asia news

pakistan army says indian firing across loc kills another soldier al jazeera

casualties rise to six in last 24 hours says pakistan army adding that five indian soldiers were killed on thursday

an irishwoman’s attempt to assassinate mussolini is often overlooked in history irishtimes

the times we lived in published thursday april 8th 1926

recession doom, ‘first in line’ brexit britain and the ‘most powerful woman in media’ irishtimes

planet business it s not only thomas cook that s feeling the heat

why shouldn’t china assert itself globally? irishtimes

west will have to get used to rest of the world having the same ambitions as it

death toll from last week’s havana tornado rises to 6 apnews

havana ap cuban authorities say the death toll from a rare tornado that struck havana last week has risen to six after two injured victims died in hospital state media say health minister jose angel portal miranda told a meeting of government officials that two of the 13 injured people died on satur

texas man sentenced to 70 years in prison for branding woman apnews

weatherford texas ap a texas man has been sentenced to 70 years in prison after a jury convicted him of felony assault for heating up a belt buckle and using it to brand his

attorney: officials force-feeding immigrant on hunger strike apnews

el paso texas ap an attorney for an indian man seeking asylum in the u s says he has been force fed at a u s immigration and customs enforcement facility in texas as they approach their

federal appeals court grants texas inmate stay of execution apnews

houston ap a federal appeals court granted a stay of execution wednesday to a texas inmate just one day before he was scheduled to die for the fatal shooting of a 23 year old woman during a

cuba debuts modern chinese train as rail overhaul begins apnews

havana ap the first train using new equipment from china pulled out of havana saturday hauling excited passengers on the start of a 915 kilometer 516 mile journey to the eastern end of the

what’s an advanced russian warship doing in havana harbor? apnews

havana ap one of the russian navy s most advanced warships entered havana s harbor monday and docked at the port used until this month by u s cruise lines here are some questions and answers

mississippi woman charged with murder in fatal shooting apnews

tupelo miss ap a mississippi woman has been charged with murder in a fatal shooting tupelo police tell news outlets they arrested 30 year old ambra zinn on wednesday and also charged

slurs and slingshots: kashmiris allege abuse amid lockdown apnews

srinagar india ap farooq ahmed wani was driving home on his motorcycle with his 6 year old niece in indian controlled kashmir when they were stopped by paramilitary soldiers one of whom he

the latest: us unveils seizure warrant for iranian tanker apnews

madrid ap the latest on iranian supertanker at center of persian gulf tensions all times local 12 35 a m the u s government says it has a warrant to seize an oil tanker at the

china flexes muscle near hong kong amid more weekend rallies apnews

shenzhen china ap members of china s paramilitary people s armed police marched and practiced crowd control tactics at a sports complex in shenzhen across from hong kong in what some

hundreds defy restrictions, join protests in kashmir apnews

new delhi ap hundreds of people protested an unprecedented security crackdown and clashed with police friday in indian controlled kashmir as india s government said it was constantly