The Afghan government has closed hundreds of schools in the western province of Farah, the scene of a major Taliban offensive this week.
At least eight people were killed and dozens more wounded by multiple explosions at a sports stadium in the eastern city of Jalalabad late on May 18, local Afghan officials said.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has urged the Islamic world to unite in supporting the Palestinians and combating what he called Israel's "tyranny."
Afghan officials say Taliban militants have killed at least 14 members of the security forces in separate attacks across the country.
Sergei Skripal, a Russian former double agent who was poisoned with a nerve toxin in England in March, has been released from the hospital, British health authorities said on May 18.
A senior U.S. diplomat is warning that a planned gas pipeline from Russia to Germany through the Baltic Sea raises security concerns and risks triggering U.S. sanctions.
Pakistani security forces said on May 17 that they foiled a major terror attack in the southwestern city of Quetta, killing five suicide bombers.
A Sarajevo court on May 17 refused to hand over a Bosnian man to Tunisia to face charges in the 2016 killing of a one-time commander of the Palestinian group Hamas, saying there is no extradition treaty between the countries.
Leaders of the Western Balkans and European Union are due to meet in the Bulgarian capital Sofia on May 17 for their first summit in 15 years.
Pakistan's military has killed a commander of the Islamist militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) along with two other militants in a raid in the southwestern province of Balochistan, the army said on May 17.
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoev is set to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House, testing the waters in Washington as he makes changes in a Central Asian nation long isolated by the repressive rule of his predecessor.
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