Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning says Beijing would protect its rights and interests after US President Donald Trump threatened to impose an additional 25-percent tariff on countries doing business with Iran.

Forty-five pilgrims from the city of Hyderabad in south-central India are killed in a devastating bus accident near the holy city of Madinah in Saudi Arabia.

People on Thailand’s popular southern islands express growing frustration over insulting and controversial behavior of Israeli tourists.

Japan says it will make its energy import decisions based on its national interest, amid mounting pressure from the US to halt purchasing Russian oil and gas.

Pakistan and Afghanistan agree to an “immediate ceasefire” following negotiations in Doha, Qatar’s foreign ministry announces.

Fierce overnight clashes reportedly erupt along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.

North Korea's head of state inspects a newly commissioned 5,000-ton destroyer, hailing it as a symbol of the country’s growing naval strength.