AFP, PYONGYANG: North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un told a rare ruling party congress that his country was a “responsible” nuclear weapons state, with a no first-use policy and a commitment to non-proliferation, state media reported Sunday. Speaking to thousands of delegates gathered for the…

AFP, RIYADH: A Saudi policeman was killed in a shoot-out Sunday with suspects planning a “terrorist” attack, the interior ministry said, in the latest such incident this week in the kingdom’s west. The two gunmen were trying to “infiltrate” a police station parking area…

AFP, LONDON: London’s new Muslim mayor Sadiq Khan accused Prime Minister David Cameron on Sunday of using “Donald Trump playbook” tactics…

AFP, SHIMLA: An overcrowded minibus fell into a deep gorge in India’s northern Himalayan region after a portion of the road caved in, killing 14 people, an official said Sunday. Another 41 people were injured when the bus heading towards the popular tourist destination of Kinnaur rolled into the…

AFP, CANBERRA: Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull Sunday called an election for both houses of parliament on July 2 as he seeks his own mandate with the public just eight months after deposing predecessor Tony Abbott in a party coup. The widely expected announcement was the latest chapter in…

AFP, KABUL: Six Afghan Taliban inmates on death row were hanged on Sunday, government sources said, in the first set of executions endorsed by President Ashraf Ghani since he came to power in 2014. Ghani last month vowed a new hardline stance against the Taliban after an insurgent attack killed 64 people…