ISLAMABAD -- At least seven people, including five children, were killed and several others injured when the roof of a private academy collapsed in Pakistan's eastern Punjab province on Saturday, police said.
The incident happened in Hafizabad district of the province, the district's police chief Atif Nazir Kadhar told the media, adding that the woman who ran the academy and her son were also among the deceased. (Pakistan-Roof Collapse)
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KABUL -- A senior Afghan official has slammed recent remarks of U.S. President Donald Trump on recapturing Bagram airbase in postwar Afghanistan, saying Afghans never accept foreign military presence in their country, reported the state-run Radio and Television of Afghanistan (RTA) on Friday.
"Afghans have never accepted foreign military presence in their land throughout history. Afghanistan and America need engagement on economic and political relations based on bilateral respect and common interests," the state-owned media outlet cited Jalali, a senior diplomat with the foreign ministry, as saying. (Afghanistan-U.S.-Bagram Airbase)
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KUALA LUMPUR -- Efforts to integrate China and countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have received a boost through a strategic air cargo partnership between Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) and Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport (CGO).
The partnership is designed to expand cargo connectivity across Asia, positioning KLIA and CGO as leading regional hubs while creating new opportunities to accelerate regional economic growth under the Belt and Road Initiative's 'Air Silk Road,' participants at the Zhengzhou-Kuala Lumpur "Air Silk Road" Forum for International Cooperation said on Thursday. (Malaysia-China-Aviation Sector)
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HONG KONG -- The Hong Kong Police Force on Saturday morning defused the unexploded World War II bomb discovered at a construction site in the Eastern District, according to a police briefing.
The Police said that the site and its surroundings are now safe enough for evacuated residents to return, and all blocked roads had been reopened. (Hong Kong-Bomb) ■
