A bomb exploded at a market on Saturday in a mainly Shiite area of Pakistan’s northwestern tribal belt, killing at least 20 people and wounding 40 others, officials said. The bomb detonated in a crowded vegetable market in Parachinar city, the capital of Kurram tribal district on the Afghan border. ...
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday pledged to boost ties with Donald Trump’s new administration, ahead of the US president-elect’s inauguration later in the day. “In the past, present and from now on, the Japan-US alliance has been the cornerstone of our diplomacy and security policy,” Abe said in ...