AFP, BANGKOK: Thailand’s police chief yesterday insisted his officers were making “a lot of progress” in the hunt for the Bangkok shrine bomber despite the lack of arrests and mystery over the attackers’ motives. Monday’s blast killed 20 people, mostly Asian visitors, leaving…

AFP, LONDON/Baghdad: Jeremy Corbyn, a leftwinger touted to head Britain’s main opposition Labour party, said Friday he would apologise over the Iraq war if he wins next month’s leadership contest. Under the then Labour prime minister Tony Blair, Britain joined the US led by George W. Bush…

AFP, YANGON: The European Union said Friday that it has agreed to send observers to historic upcoming Myanmar elections in an effort to “strengthen democracy” in the former military-run nation. Myanmar’s November 8 parliamentary vote will be the first nationwide election to include…

AFP, COLOMBO: Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s prime minister on Friday for another term after securing the backing of the country’s second-biggest party for a new government of national unity. The Sri Lanka Freedom Party of Mahinda Rajapakse agreed to enter a broad-based…

AFP, WASHINGTON: The US said it is very concerned over recent Saudi-led air strikes on the city of Hodeida in Yemen, noting the port’s important role as a “lifeline” for humanitarian relief. A statement from a White House National Security Council spokesman late Thursday joins a chorus…

AFP, NEW DELHI: India said yesterday it has urged Pakistan against meeting Kashmiri separatist leaders ahead of rare talks between the two countries’ top security advisers in New Delhi, hiking tensions between the arch rivals. The foreign ministry said it would be inappropriate for Pakistan’s…

AFP, BEIJING: The chief bodyguard of Communist China’s founding father Mao Zedong and a key figure in the ousting of the Gang of the Four died yesterday aged 99, state media reported. Wang Dongxing, born in January 1916, passed away in Beijing, the official Xinhua news agency said, citing a statement…