and injuring several others. National police spokesman Kamal Singh Bam said the clashes broke out in the southeastern district of Saptari when protesters tried to block…

AFP, WASHINGTON: The US military will drastically increase drone flights over the next four years, in a bid to boost intelligence and strike capabilities across a growing number of conflict zones, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday. The Pentagon is planning to expand the number of daily flights…