AFP, WASHINGTON: Donald Trump’s triumphal march toward the Republican Party, commonly referred to as the GOP, presidential nomination left his party…

AFP, Seoul: North Korea fired six short-range projectiles into the sea yesterday in a show of defiance just hours after the United Nations adopted the toughest sanctions to date on Pyongyang over its fourth nuclear test and rocket launch. Limited displays of military firepower have become a routine…

AFP, BANGKOK: Four people have been gunned down in Thailand’s Muslim-majority southernmost provinces, police said Thursday, in 24-hours of violence that included the murder of a Buddhist rubber tapper whose corpse was then set alight. The deaths come during a recent uptick in violence after months…

AFP, COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s government Thursday announced it would ban landmines and promised to destroy its stockpiles of the explosive devices, nearly seven years after its protracted civil war ended. Deputy Foreign Minister Harsha de Silva said the cabinet had decided to sign the 1997 UN treaty…

AFP, TEHRAN: Iran warned Thursday that its Gulf Arab rivals were jeopardising Lebanon’s stability by blacklisting the leading force behind its government, Hezbollah, as a terror group. Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said that the Shiite militant group, which is one of Iran’s…