An alleged follower of Sri Lankan bombing mastermind Zahran Hashim was set to appear before an Indian court yesterday after admitting he wanted to carry out an attack in India, investigators said. India has been concerned about Islamist extremists on its soil for some time and the April 21 Sri Lanka…

President Xi Jinping urged China’s youth yesterday to be loyal to the Communist Party as he sought to whip up patriotic sentiment in a nationalist…

New Zealand police found a suspected bomb and ammunition yesterday in a vacant lot in Christchurch, the scene of last month’s mosque shootings which killed 50 Muslim worshippers. Police cordoned off streets late Tuesday afternoon in the Phillipstown area just outside the central business district…

Emperor Akihito of Japan formally stepped down yesterday, the first abdication for 200 years in the world’s oldest monarchy, as his son Naruhito…