An earthquake measuring 7.4 on the Richter scale has struck off Tonga in the South Pacific, but there have been no immediate reports of casualties or damage and no tsunami warning has been issued.

The head of the Astara branch of the Islamic Party of Azerbaijan (AIP), Ruhollah Azakhundzadeh, who has been detained over his support for the Islamic Hijab in the country, has been confirmed physically ill and in critical condition.

A bomb attack targeting security forces in southwestern Pakistan has left at least 12 people dead and nearly two dozen others wounded, police officials say.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has sent a high-level envoy to China in a bid to boost ties with the country's most important ally.

At least five people have been killed and 20 others wounded in a bomb attack in Afghanistan’s troubled eastern province of Ghazni, local media say.

New Delhi has vowed to increase its reconstruction aid to Kabul as Afghan President Hamid Karzai wraps up a three-day visit to India.

Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang has pledged to strengthen partnership with Pakistan, as he arrived in the country for a two-day visit.

Two powerful bomb explosions in war-torn Afghanistan have killed at least one civilian and injured several others, Press TV reports.

US-led foreign soldiers stationed in Afghanistan have shot and killed at least two seminary students in the war-torn country, Press TV reports.

A new report shows that US assassination drones in Pakistan have killed “scores of innocent civilians” instead of targeting terrorists.

A Myanmar court has handed down jail terms to at least seven Muslims in connection with recent violent clashes in the Southeast Asian country, judicial sources say.

US officials have identified China as the source of major cyber attacks on Google and Microsoft with the aim of gaining access to Washington’s sensitive database, a report says.

Two separate attacks have claimed the lives of at least 11 policemen in the troubled southern and western regions of Afghanistan, security sources say.

Pakistan’s Prime Minister-elect Nawaz Sharif has called for peace talks with the Taliban militants.

At least six Afghan policemen have been killed in a roadside bomb explosion in the country's western province of Herat.

US President Barack Obama has praised Myanmar President Thein Sein for leading his country toward political and economic reforms but expressed concern about the violence against Muslims in the country.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has expressed deep concern over North Korea's latest missile tests and says Moscow hopes that talks will soon resolve the crisis on the Korean Peninsula.

At least eight people have been killed and several others severely injured in a strike by a US killer drone in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Kapisa.

A Pakistani court in Rawalpindi has granted bail to former military ruler, Pervez Musharraf, in a case related to the murder of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.

US-led soldiers have kidnapped several Afghan civilians during a recent night raid in the troubled southern Afghanistan, local residents say.

Over a dozen people including a senior local Afghan official have died in a bomb explosion in Afghanistan’s northeastern province of Baghlan.

Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang says he will work to build up mutual trust and better ties between China and India.

Afghan lawmakers say President Hamid Karzai should not allow the country’s enemies to have any place in the presidential palace.

Several people are feared dead or injured after a huge explosion rocked a governor's compound in northern Afghanistan, Press TV reports.

An aircraft operated by the US-led NATO forces has made emergency landing in eastern Afghanistan Press TV reports.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said the United States can establish military bases in Afghanistan after the two sides sign US-Afghan bilateral security agreement.

The senior vice president of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party has been shot dead in Karachi.

At least one person has been killed and nine others injured when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Khost, Press TV reports.

South Korea says North Korea has fired three short-range missiles into its eastern waters amid tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

Four Afghan soldiers have been killed in a bomb attack in western Afghanistan while a district police chief has been shot dead in the same region, the government says.

The death toll from rainstorms that battered southern China this week has reached 55 with at least 14 others missing, Chinese authorities say.

Twin bomb explosions have killed at least nine people and injured dozens in the troubled southern Afghanistan, security sources say.

More than a dozen worshippers have been killed and many others wounded in bombings at two mosques in violence-wracked northwestern Pakistan, authorities say.

Hundreds of Pakistanis have taken to the streets of Islamabad in protest against the Israeli regime on the 65th anniversary of the Nakba Day, Press TV reports.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai will visit India to hold talks with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over enhanced defense cooperation between the two countries, says Afghanistan’s envoy to New Delhi.

A senior Taliban commander has been killed in a joint military operation by Afghan security forces and US-led forces in Afghanistan’s northern province of Balkh.

At least 33 people have lost their lives and some 12 others are missing as rain and hailstorms struck southern parts of China, officials say.

A powerful bomb explosion has ripped through a US military convoy in Kabul, killing at least six US-led soldiers and several Afghan civilians.

South Korea has criticized Japan over a visit to North Korea by a senior Japanese official, saying the move has undermined the ‘united front required to deal’ with Pyongyang.

Gunmen in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal region near the Afghan border have attacked a NATO truck transporting goods for the foreign forces in Afghanistan, killing the driver and wounding another person on the truck, Press TV reports.