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US and Afghan troops likely killed the leader of the Islamic State group's Afghanistan affiliate in a raid this week, the Pentagon has said.

North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile on Saturday in apparent defiance of a US push for tougher international sanctions to curb the Asian country's nuclear threat.

China will fully fund the $8 billion Karachi-Peshawar Railway Line in Pakistan to ensure the smooth completion of the key project, which was earlier to be partly funded by the ADB.

A 56-year-old Indian man has been killed after getting caught in a crossfire outside a motel in the US state of Tennessee, becoming the fifth from the community to be killed in the country since February.

Afghanistan's Taliban announced the start of their spring offensive on Friday, promising to build their political base in the country while focusing military assaults on coalition and Afghan security forces.

Yusra Mardini, a Syrian woman who helped save a boat carrying fellow refugees, has been appointed by the UN agency for refugees as its new Goodwill Ambassador.

Germany's Bundestag lower house of Parliament agreed to a draft law on Thursday that will prevent civil servants, judges and soldiers in Germany from wearing full-face veils at work.

The Pentagon inspector general has launched an investigation into whether Michael Flynn, US President Donald Trump's former national security adviser, accepted money from foreign entities without the required approval, according to a letter released by Ho...

French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault yesterday laid out what he described as scientific proof the regime was behind the alleged attack, including analysis of samples taken from the scene.

Macron is aware that India is France's first strategic partner in Asia and would like to maintain this good relationship.

President Donald Trump's team boasted Wednesday that its tax-cut plan would lighten Americans' financial burdens, ignite economic growth and vastly simplify tax filing.

Anadolu Agency says as many as 803 people were detained in raids conducted in all of Turkey's 81 provinces early on Wednesday.

The strikes underscore the delicate political tightrope the United States is treading in Syria -- and to a lesser extent in Iraq -- where it is relying heavily on Kurdish forces to conduct the ground fight against the Islamic State group.

"There is a fine line between how do we as governments, armies, paramilitaries, police forces or security forces maintain the very high important values of human rights which are predominant in the policies of democracies and how do we safeguard our citiz...

Xinjiang authorities have recently banned dozens of names with religious connotations common to Muslims around the world on the basis that they could "exaggerate religious fervour," the Human Rights Watch (HRW) said.

Iran and major powers were set to review adherence to their 2015 nuclear agreement today, as uncertainty grows about the landmark accord's future under US President Donald Trump.