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Pakistan says attacks by militant kills 6 soldiers

  PESHAWAR / AP Militants attacked several Pakistani military posts in tribal regions along the Afghan border, killing six soldiers, the army said on Monday. Pakistani troops repulsed the attackers, who had crossed overnight from Afghanistan into the Mohmand tribal region where three military posts were ambushed, the army statement said. It added that 10 of the attackers were believed ...

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Malaysia protecting its ‘dignity’ in expelling NK envoy

  KUALA LUMPUR / AP Malaysia is protecting its “sovereignty and dignity” by expelling the North Korean ambassador, the prime minister said on Monday, as relations between the countries unraveled further over the poisoning of Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half brother of North Korea’s leader. North Korea announced shortly before the deadline for its ambassador to leave Malaysia on ...

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Kremlin: Trump’s wiretap claim purely a ‘domestic issue’

  MOSCOW / AP Claims by President Donald Trump that his phones were wiretapped by his predecessor, Barack Obama, during the 2016 election campaign are a purely domestic matter for the United States, the spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday. The claim came amid revelations about contacts between Trump aides and Russia’s ambassador to the U.S., both ...

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