Rescue teams were in the final stages of clearing the wreckage of a five-storey building that collapsed in Pakistan's mega city of Karachi killing 27 people, officials said Sunday

Rescue teams in Pakistan worked in searing heat and humidity yesterday to recover residents trapped under the rubble of a building that collapsed, killing 16 people.

A five-storey building collapse in Pakistan yesterday killed at least six people and left six injured, police said, with rescuers searching through the rubble for trapped victims.

China said yesterday that the US has eased certain export restrictions in line with a “hard-won” framework reached at talks last month, warning against “blackmail and coercion”.

China gave Islamabad “live inputs” on key Indian positions during Pakistan’s conflict with its neighbour in May, the deputy chief of India’s army said yesterday, calling for urgent upgrades to the country’s air defence systems.

Pakistan’s army said yesterday it had killed 30 militants attempting to cross the border from Afghanistan over the last three days, after a suicide attack killed 16 soldiers in the same region.

An escaped pet lion chased a woman and two children down a busy street in Pakistan’s Lahore, police said yesterday, with dramatic footage showing the big cat leaping a wall before pouncing on them.

As of Friday evening, 30 people were still missing

Russia said on Thursday it had accepted the credentials of a new ambassador of Afghanistan, making it the first nation to recognise the Taliban government of the country.

South Korea’s President Lee Jae Myung said Thursday his administration was doing its “utmost” to secure a trade deal with the United States ahead of President Donald Trump’s deadline next week for imposing fresh country specific levies.

Thailand saw its third person helming prime minister’s office in a week yesterday, as the king swore in a new cabinet.

China firmly supports establishing a Southeast Asia nuclear weapon free zone and has made clear its willingness to take the lead in signing the treaty, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said yesterday.

The new cabinet approved Phumtham's role as acting prime minister at its first meeting

Beijing's commerce ministry said it had "always firmly opposed" US tariffs

Thailand's king is scheduled Thursday to swear in a new cabinet in a reshuffle that will see a third person in a week take on the role as the country's prime minister

The crash near the town of Ayer Hitam, some 250 kilometres (156 miles) southeast of the capital Kuala Lumpur

The vessel carrying 65 passengers sank before midnight on Wednesday

An explosion in northwest Pakistan yesterday killed at least four local government officials and police officers, a police official told AFP.

A remote island chain in southern Japan has been shaken by more than 900 quakes in the last two weeks, the weather agency said yesterday, with residents saying they were unable to sleep.

Since January, 691,049 people have returned, 70 percent of whom were forcibly sent back