Afghanistan's ruling Taliban killed eight militants of the Islamic State group and arrested nine others in a series of raids targeting key figures in a spate of attacks in Kabul, a senior Taliban government spokesman said.
U.S. President Joe Biden says the United States is considering sending Bradley fighting vehicles to help Ukraine combat Russia's ongoing invasion.
Local media are reporting that Iran has released a prominent actress nearly three weeks after she was jailed for expressing solidarity with a man who was executed over unrest linked to anti-government protests.
Pakistan and neighboring India exchanged lists of their nuclear facilities on January 1 as part of a 1988 pact that bars them from attacking each other's nuclear installations, according to official statements from both sides.
A senior UN official in Afghanistan met on January 1 with the deputy prime minister of the Taliban-led government to discuss a ban on women working for nongovernmental groups that Afghan authorities have announced in a series of measures rolling back women's rights.
Iran’s military tested new attack drones in the coastal area of the Gulf of Oman and near the strategic Strait of Hormuz on December 31 as part of annual drills, state TV reported.
Iran’s military kicked off its annual drill in the coastal area of the Gulf of Oman and near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, state TV reported on December 30.
Bulgaria has summoned Russia’s envoy in Sofia for putting Bulgarian investigative journalist Christo Grozev on a wanted list after he angered Moscow with investigations into the poisoning of Kremlin critic Aleksei Navalny.
Finland's first floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal was moored on December 28 at the southern port of Inkoo, where it will supply gas to replace Russian gas imports cut off earlier this year amid the war in Ukraine.
North Macedonia’s government said it's imposing emergency measures in the country’s capital, Skopje, and three other cities in order to protect people from severely high levels of air pollution.
The U.S. Embassy in Islamabad has warned staff of a possible attack on Americans at a top hotel in the Pakistani capital, which is already on alert following a suicide bombing earlier in the week.
A soldier and a militant were killed near the border with Afghanistan, the Pakistani military said on December 25.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi defended Beijing's position on the war in Ukraine on December 25 and signaled that China would deepen ties with Russia in the coming year.
The Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on December 23 passed a $1.7 trillion spending bill with $45 billion in aid to Ukraine included.
Turkey appreciates Sweden's steps so far to to get its approval to join NATO but is not even "halfway" through fulfilling a list of commitments it made to secure Ankara's support, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said.
The head of the UN nuclear watchdog met on December 22 in Moscow with officials from Russia’s military and state atomic energy company as he pursues a long-running drive to set up a protection zone around the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant in Ukraine.
The U.S. Senate has voted overwhelmingly to confirm Lynne M. Tracy as the new U.S. ambassador to Russia. The Senate on December 21 voted 93-2 to confirm the veteran diplomat.
U.S. lawmakers have unveiled a $1.7 trillion spending package that includes another large amount of aid for Ukraine and a boost of nearly 10 percent in defense spending.
The United States and its allies clashed at the UN with Iran and its ally Russia over Western claims that Tehran is supplying Moscow with drones that have been attacking Ukraine.
A court in the Russian city of Birobidzhan on December 19 sentenced four Jehovah’s Witnesses to between 3 1/2 and seven years in prison for reading and discussing the Bible, the Jehovah’s Witnesses said.
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