Some senior teachers at the University of Peshawar were asking girl students to become friendly with them or face failure in examinations, a lawmaker has said.

The chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff arrived in Islamabad on Wednesday for talks with Pakistan's top general expected to address concerns over official links with militants in the region.

Five people were killed on Wednesday in Pakistan’s biggest city in the fresh wave of violence and target killings and the paramilitary forces asked for more resources and a free hand to tackle the situation.

Israel has charged a Palestinian-born dual Australian-Jordanian citizen with links to Hamas after arresting the man as he tried to enter the country through Ben Gurion Airport.

Pakistan's military on Tuesday said it had successfully test-fired a newly developed short-range ballistic missile capable of carrying nuclear warheads.

China hit back on Tuesday at US criticism of its handling of unrest at a major Tibetan Buddhist monastery that prompted the Dalai Lama to warn of "catastrophic consequences" if the situation worsened.

At least 18 people were killed and 155 injured in South China as hailstones, cloudburst and strong wind ravaged the region, the state media said on Monday.

Indonesian police on Monday identified a suicide bomber who blew himself up and wounded 30 people at a Muslim on Friday prayer as a man on a police wanted list over previous attacks.

Sri Lanka's main Tamil political party on Monday hailed a leaked UN report which called for an international war crimes probe into the island's political and military leadership.

Regulators launched an inquiry on Monday into South Korea's largest banking network after a suspected cyber-attack left many customers unable to access their money for three days.