A Pakistan court declined yesterday to cancel an arrest warrant for former prime minister Imran Khan, one of his lawyers said, as hundreds of his supporters held a vigil at his home and vowed to stop police from detaining him.

A Pakistan court yesterday ordered police to suspend an operation to arrest former Prime Minister Imran Khan, bringing a halt to pitched battles in which police baton-charged supporters of the former cricketer and fired water cannon and tear gas.

Sri Lanka deployed armed troops as trade unions crippled hospitals, ports and banks yesterday to protest against high income taxes imposed as a precondition for a crucial IMF bailout.

Pakistani security forces withdrew from around Imran Khan's home on Wednesday, putting a halt to clashes that had erupted after police tried to arrest the former prime minister for not showing up in a case against him related to selling state gifts.

The stalemate between PTI supporters and security personnel continued for a second consecutive day today as the police and Rangers made a fresh attempt to arrest the former premier in connection with the Toshkhana case

Pakistan riot police yesterday used water cannon and tear gas to push back supporters of former prime minister Imran Khan who have gathered outside his house to prevent officers from arresting him.

A blast hit a cultural centre during an event for journalists in northern Afghanistan yesterday, killing at least one security guard and wounding eight, according to authorities and journalists, a few days after the province’s governor died in an explosion claimed by Islamic State.

A blast hit a cultural centre during an event for journalists in northern Afghanistan on Saturday, killing at least one person and wounding eight, according to authorities and journalists, a few days after the province's governor died in an explosion claimed by Islamic State

Amid a bitter crisis in its ruling coalition, Nepal yesterday elected a social democrat as its third president since the Himalayan nation ended a centuries-old monarchy.

Pakistani police lobbed tear gas shells and baton-charged supporters of former prime minister Imran Khan in clashes which injured several on both sides yesterday, a government minister and his party said.

A suicide bomber killed nine police officers and wounded 16 others yesterday in an attack on their truck in southwestern Pakistan, officials said.

"The suicide bomber was riding a motorbike and hit the truck from behind"

It is the third ban on broadcasting and rebroadcasting of Khan's speeches and press talks on all satellite TV channels

North Korea’s foreign ministry called on the United Nations to urge a halt to joint military drills by Seoul and Washington, state media reported yesterday.

Police in Pakistan said officers attempted on Sunday to arrest former prime minister Imran Khan, who is battling several legal cases as he pressures the government for early elections

Sri Lanka’s top court yesterday ordered the government to proceed with a delayed local election, overruling President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who said the country was too broke to pay for it.

The world cannot recover from a spate of crises if its poorest nations are forgotten, the UN envoy for the least developed countries told AFP ahead of a key summit

Sri Lankan workers went on strike yesterday in defiance of a government ban to protest a rescue plan for the bankrupt island nation, forcing the closure of hospitals, banks and ports.

Taliban forces killed a top Islamic State commander who allegedly planned attacks against diplomatic missions in Afghanistan’s capital, a government official said.

Sri Lanka’s government said yesterday it was banning strikes in several key sectors, a day ahead of a planned one-day national stoppage called by unions to protest against painfully high taxes and utility bills.