Sixteen Chinese policemen have been killed in an attack on a border post in the restive Muslim region of Xinjiang, state media say.
Two attackers reportedly drove up to the post in a rubbish truck and threw two grenades, before moving in to attack the policemen with knives.
The attack came four days before the opening ceremony […]

Hamid Karzai’s office had expressed concern at allegations raised in April that nuclear waste had been buried in the provinces of Helmand and Kandahar.
An Afghan minister told the BBC he had evidence nuclear waste was buried there. Pakistan denied the accusations.
Parliamentary affairs minister Faruq Wardag later withdrew his comments.
Tense relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan further […]