India will expel a Pakistani visa official for “espionage activities”, the foreign ministry said Thursday, with tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbors already running high. India’s foreign secretary Subrahmanyam Jaishankar summoned Pakistan’s high commissioner to inform him of the decision to expel the consular official, who was briefly detained on Wednesday. ...
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte said Wednesday he wants US troops out of his country in the next two years and is willing to scrap defense pacts with longtime ally Washington if necessary. The remarks during a high-profile visit to Japan follow a series of anti-American tirades by the firebrand leader. ...
