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Indian activists and a U.S. senator were blocked from visiting the Indian-administered portion of Kashmir, as tensions remain high in the disputed Himalayan region that has entered the third month of a crisis caused by a near-total lockdown.
The worsening security situation in Afghanistan over the past four years has led to over 14,000 "grave violations" against children, including nearly 3,500 deaths, a UN report says.
Iran's Guardians Council has adopted a legal amendment allowing Iranian women married to foreigners to pass on their nationality to their offspring.
As the smoke gradually cleared from an Afghan presidential election riled by Taliban threats over the weekend, the country's national-security adviser, Hamdullah Mohib, issued a message to the hard-line Islamic insurgents that the government won’t back down from them.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and the country's chief executive, Abdullah Abdullah, have both claimed victory in a weekend presidential election, a scene reminiscent of the last vote in 2014.
Afghan Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah has claimed victory over President Ashraf Ghani in a weekend presidential election, citing his own vote tally.
With 9.57 million Afghans registered to vote on September 28, the low turnout estimate suggests that turnout was just over 20 percent.
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has warned of a "bloodbath" in Kashmir after India last month stripped the Indian-administered part of the disputed Himalayan region of its special autonomy.
A senior U.S. diplomat says Washington wants India to quickly ease restrictions imposed in the area it administers in the divided Himalayan region of Kashmir.
U.S. President Donald Trump says he encouraged the leaders of Pakistan and India in separate meetings in New York to work out their differences, including their decades-long dispute over the divided region of Kashmir.
Taliban militants in Afghanistan have lifted a ban on World Health Organization (WHO) activities in areas they control, another apparent move by the extremist group to improve their image following the collapse of peace talks with the United States.
Amnesty International has urged Pakistani authorities to “immediately and unconditionally” release a university lecturer who has been charged of blasphemy over Facebook uploads.
An Afghan reporter has died from injuries suffered in an explosion near the election campaign headquarters of President Ashraf Ghani in the city of Kandahar.
Afghan authorities say Taliban militants have suffered heavy casualties in the latest security operations in several provinces across the country.
Saudi Arabia says that while it is pursuing a peaceful solution one week after a major attack on its oil facilities, the kingdom would regard it as "an act of war" if an ongoing investigation determines that the September 14 "missile and drone" attack was launched from Iranian territory.
Two civilians have been killed in a roadside bomb attack in southern Afghanistan, officials said on September 21.
The United States has said it is cutting back $160 million worth of aid to Afghanistan, accusing Kabul of rampant corruption less than 10 days before a crucial presidential election.
Zalmay Khalilzad, the U.S. special envoy to Afghanistan, will brief a House of Representatives committee on peace negotiations in a compromise after the panel subpoenaed him in frustration over his refusal to meet with its members.
Pakistani media advocates, human rights activists, and opposition politicians have strongly denounced the government's plan to set up special tribunals to deal with media-related cases, calling the move yet another attack on press freedom in the country.
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