Pakistan steps up security at military and other sensitive installations after attack on an air base

Officials say Pakistani authorities have stepped up security at military and other sensitive installations following the weekend attack by militants on an air base

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi goes on a hunger strike while imprisoned in Iran

A campaign urging Iran to free Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi says the activist has begun a hunger strike over the conditions of her imprisonment and the country’s requirement that women wear headscarves

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Aid trickles in as survivors salvage belongings from rubble in Nepal villages struck by earthquake

Survivors of an earthquake that flattened villages in Nepal’s northwest mountains have been searching through the debris of their collapsed homes for any salvageable belongings as aid trickles into the remote area

Former player to head interim cricket committee after minister suspends Sri Lanka cricket board

Sri Lanka’s sports minister has appointed former captain Arjuna Ranatunga to head an interim administration of the cricket board after suspending the elected body over allegations of corruption and irregularities

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Turkey's main opposition party elects Ozgur Ozel as new leader

Turkey’s main opposition party has voted for fresh leadership, five months after a devastating election defeat that saw President Recep Tayyip Erdogan extend his two-decade rule

Stage set for conflict at COP28 with mixed response to outcome of key climate talks

Tense negotiations at the final meeting on a climate-related loss and damages fund — an international fund to help poor countries hit hard by a warming planet — ended Saturday in Abu Dhabi, with participants agreeing that the World Bank would temporarily oversee the fund for the next four years

Zaka Ashraf-led Pakistan Cricket Board managing committee gets 3-month extension

Zaka Ashraf will continue to head the Pakistan Cricket Board after the managing committee of the PCB was given a near-deadline extension