Indian Central Bureau of Investigation arrested Rotomac Pens owner Vikram Kothari and his son Rahul Kothari

More than 200 villagers from border villages of Uri have been shifted to safer areas for temporary shelter by district administration due to heavy shelling from Pakistan on North Kashmir LoC villages

5 guards face murder raps for killing 4 farmers, wounding another

India gives Trudeau list of suspected Sikh separatists in Canada

Shooting incident at Jakosalem St., Cebu City. The victim was identified as Enrique Maquilang, 52-year-old

Merkel warns against China's influence in Balkans

Duterte blasts Joma, urges communist rebels to 'go home now'

One of the two woman accused of the murder of the North Korean leader's half-brother believed that she was kicking off a TV career on a prank show, a Malaysian court hears

West Bengal: ED conducting a raid at a Gitanjali outlet inside Shopper's Stop located at City Centre Mall in Siliguri

Bangladesh races to turn an uninhabited and muddy Bay of Bengal island into a home for 100,000 Rohingya Muslims

The assertion by the Govt of India that the extension of the State of Emergency by the People's Majlis was unconstitutional is a clear distortion of facts, which ignore the Constitution and Laws of the Maldives: Maldives Minister of Foreign Affairs

Govt of Maldives takes note of public statements issued by Govt of India that ignore the facts and ground realities with regard to the ongoing political developments in the Maldives: Maldives Minister of Foreign Affairs

It is our sincere desire to see democracy in Maldives is restored and situation returns to normal. This we feel is also the desire of the people of Maldives. We are dismayed the Maldives government has extended emergency for a further period of 30 days: Indian MEA

India didn't see "any valid reason" for extension of emergency. We continue to the situation and continue to urge the govt of Maldives to release political prisoners, release Chief Justice, implementation SC orders and restore normal functioning of institutions of democracy: Indian MEA

Massive shelling from Pakistan continues right as Pakistan Army targets Kashmiri villagers in border areas of Hajipeer sector in North Kashmir. Multiple houses damaged in front of our eyes on the LoC as heavy mortar shelling continues. Immense fear in people. Tragic.

We are familiar with separatist challenges at home, Canada supports a strong and united India. Terrorism, in all forms, is a threat. All democracies should be united in its condemnation: Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland

Pleased to be in the ancient city of Herat again. Will inaugurate the arrival of TAPI pipeline. Will also meet with the heads of delegations from Turkmenistan, India and Pakistan during the inauguration – Afghan president Ghani

North Korea slams U.S.-Japan joint drill

South Korean, Finnish foreign ministers discuss cooperation on North Korean nukes

CBI registers case against 5 people (group admins) and 114 members of a WhatsApp group for circulating child pornography messages. CBI conducting searches at three locations in Delhi, UP and Maharashtra

Philippines communist rebels reject 'terrorist' tag but still open to talks

Pakistan's ties with Saudi Arabia, UAE regionally important: Pakistan Army

238 Communist militants have surrendered in Davao

German and British nationals arrested for alleged Bali drug smuggling

The Philippine National Police warns about ongoing and fresh Islamic State recruitment efforts in other than Mindanao regions - Luzon and Visayas | Bansa

10 drug suspects killed in 24-hour police operations in Bulacan

Director General Ronald dela Rosa's term as Philippine National Police Chief is extended indefinitely for now.

Philippines' Duterte suggests news site Rappler linked to U.S. spies

Election Commission of Pakistan says all Senate candidates with a PML-N ticket will have to contest as independents

Koreas National Security Council convenes to discuss North Korean delegation's visit

EU to task officials to draw up sanctions on Myanmar generals: diplomats

Canada and India are countries committed to pursuing and upholding democracy. We are the two largest democracies in the world, one by size and one by population: Canadian PM Justin Trudeau in Delhi

There are certain legal processes which needs to be completed in time. Following advises by the agencies we did suspend the passports of Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi. They are supposed to reply within a stipulated time, if they don't we will take further action: Raveesh Kumar, Indian MEA

European Union foreign ministers will formally request a list of senior military figures in Myanmar that could be targeted with sanctions over the massacre of Rohingya Muslims

Indonesian president puts off signing law protecting parliament

Travel delays in Hainan, China while ferry services resume. Thousands have been stranded due to heavy fog

Let us not presume things and decide how he managed to come. This is something which we are trying to find out. In due course we will be able to come up with a reason that how he managed to come in India: Raveesh Kumar, Indian MEA Spokesperson on Jaspal Atwal

There are two aspects to it Presence and Visa. Canadian side has already clarified that the invitation has been withdrawn. About the Visa I don't know how it happened. We will ascertain information from our Commission: Raveesh Kumar, Indian MEA Spokesperson on Jaspal Atwal

President Rodrigo Duterte delivers speech at TienDa Para Sa Mga Bayani event

Fire broke out in a scrap godown in Gujarat's Khera. Seven fire tenders at the spot

Eleven missing, 14 injured in Indonesia landslide

SC Justice counters Duterte: Militarization in South China Sea for Philippines, not U.S.

North Korea will send another high-level delegation to South Korea in time for the closing ceremony at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, during which they are expected to meet South Korea's President Moon Jae-in

Jammu And Kashmir: Centre's special representative Dineshwar Sharma arrives in Shopian

Duterte: I am invoking executive action based on SEC ruling

Duterte on Rappler: It is not a legitimate agency according to SEC

Extra budget on table for youth job creation: Koreas finance minister

Duterte dispels rumors his daughter Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte will run for president

Duterte: We are doing an audit on countries where Filipino workers are poorly treated

South Korea's top negotiator on North Korean nuclear issues met with the Chinese ambassador to Seoul on Thursday to discuss a growing momentum for engagement with the North following its participation in the PyeongChang Winter Olympics

Duterte: The ban stays. No deployment of Filipinos in Kuwait

Duterte: Arresting the employers of Joanna Demafelis lies on the Kuwaiti police and the interpol

22 hurt from bomb blast in northeast Myanmar city Lashio

Duterte: We have yet to check two new members of PDP-Laban included in narcolist

President Duterte talks about alleged narcopolitician from Iloilo Jed Mabilog

IOC strips Russian curler of Olympic bronze medal after he admitted to doping at Pyeongchang Games

PresidentDuterte names Noel Felongco as new chairperson of the Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor (PCUP)

Court of Arbitration for Sport finds Russian curler Alexander Krushelnitsky guilty of anti-doping violation, disqualifies Olympic athletes from Russia from PyeongChang2018 mixed doubles event

Earthquake of magnitude 5.3 - 214km E of Amahai, Indonesia

U.S. women's hockey team wins its first gold medal in 20 years, beating Canada 3-2 in shootout after 2-2 tie

Earthquake of magnitude 5.4 - 205km E of Amahai, Indonesia

Germany suspends visas for Cambodian government members over crackdown

Greenpeace appeals to Thai PM to tackle air pollution 'crisis'

South Korea's top diplomat to stress North Korea's human rights abuses in Geneva next week

Pakistan's PM to visit Afghanistan for TAPI gas pipeline inauguration

North Korea's closing Olympics delegation includes man blamed for deadly ship sinking

AAP workers protest outside HM Rajnath Singh's residence alleging attack on AAP leaders in Delhi Secretariat.

Taiwan police arrest four men over a bitcoin robbery worth $170,000, in the first case of its kind on the island

Here's a map that appeared on Sina, purporting to show the movements of a PLAN surface action group into the Indian Ocean amid the Maldives crisis this month. Indian sources confirmed the deployment to Times of India. PRC official media haven't reported this

[email protected]: "I am honored to lead the U.S. delegation to the closing ceremonies of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics. We look forward to congratulating Team USA and celebrating all that our athletes have achieved."

Asked if any effort was being made to arrange contact between @IvankaTrump and the North Korean delegation, a Sr Admin Official gave a blunt one word answer: "No."

Other members of the pres delegation to the Closing Ceremonies include @SenatorRisch, @PressSec and Gen. Vincent Brooks, Commander, US Forces/Korea.

Sr Admin Official says @IvankaTrump will travel commercial to Seoul, have dinner Friday night with Pres Moon at Blue House, then spend the weekend in PyeongChang for the last of the Olympic events and the closing ceremony Sunday night.

The death toll from a bus rollover accident that took place in southeast China's Jiangxi province on Feb. 20 is 11. Twenty-one were injured. The bus had 31 passengers though its capacity is only 19

Pilibhit: Man murdered by grandson over a property dispute. Culprit later surrendered to the police

Reported assault on a high-level DPRK cadre by a senior-ranked soldier belonging to Kim Jong Un's Supreme Guard Command

Civilian witness contradicts Myanmar police on Reuters reporters' arrest: defense

Two Reuters journalists held in Myanmar appear in court, charged under a secrecy act that could see them face up to 14 years in jail

2 Pakistan Army soldiers killed in retaliatory firing by Indian Army at the LoC in Karnah sector of Tangdhar in Kupwara of North Kashmir. Pakistan violated ceasefire in the area yesterday and today with heavy firing on innocent villagers and security forces

Two killed, 11 injured, by bomb in Myanmar city of Lashio: police

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is heading to the United States, accompanied by the largest Australian political and business delegation ever to visit the U.S.

Pakistan Supreme Court orders ex-PM Nawaz Sharif removed as head of his political party

Army and police launched a search operation in Kishtwar region and recovered arms and ammunition from a hideout including two AK-56 Rifles, three 9mm Pistols, one Country made Pistol, two rounds of UBGL, one round of RPG

Fire alarm at Mandaue City Time Square

Philippines Senate probes deaths of Filipino workers abroad

Nawaz Sharif again disqualified

Duterte: Peace talks depend on Philippines Army

Indian says Pakistan Army violated ceasefire at LOC in Karnah sector, Tangdhar of Kupwara in Kashmir. Indian Army is retaliating strongly. Heavy shelling continues from both sides

Pakistan Army chopper flew over militant launchpad, Mi 17 spotted at spot where BAT militants were

CBI has sealed Nirav Modi's farmhouse in Alibaug near Mumbai

The incident took place between 9.45-10 am today and it was in the general area Pallandri in PoK: Indian Army Sources

The United States Intelligence Community lists President Rodrigo Duterte as one of the leaders in Southeast Asia who pose a threat to democracy and human rights in the region

5G BREAKTHROUGH: Chinese telecom giant Huawei, British multinational network provider Vodafone claim first 5G call in the world

'Critical' economic momentum eyed for sustainable growth: Koreas finance minister

Visuals of Delhi Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash leaving PMO after a meeting

Philippines National Police chief bats for nationwide minors' curfew

In the aftermath of Nirav Modi-Mehul Choksi scam, 18,000 PNB officials transferred in a week

It was observed that a Pakistan military heliopeter came up to 300 metres of the LOC but then returned: Indian Army Sources

The consequent delay in the resumption of the political process and the continuing suspension of the functioning of democratic institutions including the judiciary is likely to further delay restoration of normalcy in Maldives: Indian MEA

Deeply dismayed that the Government of Maldives has extended the State of Emergency for a further 30 days. The manner in which the extension of the State of Emergency was approved by the Majlis in contravention of the Constitution of Maldives is also a matter of concern: Indian MEA

Sri Lanka's military says an explosion in a passenger bus injured 19 people, including 12 military personnel

India says deeply dismayed that Maldives has extended state of emergency for further 30 days

Seoul's Foreign Ministry admits to omitting controversial part of US troop cost deal sent to Assembly

Fukushima operator to pay £100,000 to family of 102-year-old who killed himself when told to flee

Indian forces launch cordon and search operation in Srinagar city outskirt

Delhi: Three unknown miscreants fired shots at a street near Jama Masjid, they were allegedly targeting the office of a property dealer over a dispute, 1 man injured. Police investigation initiated

Indonesian Ambassador to Kabul visited displace visited Kuchis families in Qargha area of Kabul and provided them some Food packages

President Duterte said he felt betrayed by Rappler reporter Pia Ranada, whom he said he treated like her own granddaughter, says Presidential Spokesperson @attyharryroque

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan meet Punjab's Chief Minister Capt. Amarinder Singh in Amritsar

North Korea cancelled historic US meeting at the last minute

Islamabad's foreign minister suggests there was "no consensus for nominating Pakistan" to the so-called "grey list" of countries which are not doing enough to comply with terrorist-funding regulations

CJ Sereno wants to beef up security in all Cebu City courts following the killing of lawyer

27 dead as policemen wage drug war in Central Luzon

Congress President Rahul Gandhi conducts roadshow in Shillong, Meghalaya

Chief of Justice Sereno says she is alarmed at the killing of Cebu lawyer John Ungab after attending a hearing

5 drug pushers nabbed in Legazpi City buy-bust operations

Rights groups slam Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte for banning a critical news website from covering the presidential palace

Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno tells law students to be the voice of the voiceless

At least 19 people injured by an explosion on a bus in central Sri Lanka

Malaysia arrests 10 over links with South Philippines militants

Kuwait extends amnesty program till April 22

Chief Justice Sereno at the Sacred Heart Center in Cebu for a forum with university students

Pacquiao: I agree with the President. We shouldn't lift the deployment ban to Kuwait until they sign the MOU to protect our fellow Filipinos

Rohingya refugees living in Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh are facing the possibility of waterborne diseases and landslides as the upcoming monsoon season looms

Suspected top drug pusher slain in Quezon

Japan to buy at least 20 more F-35A stealth fighters - sources

Madhy Pradesh: Locals torched a police vehicle in Jabalpur's Barela after a truck rammed into a house and a shop. 8 people lost their lives and 4 people were injured in the incident

Punjab: Canadian Prime Minister JustinTrudeau along with his wife and children arrives at Amritsar's Golden Temple

Pakistan Army helicopter seen close to LoC: sources