Abe faces more questions over cherry blossom party

Japan's opposition camp plans to continue grilling Prime Minister Shinzo Abe over his annual cherry blossom-viewing party. They say Abe is using a publicly funded event for his own interests.
Afghan forces kill 13 insurgents in northern province
Units of Afghan Special Force have killed 13 armed militants during overnight operations against Taliban outfit in Dand-e-Ghori area -------
Turkey begins deportation of ISIL militants
Turkey says it has started repatriating foreign members of the Islamic State militant group whom it has kept in custody.
Air raids kill 7 civilians in Afghanistan's eastern Paktia province: official
Air raids claimed the lives of seven civilians in Aryub Zazai district of Afghanistan's eastern Paktia province on Monday, district governor Ezatullah Khan said Tuesday.
Bangladesh head-on train crash leaves 12 dead, 28 injured: police
At least 12 people were killed and 28 others injured in a collision between two passenger trains in Bangladesh's Brahmanbaria district, some 109 km northeast of capital Dhaka, police said.
Four armed separatists arrested over murder of Cameroonian army officer
Four armed separatists suspected of murdering an officer of the Cameroon armed forces were captured on Monday in Muyuka, a locality in the troubled English-speaking region of Southwest, according to the army.
Car bomb kills 8 people in northern Syria
Turkey's Defense Ministry says a car bomb has killed eight people and wounded at least 20 others in a town in northern Syria, which Turkish troops captured.