Pakistani security forces kill 2 insurgents in shootout after attack on a convoy

Pakistan's military says security forces killed two insurgents in a shootout after a military convoy was attacked with small arms and hand grenades in the city of Gwadar in the restive southwestern Baluchistan province

India Army Exercise

What's behind the tentative US-Iran agreement involving prisoners and frozen funds

The United States and Iran have reached a tentative agreement that will eventually set free five detained Americans in Iran and an unknown number of Iranians imprisoned in the U.S. after billions of dollars in frozen Iranian assets are transferred from banks in South Korea to Qatar

India moves to replace British colonial-era sedition law with its own version

India’s government has proposed legislation that seeks to replace a British colonial-era sedition law with its own version

Two years after fall of Kabul, tens of thousands of Afghans languish in limbo waiting for US visas

When the U.S. pulled out of Afghanistan in August 2021 it airlifted tens of thousands of Afghans to safety

Iran transfers 5 Iranian-American prisoners to house arrest

Iran has transferred five Iranian-Americans from prison to house arrest

Iran transfers 5 Iranian-Americans from prison to house arrest in step toward deal for full release

Iran has moved five Iranian-Americans from prison to house arrest in exchange for billions of dollars frozen in South Korea

India's Modi appeals for peace in Manipur, months after ethnic clashes erupted in the state

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has appealed for peace after opposition lawmakers had called for a no-confidence vote, accusing him of staying silent as a northeastern state governed by his party convulsed in months of ethnic violence

Pakistan's imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan is allowed a brief visit by his wife

The lawyer of Pakistan’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan says he was allowed a brief visit by his wife at the high-security prison in eastern Punjab province where he is being held

Yemeni military commander and three others killed in suspected Al-Qaida attack

Security officials and an eyewitness say they suspect an Al-Qaida attack in southern Yemen killed a military commander and three soldiers from a secessionist group