India South Asia Cyclone

India, Pakistan brace for severe cyclone, deploy rescuers to coastal regions

India and Pakistan are bracing for the first severe cyclone this year expected to hit their coastal regions later this week, as authorities halted fishing activities and deployed rescue personnel

Cash-strapped Pakistan welcomes arrival of first shipment of discounted crude from Russia

Pakistan's government has welcomed the arrival of the first shipment of discounted crude from Russia under a key Islamabad-Moscow deal

Iraq's parliament approves budget, ending dispute over oil revenue sharing with Kurdish region

Iraq’s parliament has belatedly approved a record $152 billion budget for 2023, after months of wrangling over the sharing of oil revenue between the central government in Baghdad and the semi-autonomous Iraqi Kurdish region in the north

In Yemen, 3 killed in clashes between suspected al-Qaida militants and pro-government forces

Military officials and tribal leaders say clashes between suspected al-Qaida militants and Yemen’s pro-government forces in the country's south have killed three men

IS militants kill 2 Iraqi soldiers, wound 3 others in northern Iraq, officials say

Iraq’s security media office says Islamic State group militants have attacked an Iraqi army position in the northern governorate of Kirkuk, killing two military officers and wounding three soldiers

Shootout in northwest Pakistan, along Afghan border, kills 3 soldiers, 3 militants, army says

Pakistan's army says militants attacked a security checkpoint in the country's northwest, along the border with Afghanistan, triggering a shootout that left three soldiers and three militants dead

Cash-strapped Pakistani government proposes budget, complete with funds to fight climate change

Pakistan’s cash-strapped government has presented its draft for the national budget, allocating funds to fight climate change despite staggering $30 billion in losses from last summer’s devastating floods

Why Turkey's currency is crashing after Erdogan got reelected

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appointed an internationally respected former banker as finance and treasury minister after winning reelection

Sudan's government declares UN envoy, a mediator in the conflict, no longer welcome

The Sudanese government says the United Nations envoy to the country, a key negotiator in the brutal conflict, is no longer welcome