Five Pakistani soldiers were killed in an attack on three border posts along the Afghanistan border, the army announced on Monday. ....

North Korea on Monday test-fired four ballistic missiles into into the Sea of Japan, Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) announced. ....

Beleaguered French politician Francois Fillon on Sunday declared "no one can stop" his bid for the presidency after a mass rally attended by thousands in Paris. ....

The US embassy here on Sunday condemned the attack on a Sikh man who was injured in firing by a gunman in Washington. ....

Brazilian Serie A football club Gremio have signed veteran Argentine forward Gaston Fernandez as they bolster their squad for this year's Copa Libertadores. ....

Government employees have to be in office by 9.30 a.m., says new Nagaland Chief Minister Shurhozelie Liezietsu. ....

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has expressed pain over the killing of an Indian-origin businessman killed in South Carolina in the US. ....

At least seven police personnel were killed when Taliban militants attacked a security checkpoint in Afghanistan's Kunduz province on Sunday, police said. ....

The Russian government is coming under pressure to ban Disneys live-action movie "Beauty and the Beast" for allegedly contravening a 2013 law that prohibits "gay propaganda" aimed at children. ....

China has set its GDP growth target at around 6.5 per cent for 2017, compared with a target range of 6.5-7 per cent last year, a government report revealed on Sunday. ....