SEOUL: North Korea warned Saturday the US will "pay dearly" if it puts Pyongyang on a terror list over the killing of its leader's half-brother, as a suspect in the murder claimed he was the victim of a conspiracy, reports AFP. Kim Jong-Nam, 45, was poisoned in Malaysia last month with…

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia said Saturday it would expel the North Korean ambassador in a deepening diplomatic row over the assassination of the half-brother of Pyongyang's leader at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, reports AFP."The ambassador has been declared persona non grata," Malaysia's…

Tehran: Iran successfully test-fired a sophisticated Russian-made air defense system, the official IRNA news agency reported  Saturday, reports AP. The report said the test of the S-300 system came during a recent military exercise named Damvand, the name of Iran's highest mountain. It said…

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Saturday accused his predecessor Barack Obama of "tapping" his phone during last year's White House campaign, without providing evidence of the explosive charge, reports AFP. "I'd bet a good lawyer could make a great case out of the fact that…

ISTANBUL: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday accused Berlin of "aiding and harbouring" terror after German authorities banned rallies courting support from Turkish expatriates for a constitutional change to expand Erdogan's powers, reports AFP.Ankara and Berlin were locked in acrimony…

BEIRUT: Tens of thousands of Syrian civilians have fled advancing Russian-backed regime forces fighting Islamic State group jihadists in the north over the past week, a monitoring group said Saturday, reports AFP. Most of the more than 30,000 fleeing civilians in Aleppo province were women and children,…