India and Pakistan exchanged fire across the Line of Control (LoC) that divides the disputed region of Kashmir, Indian officials say, days after the two neighbors agreed to uphold a 2003 cease-fire agreement.
Almost 3.7 million children in Afghanistan are unable to go to school due to ongoing conflict, poverty, and discrimination against girls, the United Nations’ Children's Fund (UNICEF) says.
NATO’s Saber Strike 18 exercises involving some 18,000 troops from 19 nations will begin on June 4 in Poland and the Baltic states, as the Western alliance looks to boost readiness on its eastern flank.
Authorities in Pakistan say an official in the northwestern tribal region was shot dead and three local security personnel injured in an ambush by assailants in a mountainous area.
The Pentagon on Thursday warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad not to carry out an offensive against Kurdish-led forces backed by the United States that control the country's north-east.
Former Chief Justice Nasir-ul Mulk has been sworn in as the caretaker prime minister for an interim period of two months, after the Pakistani government completed its term for only the second time in the country's history.
Apple is no longer complying with a Russian ban on Telegram and is now providing an updated version of the popular messaging service through its App store for iPhone users, Telegram said.
The top Islamic official in Tajikistan has declared boxing and fighting sports "without rules" to be "haram" -- forbidden under Islamic law.
The White House says U.S. President Donald Trump has told French President Emmanuel Macron in a telephone conversation that a U.S. trade imbalance with Europe must be addressed.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has told Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov his commitment to denuclearization of the Korean peninsula "remains unchanged and consistent and fixed," the official KCNA news agency reported on June 1.
Washington says that it is moving ahead with tariffs on aluminum and steel imports from Canada, Mexico, and the European Union -- ending a two-month exemption and potentially setting the stage for a trade war between the United States and some of its top allies.
Denmark has become the latest European country to ban people from wearing clothes that cover the face in public.
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