At least seven Taliban militants were killed and four others were wounded during the airstrikes conducted by the US forces in southern Helmand province

@NajibRazak's stepson Riza Aziz finally leaves MACC headquarters at 10.30pm after going in at 1.35pm for questioning over funds for his film production company allegedly from 1MDB

At least 11 dead as sinking ferry run aground off Sulawesi

Trump moves to block China Mobile's U.S. entry on security concerns

Najib foresaw today's arrest that 'Pakatan has no choice but to make', says report

Chhattisgarh: One naxal killed in an encounter with security forces in jungles of Markaguda and Darel. Country made gun with detonators explosives and daily use items have been recovered

Malaysian PM mulling candidate for deputy defence minister post, says Mat Sabu

It's totally within Chinese embassy's jurisdiction to alert tourists, Chinese Foreign Ministry said Tue, in response to Chinese Embassy in Washington releasing a notice to alert Chinese citizens heading to the US, especially students and their parents, to stay vigilant

China presses Europe for anti-U.S. alliance on trade

Fatima resident shot dead

[email protected] will be traveling to Pyongyang to continue consultations and implement the forward progress made by @POTUS and Chairman Kim in Singapore. The Secretary will also travel to Tokyo, Hanoi, AbuDhabi, and Brussels July 5-12.

Trump says North Korea talks 'going well'

US President Donald Trump said talks with North Korea were making progress, adding he was personally responsible for averting conflict with the nuclear-armed country

China won't use the yuan as a tool in tackling the trade conflict, PBOC official says

5 people were injured, ad hoc compensation of Indian rupees 1 lakh will be given to them, their treatment expenses will be taken care of by Railways: Piyush Goyal,Railway Minister on part of road over bridge collapsed in Mumbai's Andheri West earlier today

[email protected]: Many good conversations with North Korea-it is going well. In the meantime, no Rocket Launches or Nuclear Testing in 8 months. All of Asia is thrilled. Only the Opposition Party, which includes the Fake News, is complaining. If not for me, we would be at War with North Korea.

Nueva Ecija town mayor shot dead

Magnitude 5.8 earthquake hits Malungon, Sarangani at 6 p.m.

Magnitude 4.3 earthquake rocks Taidong County

2 Indian pilgrims dead at Simikot town. Heart attack, high altitude sickness (medical autopsy to be conducted) Leela Narayanan from Kerala and SL Subba Rao from Andhra Pradesh

ZTE Corp shares rise by daily maximum limit in Shenzhen

Chhattisgarh: One body of a naxal was recovered on June 2 following an encounter by 201 CoBRA Battalion of CRPF near Darel-Markaguda forests in Chintalnar area of Sukma district

Earthquake of magnitude 5.6 - 1km SSW of Kapatan, Philippines

Russian deputy foreign minister Ryabkov to visit Tokyo on July 3-4: RIA

Philippine Army Chief in Singapore to discuss counter-terrorism efforts

Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 42km ENE of Yujing, Taiwan

Former PM @NajibRazak will be charged in the Kuala Lumpur courts tomorrow over the SRC International funds found in his private bank account

Sri Lanka is shifting a naval base to a port built and controlled by China, it said on Monday, a move that will strengthen security at a harbor that foreign powers fear China could use for military purposes

Malaysia's 1MDB task force says Najib will be charged on Wednesday morning

Malaysia's 1MDB task force confirms former PM Najib arrested over probe into former 1MDB unit SRC International

Senior North Korean ruling party official departs for Cuba

China issues U.S. travel warning amid trade tensions

Two new 055 destroyers launched today at the same time

Malaysian authorities to charge former premier Najib on Wednesday regarding 1MDB probe - source

A vehicle believed to be transporting former PM @NajibRazak is seen leaving his residence at Langgak Duta

@NajibRazak arrested from private residence

First batch of Indians stranded due to bad weather on way to Mansarovar Yatra have been rescued from Nepal. The choppers are bringing people from Hilsa to Simikot. Latest visual from Simikot

Dozens of South Korean basketball players arrive in Pyongyang as Kim Jong Un's favourite sport becomes the latest effort at athletic diplomacy

China set to cancel 1.1 million tonnes of soybean deliveries from US

Volcano on Indonesian island of Bali hurls out ash and lava

An Indian woman carries message "Sikhs have always helped people in distress without discrimination. Is this how you repay them? "Sikhs rally in capital Delhi and protests over slain of its 17 Afghan Sikhs in a suicide attack claimed by IS-KP in eastern city of Jalalabad days ago

Andhra Pradesh: 5 people died, 9 injured in a collision between a lorry and an auto-rickshaw in the wee hours of this morning in East Godavari district's Kakinada city. Police is on the lookout for the driver

China cbank chief says closely watching recent fluctuations in FX market

China cbank chief: China's economic fundamentals remain sound, financial risks are overall under control, cross-border capital flows are overall balanced

China cbank chief: China must maintain managed floating exchange rate government, to keep yuan basically stable and at reasonable level

China cbank chief: recent fx market fluctuations due to stronger U.S. dollar, external uncertainties, to maintian prudent and neutral monetary policy

6 people killed, 3 injured after a vehicle fell into Koshi River in Sunsari District of Nepal while they were going to Biratnagar. All the people are residents of Madhubani's Ghoghardiha in Bihar. The driver of the vehicle has been arrested

NBI offers to help probe the assassination of Tanauan City Mayor Tony Halili

Philippines Army spox Colonel Edgard Arevalo: AFP will recommend termination of peace talks with communist rebels, echoing defense secretary's position

Philippines Army wants localized peace talks between LGUs and communist rebels on the ground

Reporter slams Hong Kong police complaints office after claims he was beaten by officers rejected despite video footage of incident

Dalian's two 055 destroyers launched today at the same time. No. 3 and 4 overall. Recall no. 1 was launched from JN last year 28th June, technically it means China has launched 4 055s in the span of 1 year+4/5 days.

Magnitude 5.2 quake rocks parts of Luzon

Singapore Airlines' new 787-10 Dreamliner lands in NAIA Terminal 3

Earthquake of magnitude 5.4 - 2km S of San Diego, Philippines

"We're continuing those negotiations" with China ahead of tariffs implementation deadline, according to @PressSec.

"We see progress and momentum in the process and we've had good conversations as recently as yesterday," adds @PressSec in response to another DPRK question

On DPRK reported nuclear and missile site activities: "We aren't going to confirm or deny any intelligence reports," says @PressSec. But "we're continuing to make progress."

@SecPompeo leaving for North Korea on July 5, confirms @PressSec.

Another attack on a government official in North Waziristan tribal district. The vehicle of Rahmat Hussain, a political muharrar has been ambushed. Two levies killed, one injured. The attack is sill ongoing in Boya Tehsils, Muhammad Khel area: Official

Mount Agung erupts again - lava explodes from crater

Thai rescue teams find 13 missing in cave with 'signs of life'

First photos released by authorities, showing some of the youth footballers trapped in the Tham Luang cave for nine days, they seems to be in good condition.

US Defense Department has long been skeptical of North Korea moving quickly to denuclearize. Recent commercial satellite imagery has shown some continuing activity at various nuclear fuel and missile sites

A US official tells CNN the Administration plans to present the North Korean's with a detailed list of tasks it must undertake to begin a denuclearization process. The DIA analysis is currently being circulated among other US intelligence agencies to see if they concur

The US Defense Intelligence Agency believes that Kim Jung Un has no intention of engaging in a full denuclearization program, at least for now, according to an administration official familiar with the agency's finding

Missile firing scene during the annual Tian Jian (Sky Sword) live-fire confrontation training exercise conducted by Chinese PLA Rocket Force

1 killed, 1 arrested in 2 drug busts in General Santos City

Chief of Pakistani Army Staff General Qamar Javaid Bajwa has confirmned the death sentences of 12 hardcore terrorists

Woman injured after accident involving taxi, van in Prinsep Street, Singapore

Afghan Taliban kill atleast 12 ISIS militants along borders with Pakistan

Flooding in parts of Assam following heavy rainfall. Visuals from Sivasagar

One person died, 4 others wounded in Alegria road mishap

India police arrest 23 suspects in lynching of 5 men

Philippine Mayor Antonio Halili was fatally shot by a sniper during a weekly flag ceremony at Tanauan's city hall in the Batangas region of the Philippines on Monday.

Earthquake of magnitude 4.9 - 30km N of Santa Monica, Philippines

US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Ambassador Alice Wells meets Pakistan Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjau. No details of the meeting were available. In Kabul she called on Pakistan to exert more pressure on Afghan Taliban to bring them to negotiations table

China Ambassador to Kabul Liu Jinsong meets today Afghanistan @NSCAfghan @NSAAtmar and MoFA @SalahRabbani, they discussed peace and regional cooperation

Xi Jinping says China will not give up 'any inch of territory' adding that the Pacific Ocean "is vast enough to accommodate China and the U.S"; This highlights the ambitions of the Chinese Military beyond the South and East China Seas and into the Pacific

1 rescued, 5 missing after a fishing boat from Chinese mainland capsized in waters near Penghu County in Taiwan on Monday morning; maritime patrol authorities from Taiwan and mainland jointly conduct searching work

Car and bus collide in Bukit Timah Road, Singapore

Jammu and Kashmir Governor NN Vohra met leaders of all political parties and discussed various issues with them, earlier today.

Earthquake of magnitude 5.1 - 120km SSE of Shizunai, Japan

South Korea FM Kang Kyung-wha, Thai PM discuss tighter cooperation between South Korea, ASEAN

Boy dies, 2 others injured in Quezon motorcycle accident

Myanmar court to rule next week on whether to charge jailed Reuters reporters

Scenes during the fire that hit Barangay Opao, Mandaue City at past 5 p.m. Monday, July 2

Philippines National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde says they are looking at Tanauan Mayor Antonio Halili's "Walk of Shame" drive as motive for his killing

Indonesia nears $4 billion deal to take control of Freeport-McMoran's giant Grasberg copper and gold mine

President Duterte says slain Tanauan Mayor Antonio Halili involved in illegal drugs; believes his shame campaign was just a front

South Korean officials, athletes to leave for North Korea for inter-Korean basketball matches

Pakistani security forces carried out an Intelligence Based Operation (IBO) in North Waziristan on Sunday and recovered huge quantity of ammunition

"Trump may hold Round 2 with Kim Jong-un in NYC" - @axios

A lawyer was injured in a shooting incident at Singson Village, Barangay Guadalupe, Cebu City

Malaysia PM Mahathir Mohamad: Three more ministers to come, after being made senators

Top US diplomat arrives in Pakistan today

Malaysia's 1MDB task force freezes more than 400 bank accounts amid probe

1 dead, 1 missing as Typhoon Prapiroon lashes South Korea

China welcomes increase in inter-Korean contacts

JUL 1: A JMSDF Kawasaki P-1 assigned to NAF Atsugi tracked and monitored a group of three Russian Navy Vessels which included two Udaloy I-class destroyers Admiral Tributs and Vinogradov and the Pechenga transiting the Tsushima Strait and sailing into the Sea of Japan(East Sea), Eastbound.

"They want justice and a safe return home," says the UN chief, who is visiting Rohingya Muslims in Bangladesh, along with the head of the World Bank, Jim Yong-kim

UN chief Antonio Guterres says he heard "unimaginable accounts of killing and rape from Rohingya refugees" taking shelter in vast camps in Bangladesh after fleeing atrocities in Myanmar

Philippine mayor who was on President Duterte's 'narco-list' is shot dead at a flag raising ceremony

South Korea's Hyundai cautions U.S. car tariffs would hurt a security alliance between the two countries over North Korea's nuclear ambitions

Afghan military says the deadly clashes between the Taliban militants and ISIS Khurasan terrorists continue in eastern Kunar province of Afghanistan

Pakistan strongly condemns terrorist attack in Afghanistan's Jalalabad

Kim seeks Xi's help to end sanctions

One uniformed Naxal killed, INSAS rifle among other things recovered from him by security forces in Bijapur

KCNA: "It is harmful to accept the prescription of the imperialists in settling disputes. Their prescription is aimed to paint themselves as 'peace champion' and fish in troubled waters."

KCNA: "If one side imposes its requirements upon the other side for the egoistic purpose, it is impossible to findkey to the solutions forever. One should not inveigle outside forces into the settlement of disputes. The parties concerned should be responsible for the disputes."

KCNA: "Rodong Sinmun Monday in an article underlines the important matters for putting an end to disputes among countries, political forces and tribal and religious sects in different parts of the world and ensuring peace and security."

Mount Agung's eruption continues; Bali airport operations 'normal'

China may slow pace of tourism cooperation with North Korea after U.S. protest

US Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Alice Wells said Pakistan needs to do more on Taliban and take decisive action

UN chief describes the plight of Rohingya refugees as 'a humanitarian and human rights nightmare'

DPRK reportedly has continued productions of Pukguksong-2 with increase in launchers