At least two explosions have been reported in Kabul's diplomatic area, shortly after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry left the Afghan capital following an unannounced visit during which he called on the Taliban to restart direct peace talks with the government.
With the Russian economy in tatters, figures for remittances in 2015 from the millions of Central Asian citizens working in Russia have been published for the five states in Central Asia and they showed what many had feared.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has made an unannounced trip to Afghanistan in an attempt to defuse a growing political crisis fueled partly by a national unity deal he brokered after the disputed presidential election in 2014.
Despite a plummeting approval rating, allies of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani say their leader is capable of handling multiple political and security challenges and the debate over the Loya Jirga assembly is a bid by opponents to further destabilize the national unity government.
Pakistan has denied any wrongdoing by the family of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif after it was linked to offshore wealth holdings in the massive Panama Papers scandal.
One of Pakistan's most conservative politicians, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, has become an unlikely torch-bearer for reform in the deeply religiously conservative country.
Narendra Modi engages Saudi Arabia as part of diplomatic offensive against Pakistan by forging ties with some of the Indian arch rival’s closest allies
Afghanistan's national unity government is undergoing trying times as it confronts defections, political opposition, and a major national assembly to decide the future political system for the country this year.
The Afghan government is hoping a negotiated peace settlement with a hard-line militant group can convince other insurgents to join the peace process.
A dispute over the removal of huge portraits of the first vice president in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif might renew the rivalry between two strongmen who attempted cooperation and competition to shape northern Afghanistan.
Turkey and the European Union have agreed to the outlines of a possible deal on returning thousands of migrants to Turkey, while the tentative plan is being criticized by the UN and rights groups.
Rubber boats continue to arrive in Lesbos even as Macedonia tightens its border controls. Migrants and locals alike ponder whether the rugged agricultural island may turn into a holding camp for stranded people. The mayor's office says the island's fate is in the hands of smugglers in Turkey.
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