Pakistani rescuers scoured the waters around the presumed crash site of a Boeing cargo plane on Wednesday, hours after it lost contact with air traffic control on its way to Karachi with five crew members on board, Pakistan authorities said. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif directed authorities
Iran's slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was buried in the country's holiest shrine, state media said early on Friday, after huge crowds gathered for his funeral with his son and successor Mojtaba Khamenei still hidden from public view. The burial in Mashhad in northeast Iran follows a
Tanzanian police have arrested 130 people for "inciting criminal acts", they said on Thursday, as part of efforts to contain dissent after a ban on all political rallies. Police said in a statement that they were working to track down other suspects. Before the ban on rallies, announced by the in
At least 28 people were killed in a fire at a shoe factory in southeastern China on Thursday, state-run Xinhua news agency reported, after flames engulfed the multi-storey building, trapping workers on the rooftop. The fire broke out around noon local time (0400 GMT) in the city of Jinjiang in Fuj
Mark Carney, making the first visit to Saudi Arabia by a Canadian prime minister for 26 years, on Thursday said the two nations were well-placed to deepen mining and energy ties. Carney, who says U.S. tariffs on key exports mean Canada must diversify its trade, has made a series of
