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Turkey's Erdogan ready for snap polls gamble Bruised by one of the worst setbacks of his political career, Turkey's pugnacious President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is ready to play the card of calling snap polls in a high-stakes gamble that could yet backfire.

07 August 2015

Powerful car bomb kills seven, wounds dozens in Kabul A powerful car bomb in Kabul early Friday killed at least seven people and wounded dozens of others.

07 August 2015

Japan's Hiroshima ceremonies 'scheming': Chinese media A Chinese newspaper with close ties to the ruling Communist Party slammed Japan for commemorating the atomic bombing of Hiroshima without highlighting its own wartime aggression.

06 August 2015

Netanyahu implores US Jews to oppose Iran deal Benjamin Netanyahu personally called on US Jewish groups to thwart a White House-backed Iran nuclear deal.

05 August 2015

UN chief seeks urgent funding for Palestinian refugees UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon raised alarm over a $100 million shortfall in funding for the UN aid agency for Palestinian refugees and called for urgent donations.

05 August 2015

Turkey vows 'whatever necessary' in fight against militants President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to do "whatever necessary" in Turkey's controversial fight against Kurdish militants, with no end in sight to a two-week cycle of violence.

04 August 2015

Afghanistan says gatherings mourning Mullah Omar 'legitimate target' Afghanistan's spy agency banned all mourning ceremonies for deceased Taliban leader Mullah Omar.

04 August 2015

Israel president threatened over 'Jewish terrorism' comment Police have opened an investigation into online threats against Israel's president following his condemnation of "Jewish terrorism" after a firebombing killed a Palestinian child.

04 August 2015

Teen stabbed at Jerusalem Gay Pride march dies: hospital A teenage girl stabbed along with five other people at a Jerusalem Gay Pride march by a suspect identified as an ultra-Orthodox Jew died of her wounds.

03 August 2015

Crowds cheer Bangladesh-India land swap after 70 years in limbo Jubilant crowds celebrated Saturday as Bangladesh and India swapped tiny islands of land, ending one of the world's most intractable border disputes.

01 August 2015

Australia says 'confident' searching in right area for MH370 Australia said it was confident the search for MH370 was being conducted in the right area with aircraft wreckage being washed to La Reunion consistent with currents from the zone they are scouring.

31 July 2015

Bangladesh, India exchange land islands in historic deal Bangladesh and India prepared to swap tiny islands of land, ending one of the world's most intractable border disputes.

31 July 2015

Hundreds protest in Taipei after student suicide Hundreds of protesters gathered in Taipei early calling for the education minister to resign after a student committed suicide.

31 July 2015

6 stabbed as assailant repeats Gay Pride attack in Jerusalem: police An ultra-Orthodox Jew stabbed six Gay Pride marchers in Jerusalem, in a repeat of a 2005 attack for which he served 10 years behind bars.

31 July 2015

Australia PM slams 'outrageous' Russian MH17 veto Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Thursday Russia's "outrageous" veto of a UN resolution to establish a special tribunal to try those who shot down flight MH17ю

30 July 2015

'As a woman, be quiet!' Turkish deputy PM in new sexism row Turkey's deputy prime minister on Wednesday ignited a new row over discrimination against women in Turkish politics when he told a female deputy "as a woman, be quiet!".

30 July 2015

Turkey's Erdogan in China for talks amid Uighur strains Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan headed for China Wednesday having secured NATO's backing for Ankara's fight against Islamic State militants.

29 July 2015

Netanyahu 'looking forward' to US release of spy Pollard Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed news of the impending release of Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard after 30 years in a US prison.

29 July 2015

Rains, floods kill 81 in Pakistan: disaster agency Torrential rains and flooding have killed 81 people in Pakistan over the past two weeks and affected almost 300,000, the disaster management agency said Tuesday, warning of more bad weather to come.

29 July 2015

PKK 'never respected' peace process: Turkey Turkey's foreign minister said that Kurdish rebels "never respected" the peace process with Ankara, with a ceasefire now in tatters after a series of attacks and cross-border offensives.

28 July 2015

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