Since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, more than 1,000 civilians were killed in attacks, UN says

The United Nations says it has documented a significant level of civilian casualties from attacks in Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover in August 2021

Egypt's president meets with visiting Indian prime minister to strengthen ties

President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi of Egypt has met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for talks that focused on elevating ties between the two countries

Egypt's president gives highest honor to visiting Indian prime minister amid improving ties

President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi of Egypt has bestowed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Egypt’s highest honor as the two nations tightened their partnership

About 350 Pakistanis were on migrant boat that sank off Greece and many may have died, official says

Pakistan’s interior minister says an estimated 350 Pakistanis were on board an overcrowded fishing boat carrying migrants that sank off Greece last week, and that many remain missing and may have died in one of the deadliest incidents in the central Mediterranean Sea

Flooding displaces tens of thousands and kills 1 as heavy monsoon rains batter Indian villages

Tens of thousands of people have taken shelter in government-run relief camps as heavy monsoon rains batter villages in India’s northeast

What to know about India's ties with Russia

India considers Russia a time-tested ally from the Cold War era with key cooperation in defense, oil, nuclear energy and space exploration

India World Refugee Day

Rights group urges Pakistan to stop what it says are arbitrary arrests of Afghan refugees

The international rights group Amnesty International is urging Pakistan's government to stop what it describes as random arrest of Afghan refugees within Pakistan

Ashraf favorite to become new PCB chairman after Sethi pulls out of race

Zaka Ashraf is likely to become the new chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board after Najam Sethi withdrew as a candidate

Egyptian family awaits word on son as village mourns dozens feared drowned trying to reach Europe

Dozens of migrants who packed a fishing vessel that sank off Greece last week came from impoverished farming communities in Egypt’s Nile Delta