ISLAMABAD -- At least four people were killed and 24 others injured when a blast hit a convoy of a political party leader in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Friday, local reports said.
The political party leader, Akram Khan Durrani, was on his way to attend a public gathering when his convoy came under attack in Bannu area of the province, Dunya News said. (Pakistan-Blast)
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SHIBERGHAN, Afghanistan -- More than 90 insurgents from both the Taliban and Islamic State (IS) group have been killed as clash erupted between the rival groups in the northern Jawzjan province, an army spokesman in the northern region, Mohammad Hanif Rezai, said Friday.
"Up to 93 militants from both the Taliban and IS outfit have been killed as clash erupted between the rival groups in Qush Tipa district of Jawzjan province on Thursday and fighting has been continuing," Rezai told Xinhua. (Afghanistan-IS-Clash)
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TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday pledged to offer extra funds for the areas devastated by floods and landslides after torrential rains hit western Japan one week ago, killing more than 200 people and leaving dozens missing.
From the state budgets' reserve funds, the government has already said it would provide 2 billion yen (about 18 million U.S. dollars) to help deal with the disaster's aftereffects. (Japan-Floods)
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COLOMBO -- Over 27,000 people have been infected with dengue from January to July this year with capital Colombo reporting the highest number of infected patients, statistics from the Epidemiology Unit showed here Friday.
So far in July, 1,309 patients have been diagnosed with dengue from across the island while 5,114 patients were reported last month. (Sri Lanka-Dengue)
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NEW DELHI -- The state-owned Indian Railways has for the first time launched a bridge management system to keep track of its 150,000 bridges across the country.
Indian Railway Minister Piyush Goyal launched the system in the Indian capital Thursday. (India-Railway)
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SEOUL -- South Korea's finance ministry on Friday expressed its worry about economic uncertainties amid the U.S. protectionist moves that would weaken global trade.
The ministry said in its monthly economic report, called Green Book, that the South Korean economy maintained a recovery momentum as seen in the industrial production, which continued to grow for two months in a row. (S.Korea-Trade) Enditem
