Cricket legend Imran Khan, a strong contender to be Pakistan's next prime minister, has googly eyes for his spiritual adviser -- and his political rivals are throwing it back in his face.
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence called for a peaceful change of leadership in the northern Afghan province of Balkh, where the powerful governor has defied attempts by the central government to oust him for the past month amid sensitive ethnic rivalries.
Democracy is “under assault and retreating” around the world, with the United States “abdicating” its traditional role as a champion of democratic ideals in the past year while Russia and China “increase repression at home” and “export their malign influence" abroad, Freedom House says.
Imran Khan, a candidate to become Pakistan’s next prime minister, says it would be a “bitter pill” to swallow to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump but that he would reluctantly do it should he become victorious in national elections later this year.
Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan says his administration is now investigating the alleged political engineering by the country’s secret services.
The chief minister of Pakistan's southwestern province of Balochistan has resigned amid opposition lawmakers' efforts to oust him through a vote of no confidence.
Pakistan’s beleaguered southwestern province of Balochistan is in the midst of a political crisis as its provincial government faces ouster through a no-confidence vote.
A standoff between Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Atta Mohammad Noor, the powerful provincial governor he is trying to remove from his northern stronghold, is increasingly turning into a battle over next year's presidential election.
In a remarkable act of insubordination, a powerful security chief in southern Afghanistan says the central government in Kabul cannot remove him from his post.
In an apparent bid to showcase their resolve for backing the government, protesters in a restive Afghan province have displayed small arms.
The time when the United States acted on the global stage as "the indispensable nation" is coming to a close as the geopolitical environment shifts and diversifies. Can the Trump administration find a way to effectively navigate this perilous transition?
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