Iran acknowledges accusation it enriched uranium to 84%

Iran is directly acknowledging an accusation attributed to international inspectors that it enriched uranium to 84% purity for the first time, which would put the Islamic Republic closer than ever to weapons-grade material

Afghanistan's Taliban reopen key trade route with Pakistan

Officials say Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban have reopened the key Torkham border crossing with Pakistan after keeping it shut for four days

Pakistan-Afghan border crossing shut after brief reopening

Pakistan has shut down a key border crossing with Afghanistan, just hours after it was reopened

Pakistani ex-PM Imran Khan's supporters rally, taunt police

Hundreds of supporters of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan are defying a ban on rallies in a commercial area of the city of Lahore, taunting police and asking to be arrested en masse

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Pakistan defense minister in Kabul over shut border crossing

Pakistani officials say the country's defense minister is in Afghanistan and has met with Taliban officials in an effort to resolve the closure of a key border crossing between the two neighboring states

Saudi Arabia deposits $1 billion into Yemen’s central bank

Saudi Arabia has deposited $1 billion into the central bank of Yemen’s internationally recognized government in a bid to bolster the country’s ailing economy, state media said

Death toll rises to 8 from new Turkey-Syria earthquake

Authorities and media in Turkey and Syria say the death toll has risen to eight in a new and powerful earthquake that struck two weeks after a devastating temblor killed nearly 45,000 people

New quake brings fresh losses to residents of Turkey, Syria

Survivors of the earthquake that jolted Turkey and Syria 15 days ago are dealing with more trauma and loss after another strong quake and aftershocks rocked the region

Gunmen kill 2 policemen in attack in southwestern Pakistan

A Pakistani official says gunmen have attacked a police post in the insurgency-hit southwestern province of Baluchistan, triggering a shootout that killed two officers