Asia

Abu Muhsin al-Masri, believed to be al-Qaeda’s second-in-command, was on FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorists List.

Fifty-seven others wounded in blast at educational centre in an area home to many from the Shia community.

Four policemen were wounded, Ghazni police spokesman said, blaming the Taliban for the attack.

The 61-year-old suffered a heart attack but is now in a stable condition, hospital says.

Financial Action Task Force praises Pakistan for progress, but decides to keep it on its watch list.

Beijing says Washington acting with ‘Cold War mentality’ after US official asks Sri Lanka to make ‘difficult choices’.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo hopes ‘right path forward’ can be found as fighting intensifies.

Sanjida Islam’s viral photoshoot – dressed for her wedding and holding a cricket bat – triggers praise and criticism.

Mixed reactions as US president calls air in India and China ‘filthy’ during the second and final presidential debate.

Humanitarian assistance will help nearly a million refugees, but scant progress being made on safe return to Myanmar.

Findings of India study, one of first clinical trials to investigate the efficacy of convalescent plasma, are a setback.

Legislators approve a constitutional amendment that will concentrate power in the president’s hands.

Ilham Aliyev also said he was not against the introduction of observers and peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh.

More than 116,000 infants in India and 236,000 in sub-Saharan Africa died from air pollution in the first month of life.