South Asia

KABUL (Reuters) - The United Nations rights envoy in Afghanistan said on Thursday the country faces "severe" human rights challenges...

CAIRO (Reuters) - Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif, the militant group...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's foreign ministry said on Wednesday a U.S.-backed economic plan for Asia seeks to decouple countries from...

KABUL (Reuters) -The Taliban will sign an agreement with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on operating airports in Afghanistan, the...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Leaders of the Quad grouping of countries, including India's Narendra Modi, shared concerns over the situation in...

(Reuters) - China and Russia's air forces conducted a joint aerial patrol on Tuesday over the Sea of Japan, East...

GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) - Flash floods and landslides in India's northeast Assam state killed at least 25 people and displaced...

TOKYO (Reuters) -New Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Tuesday his goals were aligned with the priorities of the...

TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Tuesday there had been no change to the policy of strategic...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Tuesday "strong views" were expressed on Russia in a meeting...

TOKYO (Reuters) - The crisis in Ukraine is a global issue, not a regional one, U.S. President Joe Biden said...

By Syed Raza Hassan KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan’s opposition leader and former prime minister Imran Khan on Sunday announced...

BERLIN (Reuters) -Seizing Russian state assets to help finance the rebuilding of war-torn Ukraine remains a possibility, German Finance Minister...

(Reuters) - China wants to expand the group of emerging economies known as BRICS, in the first shake up of...

By Mohammad Yunus Yawar KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have asked television broadcasters to ensure that female presenters...

By Saurabh Sharma LUCKNOW,India (Reuters) - Members of hardline Hindu groups filed petitions in a court in northern India to...

By Mohammad Yunus Yawar and Saud Mehsud KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban in Afghanistan have mediated a temporary ceasefire between...

By Gul Yousafzai QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Hundreds of protesters blocked a highway in Pakistan for second day on Tuesday...

By Mohammad Yunus Yawar KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban authorities in Afghanistan dissolved five key departments of the former U.S.-backed government,...

By Saurabh Sharma LUCKNOW,India (Reuters) -A court on Monday banned large Muslim prayer gatherings in one of north India's highest-profile...