AFP, KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian police probing the killing of the half-brother of North Korea’s leader arrested a woman Wednesday as they tried to…

AFP, WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump welcomes Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House on Wednesday after an administration official signaled…

AFP, BEIJING: Eight people were killed in a knife attack on a crowd in China’s restive Xinjiang region, including three assailants who were gunned down by police, local officials said on Wednesday. Ten other people were injured in the attack Tuesday evening in Pishan county, according to an announcement…

AP, Dubai: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has arrived in Oman as part of a two-state visit aimed at reviving ties with Iran’s Gulf Arab neighbors. The official Oman News Agency said Omani Sultan Qaboos bin Saeed met with the Iranian president following his arrival on Wednesday to the sultanate,…

AFP, BEIRUT: Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri said Monday he stood firm against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s “crimes”, at an event marking the anniversary of his father’s assassination that he has blamed on Damascus. Hariri, whose father Rafiq Hariri was killed along…

AFP, HASANSHAM CAMP , Iraq: Living conditions in west Mosul, where jihadists are hunkering down among 750,000 Iraqi civilians, are deteriorating fast and a source of great concern, the UN’s top aid official said Wednesday. “We are extremely concerned about the rapid deterioration of the…

AP, Kabul: Taliban insurgents attacked a village in northern Faryab province on Wednesday, killing five members of the local police force, an Afghan security official said. Karim Yuresh, spokesman for the provincial police chief, said After a surprise early morning attack, the Taliban gained control…