War & Conflict

27 members of the police force have killed during fighting with the Taliban in southern Afghanistan. This is the latest incident in the ongoing massive fighting in the government-controlled district. The district is also expected to...

One of the main challenges to peace talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government is finding a way to a permanent ceasefire. The Afghan government and allies, including the United States, have called for a...

The UN Security Council is to hold an informal meeting on Friday on the situation in Belarus, this time in public and with the participation of the country’s opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, diplomats said. The videoconference...

Russian President Vladimir Putin promised military support for embattled Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko on Thursday while promoting a peaceful resolution to unrest and demonstrations that ejected after a disputed election. EU ambassadors in the capital Minsk...

Israeli tanks shucked military positions of Gaza’s ruling Hamas movement early Saturday, the army and Palestinian security sources announced, hours after a rocket was launched at southern Israel. A statement from the Hamas announced the Israeli...

A massive blast in Lebanon ripped through central Beirut on Tuesday, wounding and killing hundreds of people and blowing buildings across the city. The explosion near the gate in the Lebanese capital sent up a huge...

Five fighter jets of the first batch of Rafale fighter jets that India is buying from France landed at Ambala airport in northern India on Wednesday afternoon. It cost India about 100 million to buy a...

Three Katyusha rockets landed Sunday near the U.S. embassy at the heavily fortified Green Zone in central the Iraqi capital Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said. The attack took place in the afternoon when the three...

Amid tensions in Ladakh, Indian Navy warships took part in a joint exercise with Japan in the Indian Ocean. International experts say the exercise is particularly significant in the wake of border disputes with China. Because...

A militant attack on the Pakistan Stock Exchange building in Karachi has killed three people, including a police sub-inspector. All four of the attackers were killed by security forces at the time, according to a report...