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The Taliban on Tuesday announced the formation of a hardline interim government for Afghanistan, filling top posts with veterans of the militant group who oversaw the 20-year fight against the...
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The U.S. chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark A. Milley. on Wednesday defended Sunday’s U.S. drone strike in Kabul despite reports of civilian casualties.
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Those who wrote off India and gave Pakistan the thumbs up after the Taliban took over Kabul on August 15 may have to eat their words now.
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Members from both sides of Congress criticised a Republican senator and a Democratic counterpart on Wednesday for making an undisclosed trip to Afghanistan to observe the U.S. military’s frenzied evacuation...
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Most economists are skeptical whether recently announced government's de-dollarization policy can actually solve the exchange rate issue in the Maldives without taking steps to resolve the major fundamental disequilibrium in...
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Protests in Jalalabad over the removal of the Afghan flag have now spread elsewhere in Afghanistan.
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Thousands defy nationwide coronavirus lockdown to see Rani, a 20-inch tall cow whose owners claim it is the world's smallest.
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Recent developments pertaining to Lakshadweep, an archipelago of 36 tiny islands 490 km off the coast of the South Indian state of Kerala, have thrown light on the strategic significance...
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Bangladeshi Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen criticises nations for stipulating conditions for vaccines supplies to other countries and for hoarding COVID-19 vaccines.