KABUL: A suicide bomber killed 15 Afghan army trainees as they were leaving their base in Kabul on Saturday, the defence ministry said, as militants step up their deadly attacks across the war-torn country, reports AFP. It was the second suicide bombing in the Afghan capital in 24 hours and the seventh…

Cairo: At least 54 policemen, including 20 officers and 34 conscripts, were killed when a raid on a militant hideout outside of Cairo escalated into an all-out firefight, authorities said Saturday, reports AP. It was one of the largest losses of life for Egyptian security forces since militants began…

NEW DELHI: A journalist was shot dead by three gunmen in northern India on Saturday, police said, the latest attack on media in one of Asia's deadliest countries for reporters, reports AFP. Rajesh Mishra, a 40-year-old reporter at the Hindi-language daily Dainik Jagran -- one of India's largest…

London: Chilean poet Pablo Neruda did not die of prostate cancer, forensic experts have said, reports BBC. The Nobel Laureate was said to have died of…

London: The choice of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe as a World Health Organization (WHO) goodwill ambassador has been criticised by several organisations…

SEOUL: Hundreds of demonstrators on Saturday called for the immediate release of South Korea's ousted president Park Geun-Hye whose corruption trial has been put on hold following mass resignations by her lawyers, reports AFP. Park's trial was put on hold Thursday after her lawyers resigned…

TOKYO: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Saturday vowed to step up pressure on North Korea to protect the Japanese people as he wrapped up an election campaign…

NIAMEY: Twelve paramilitary police were killed Saturday in a fresh attack in Niger's restive southwest bordering Mali, the interior minister said, reports AFP. "There was a new attack. Twelve gendarmes were killed. We have launched search operations," Mohamed Bazoum told AFP. It comes…