Police yesterday fired teargas to scatter hundreds of anti-government protesters heading for Islamabad, the Pakistani capital, after a court cleared the way for opposition politician Imran Khan to hold a mass protest this week, media reported.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday praised India’s first home minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, saying he played a great role in uniting the country after Independence.

The capital city’s air quality has steadily worsened over the years, a consequence of rapid urbanisation that brings pollution from diesel engines, coal-fired power plants and industrial emissions

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed concern over the death of an Indian-origin bus driver killed by an incendiary device thrown into his bus in Brisbane, Australia, last week.

Thailand is making preparations for Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn to ascend the throne on Dec 1, two senior military sources with knowledge of the matter said.

Four Indonesian fishermen had an emotional reunion with their families yesterday after returning home following a kidnap ordeal at the hands of Somali pirates, recalling the horrors they endured.

Around 220 African migrants forced their way through a fence between Morocco and the tiny Spanish enclave of Ceuta yesterday, clashing with police in an incident that injured 35, officials said.

Pope Francis recognised yesterday the positive aspects of the Reformation sparked by Martin Luther in a further gesture of reconciliation to Lutherans, who split with Rome 500 years ago.

French riot police swooped on an illegal migrant camp in northeastern Paris just after dawn yesterday, sparking a brief stand-off at a site where numbers have soared since the closure of the “Jungle” camp in the northern port city of Calais.

The last makeshift structures of the former migrant camp known as the “Jungle” near the northern French port city of Calais were razed yesterday, regional authorities said.

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has again warned the faithful to be wary of people posing as priests and offering their services in exchange for money, as Filipinos begin flocking to cemeteries to pay respects to the dead.

The Philippines and China have reached a “friendly” understanding allowing Filipinos to fish around a disputed shoal seized by Beijing in 2012, a senior aide to President Rodrigo Duterte said yesterday.