A suspected mastermind of a 2009 attack on the Pakistan army headquarters near the capital Islamabad has been killed in a security forces operation in northwest Pakistan, local media reported Wednesday. Local TV channel Express News, quoting an unnamed senior security official, reported that Akbar Ali, a senior Pakistani Taliban ...
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte declared his “separation” from longstanding ally the United States during a visit to China on Thursday. “I announce my separation from the United States,” he said to applause at a meeting in Beijing.
