Washington: The US is welcoming tens of thousands of Afghans airlifted out of Kabul but has disclosed little publicly about a small group who remain overseas: dozens who triggered potential...

Washington: The US military says it killed a senior al-Qaida leader in an airstrike Friday in northwest Syria. Army Major John Rigsbee, a spokesman for US Central Command, said in...

Kabul: A roadside bombing targeting a Taliban vehicle in eastern Afghanistan killed at least two civilians Saturday, including a child, Taliban and health officials said. Four others were wounded. Two...

Moscow: An explosion and fire at a gunpowder factory in Russia on Friday killed 16 people, officials said. The Emergency Situations Ministry said the explosion hit the Elastik factory in...

Berlin: The head of environmental group Greenpeace on Thursday warned against efforts by countries and corporations at the upcoming UN climate talks in Glasgow to “greenwash” their ongoing pollution of...

Brussels: NATO defence ministers are weighing Thursday what lessons to draw from the almost two-decade-long military mission in Afghanistan, including whether the world's biggest security organization should even undertake major...

Damascus: Two bombs attached to a bus carrying Syrian troops exploded in Damascus during the morning rush hour Wednesday, a military official said. Fourteen people were killed in the attack,...

Moscow: Russia hosted talks on Afghanistan on Wednesday involving senior representatives of the Taliban and neighbouring nations, a round of diplomacy that underlines Moscow's clout. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov...

Seoul: North Korea on Tuesday fired at least one ballistic missile into the sea in what South Korea's military described as a weapon likely designed for submarine-based launches, marking possibly...

Washington, Oct 19 (PTI) Zalmay Khalilzad, the Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation who brokered the peace deal between the United States and the Taliban, has stepped down and replaced by...