‘No Haqqani network sanctuaries in Pakistan’
September 18, 2011
The Haqqani network, one of the most feared insurgent groups in Afghanistan, would take part in peace talks with the Kabul government and the United States only if the Taliban did, its leader Sirajuddin Haqqani told Reuters on Saturday.
Japan names new trade minister
September 12, 2011
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has appointed Yukio Edano as trade minister, reports say, after the abrupt resignation of the previous incumbent.
Twin bomb blasts kill 13, wounds 28 in SW Pakistan
September 7, 2011
A car bomb followed by a suicide attack targeting security forces killed 13 people and wounded 28 others in Pakistan’s southwestern city of Quetta, according to police.
Rahul Gandhi an ‘empty suit’, says US cable
September 6, 2011
Rahul Gandhi, tipped to be India’s next prime minister, was regarded as an “an empty suit” when he was given his first major political post four years ago, according to a leaked US diplomatic cable.
Japanese MPs to choose next prime minister
August 29, 2011
Japan’s governing Democratic Party is voting for the country’s sixth new prime minister in just five years.
Baghdad mosque attack kills 27, MP
August 29, 2011
An elderly bandage-swathed suicide bomber blew himself up in Baghdad’s biggest Sunni mosque, killing an MP and at least 27 others in an attack that was blamed on Al-Qaeda on Monday.
Japan PM Naoto Kan announces resignation amid criticism
August 27, 2011
Japan’s beleaguered Prime Minister Naoto Kan has announced his resignation, clearing the way for the country’s sixth leader in five years.
26 miners missing in China mine flood
August 25, 2011
Twenty-six miners have been trapped for two days in a flooded coal mine in northeastern China.
Aung San Suu Kyi meets Burma president
August 20, 2011
Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has met the country’s new leader, President Thein Sein, for the first time.
33 killed in Karachi violence
August 18, 2011
A wave of violence killed 33 people in the last 24 hours in Pakistan’s largest city, with many of the victims tortured, shot and stuffed in sacks that were dumped on the streets, officials said Thursday.