Pakistani troops killed seven militants in clashes near the Afghan border while Taliban rebels slaughtered an alleged spy, officials said Sunday. [Read more]

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Sri Lanka’s ruling party swept two local councils in an election seen as a referendum on the administration’s war against Tamil rebels, results showed on Sunday. [Read more]

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Lawmakers from party of slain former Pakistan premier Benazir Bhutto on Friday unanimously nominated her widower, Asif Ali Zardari, to run for president, a government minister said. [Read more]

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Pakistan’s election commission says lawmakers will elect the country’s new president on September 6. [Read more]

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Hong Kong issued its highest storm warning in five years Friday as Typhoon Nuri brought hurricane-force winds and heavy rain, halting trade on financial markets and shutting down most of the city. [Read more]

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Pakistani troops Friday killed 21 militants, including two suicide attackers, in clashes near the Afghan border, a day after a bombing killed 64 people at an arms factory, officials said. [Read more]

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Sri Lankan war planes pounded a Tamil Tiger supply facility in the embattled northern region Friday, while renewed infantry clashes killed 24 rebels and four soldiers, the military said. [Read more]

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The US-led coalition says its troops have killed 30 Taliban militants in a clash in western Afghanistan. [Read more]

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Russia was set to withdraw its forces from Georgia on Friday, amid a deepening crisis in its relations with the West over its brutal invasion and occupation of the former Soviet republic. [Read more]

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A Spanish tourist jet carrying 173 people careered off a Madrid airport runway and broke up in flames on Wednesday, killing at least 45 people and injuring dozens, officials said. [Read more]

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