South Korea city wildfire fanned by strong winds, 300 residents evacuate homes April 10, 2023 at 07:38PM

A punch in the face for Xi caricature: Taiwan air force badge goes viral April 10, 2023 at 05:45PM

Taiwanese are rushing to buy patches being worn by their air force pilots that depict a Formosan black bear punching Winnie the Pooh - representing China's President Xi Jinping - as a defiant symbol of the island's resistance to Chinese war games.

Bomb targeting Pakistani police in SW kills 4, wounds 18 April 10, 2023 at 07:13AM

A roadside bomb targeting a police vehicle in volatile southwestern Pakistan on Monday killed at least four people and wounded 18 others, mostly civilian pedestrians, a government spokesperson said. The attack happened in Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province, said Babar Yousafzai, a spokesman for the provincial government. He said the dead included two police and two civilians.

Mutual funds invest Rs 1.82 lakh crore in equities in FY23 April 10, 2023 at 04:36AM

Indian mutual funds invested Rs 1.82 lakh crore in equities for 2022-23, demonstrating a bullish outlook largely due to interest from retail investors and market valuation corrections. Financial services held the largest allocation in mutual fund portfolios followed by IT, capital goods, auto, and healthcare. In contrast, debt funds saw outflows of over Rs 40,600 crore, primarily due to the Reserve Bank of India's monetary policy tightening.

'Ruler of a Gulf nation cautioned me of Gen Bajwa's conspiracy to oust my government': Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan April 10, 2023 at 03:28AM

A year after his ouster as the prime minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan on Monday said that he was cautioned by the ruler of a Gulf nation last year that the then Army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa was conspiring to topple his government. On Sunday, Khan, who is the chief of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), issued a white paper on the one-year performance of the PML-N-led coalition and termed it the worst in the country's history.

China ends Taiwan war games aimed at 'sealing off' island April 10, 2023 at 02:19AM

China declared it had "successfully completed" three days of war games around Taiwan on Monday, capping a show of force that saw it simulate targeted strikes and practise a blockade of the self-ruled island. Beijing's exercises were a response to Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen's meeting with US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy last week, an encounter it had warned would provoke strong countermeasures.

Avalanche kills 6, including mountain guides, in French Alps April 10, 2023 at 12:06AM

China's military drills around Taiwan: What we know April 09, 2023 at 11:09PM