At least 16 people have been reported killed and more than 30 wounded in an explosion in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, as the Taliban pushed ahead with their annual spring offensive across the country.
The Russian military says it has downed an unidentified drone approaching its Hmeimim air base in Syria.
The Syrian military said it has taken an enclave in Damascus from Islamic State (IS) militants that gives it full control of the capital for the first time since the civil war began in 2011.
President Vladimir Putin hailed Russia’s economic and military ties with India as he hosted the country’s prime minister in the Black Sea resort of Sochi on May 21.
The Taliban has warned Kabul residents to stay away from "military centers" as they vowed more attacks in the Afghan capital.
“Dirty” Russian money is undermining Britain's efforts to stand up to the Kremlin and supports President Vladimir Putin's campaign "to subvert the international rules-based system," a parliamentary report says.
Shi’ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, whose coalition won the most seats in Iraq's recent parliamentary elections, says the country's next government will be "inclusive" and respectful of their wishes.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is heading to the Black Sea resort of Sochi to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on May 21 to discuss ways to strengthen the two countries' "privileged strategic" relationship.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is set to hold an election rally in Sarajevo targeting expatriate Turks, an event being held in the Bosnia-Herzegovina capital after several European Union countries banned such demonstrations.
The Pakistani exchange student killed in the Texas high school mass shooting was due to return to her home country next month for the Eid al-Fitr holiday, her father says.
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