India today said that it has no hegemonic desires in Afghanistan and the role it has been playing in the country is only to help the people of Afghanistan in the best possible manner. Talking to media persons on board his special aircraft, on way to Uzbekistan, Vice president Mohammad Hamid Ans...
In China, a blast at an explosives plant has left 13 people dead and 20 missing, State media said efforts are on to reach out to the missing amidst clean-up efforts.Safety standards are frequently flouted in China, and workplace accidents remain common despite repeated pledges by the gove...
Reports from Iraq say that more than 20 peoplehave been killed in fresh bomb attacks. Shia mosques were targeted overnight in the central city of Hilla. In the north of the country, two car bombs hit the town of Tuz Khurmato and a cattle market was bombed in Kirkuk. A suicide bomber attacked an arm...