Myanmar overtakes Afghanistan as top illicit opium source; NCB flags India riskMyanmar has become the world's top source of illicit opium, surpassing Afghanistan due to its ongoing civil war and economic crisis. This s...
Afghanistan's Taliban government imposes smartphone ban on government officialsAfghanistan's Taliban government has banned civil servants from using smartphones in government institutions, effective June 16. Violators ...
India-bound ships begin Strait of Hormuz transit as US lifts Iran blockade; Chabahar, INSTC in focusThree cargo ships are now transiting the Strait of Hormuz, signaling a significant shift after the US ended its blockade of Iranian ports a...
Death rate in ICE immigrant detention centers more than doubles under Trump, Reuters analysis findsFifty individuals have died in U.S. immigration detention since January 2025, a rate that has more than doubled since 2009. Concerns are ri...
Pakistan says carried out air strikes at terror hideouts in Afghanistan, 26 killedPakistan conducted "precise and calibrated" overnight air strikes targeting alleged terrorist hideouts in Afghanistan, claiming to have kil...
Pain for Pakistan: History makes a U-turn in India's neighbourhoodRussia and the Taliban have signed a significant military cooperation agreement. This pact alters regional security dynamics. Pakistan's st...
22 dead, 36 injured as truck carrying Afghan returnees overturnsA tragic accident occurred in Afghanistan's Laghman province. A truck carrying Afghan refugees returning from Pakistan overturned. At least...
Taliban inks maiden defence pact with Russia as Kabul seeks muscleThe pact was signed following a meeting between Taliban defence minister Mawlawi Mohammad Yaqoob and Sergei Shoigu, secretary of Russia's S...
Strait of Hormuz closure chokes trade and aid for AfghanistanAfghanistan's trade routes are severely disrupted. Conflicts in the Middle East and border closures with Pakistan have crippled businesses ...
Trump calls off rare Camp David meeting due to weatherUS President Donald Trump said he had shifted a rare cabinet meeting planned for Wednesday at his Camp David retreat to the White House bec...
China-Pakistan agree to 'unswervingly safeguard' bilateral tiesPakistan and China have pledged to strengthen their relationship and build a shared future. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's visit to China ...
13 terrorists mostly from TTP arrested in PakistanPolice in Pakistan's Punjab province have foiled a major terror attack, arresting 13 terrorists, primarily from the banned Tehreek-e-Taliba...
EU to greenlight 'return hubs' migration reformThe European Union is expected to reach a deal Wednesday on a migration reform to create so-called "return hubs" outside the bloc, with som...
Eight Pakistani troops killed in nighttime storming of border outpostMilitants attacked a security outpost in Pakistan's northwest. A vehicle bomb and gun battle resulted in eight soldiers killed and 35 injur...
Why Pakistan backstabs the US, and always gets away with itFor decades, the US grappled with Pakistan's dual role as a terror war ally and a supporter of militant groups. Despite accusations of shel...
Nine killed, more than two dozen injured after bomb rigged to rickshaw explodes in Pakistan bazaarA bomb attack in Pakistan's Lakki Marwat bazaar killed at least nine people and injured over two dozen. The explosion targeted a rickshaw. ...
Death toll rises to 14 in Pakistan suicide attack. Pakistan Taliban splinter group claims blastIn a tragic escalation of violence, a suicide bombing at a police station in Bannu, Pakistan, has resulted in the deaths of 14 officers. Th...