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. ....

A Sikh man was injured when a masked gunman opened fire at him in front of his house in Washington after telling him "Go back to your own country." ....

At least eight civilians were killed and 20 others injured after a vehicle touched off a roadside bomb in the country's western province, a local official said on Saturday. ....

With the nation still in shock from the killing of an Indian engineer last week, an Indian-origin businessman was shot dead outside his home in Lancaster, South Carolina, on Thursday night. ....

An Afghan lawmaker was injured on Saturday after unidentified gunmen opened fire at his vehicle in Kandahar city, police said. ....

At least four people were killed and thousands others displaced due to floods and landslides in Indonesia's West Sumatra province, a disaster agency official said on Saturday. ....

During a high-level meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday, senior civil and military officials of Pakistan unanimously resolved that "Operation Raddul Fasaad" would continue till the "set targets" are achieved. ....

An Indian-American man has been sentenced to nine years in federal prison for a multi-million dollar fraud scheme. ....