Authorities say heavy rains swept through Pakistan's northwest, causing several houses to collapse and leaving at least 25 people dead and 145 wounded.
China and Russia will again hold joint military war games this year, top generals from each side confirmed in a virtual meeting Friday, according to China’s defense ministry.
A bomb explosion ripped through a memorial ceremony for the deputy governor of Afghanistan’s northeastern Badakhshan Province, a Taliban official has confirmed. A health official has said at least 15 people were killed and 50 others were injured in the blast.
The Pakistani army has vowed to punish the “planners” of the violence that erupted last month after former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s brief arrest in a corruption case led to widespread demonstrations.
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is optimistic Islamabad will be able to finalise a critical loan deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in June.
The deputy governor of Badakhshan Province in northern Afghanistan was killed in a car bomb attack on Tuesday, a spokesperson for the province has confirmed. The region’s police chief was killed in a similar attack claimed by an affiliate of Daesh group months ago.
Pakistan’s embattled former Prime Minister Imran Khan has accused the military and its intelligence agency of openly trying to destroy his political party. Khan also stated that he has “no doubt” he will be tried in a military court and thrown into jail.
The death toll from the collision of two Indian passenger trains in Odisha State has surged to 288 and more than 850 are injured, a state government official confirmed on Saturday. The rail accident is said to be the country's deadliest in more than two decades.
President of Pakistan's Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, Chaudhry Pervez Elahi, has been detained in the eastern city of Lahore on charges of corruption, officials have confirmed.
An Australian court has found that war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith who was awarded the Victoria Cross for bravery, probably killed unarmed civilians in Afghanistan. According to media reports, Roberts-Smith, now 44, had murdered at least six unarmed Afghan civilians when he was a member of the Special Air Service Regiment (SAS) in Afghanistan.
Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani held secret talks with leader of the Taliban Haibatullah Akhunzada this month on resolving the ruling Taliban's tension with the international community, a source briefed on the meeting has revealed.
Severe food shortage is likely to grow in 18 "hunger hotspots" in 22 countries further in 2023, according to a report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Food Programme published on Monday.
Pakistan’s government has restricted former Prime Minister Imran Khan, his wife and hundreds of leaders and members of his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party from travelling abroad amid a PTI standoff with the country’s military, officials have confirmed.
Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif stated that Islamabad is considering banning former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party for attacking the state, a decision likely to enrage his supporters and exacerbate his confrontation with the military establishment.
Beijing is reportedly in talks with Saudi Arabia and Egypt to sell the two Arab states a variety of new arms, including the Chengdu J-10C, the fighter jet that forms the backbone of the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF).
Chinese President Xi Jinping has said at a meeting with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin that Beijing and Moscow should increase the level of economic, trade and investment cooperation, according to the Chinese state media reports.
Trade between Moscow and Beijing is expected to hit a new record level of $200 billion this year, said Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin during a trip to China. The remarks came as Moscow faces growing isolation from the West over the Ukraine war.
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has arrived in China on an official visit during which he will meet President Xi Jinping and sign a series of deals on infrastructure and trade.
The Taliban defense ministry says Iran and Afghanistan concluded the talks between their military delegations with an emphasis on the international and border obligations of both sides in line with the interests of the two countries.
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has stated that he does not “have a problem” with the country’s army chief but accused Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir of trying to stop him from returning to power.
Russia and China have expressed "strong dissatisfaction" with the final statement issued at the end of the Group of Seven (G7) summit in the Japanese city of Hiroshima over such issues as those related to the Ukraine war and the South China Sea.
A police officer tasked with protecting a private school for girls in northwestern Pakistan has opened fire at a bus carrying teachers and students, killing an 8-year-old girl and injuring five others, officials have confirmed.
Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan has called for “freedom” protests nationwide after his dramatic arrest on Tuesday triggered deadly demonstrations across the South Asian nation.
Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan was granted a two-week bail by Islamabad High Court on Friday. The order came after the Supreme Court ruled his arrest "invalid and unlawful".
