Taliban ban women's beauty salons in Afghanistan

A spokesman at Afghanistan's Vice and Virtue Ministry says the Taliban are banning women's beauty salons

Modi uses speech to Russia-China-led group to swipe at Pakistan, avoids mentioning Ukraine

India’s prime minister on Tuesday took a veiled swipe at rival neighbor Pakistan and avoided mentioning the war in Ukraine while addressing a group of Asian countries led by China and Russia

Putin says Russia is 'united as never before' during Shanghai Cooperation Organization meeting

President Vladimir Putin says the Russian people are “united as never before,” seeking to project confidence in the wake of a short-lived revolt while participating in a meeting of an international organization that offered him a sympathetic audience

Turkey and Egypt reappoint ambassadors, ending years of tensions between the regional powers

Egypt and Turkey have taken a further step toward restoring full diplomatic ties by dispatching ambassadors for the first time in years

Emirates Global Chess League

Sweden Quran Burnings

Shooting kills 2 in India's troubled northeast as opposition leader Rahul Gandhi visits region

India's top opposition leader Rahul Gandhi is visiting communities hit by weeks of violence and living in relief camps in a remote northeastern state

Same-sex couples and LGBTQ+ rights activists in Nepal celebrate interim court ruling

LGBTQ+ rights activists and couples in Nepal on Thursday were celebrating an interim order issued by the country’s Supreme Court enabling the registration of same-sex marriages for the first time

Nepal Same Sex Marriage

Pakistan's premier says he hopes the IMF will decide on the bailout for his country in a day or two

Pakistan’s prime minister says he hopes the International Monetary Fund will make its decision in a day or two on the fate of the much-needed $6 billion bailout package for his country