Police in Sri Lanka say the death toll in a series of deadly explosions that hit several locations, including hotels and churches in the capital where worshippers attended Easter services, has risen to at least 290, with some 500 others wounded.
Iranian President Hassan Rohani and visiting Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan have agreed to set up a joint border "reaction force" to counter terrorism, Iranian state media reported.
Pakistan has urged Iran to take action against terrorist groups believed to be behind the killing of 14 soldiers earlier this week.
Afghans are worried over the possible impact of growing tensions between Iran and the United States after Tehran reacted sharply to Washington’s designation of its Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) this week.
The United States has designated Iran's Revolutionary Guards as a "foreign terrorist organization," U.S. President Donald Trump says in official statement.
U.S. media are reporting that the United States will soon designate Iran's hard-line Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) a foreign terrorist organization, which would be the first time Washington has given that label to the military unit of another country.
Washington is considering additional sanctions against Iran, a senior U.S. administration official has said.
On this week's Majlis podcast, a discussion on water supplies and water use in Central Asia.
A top U.S. sanctions official is in Asia to push efforts to increase pressure on Iran, saying Washington was intent on making Tehran "radioactive to the international community."
Uzbekistan and the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) have signed $10 billion worth of agreements on cooperation in investment and finance, renewable energy, industry and infrastructure development, agriculture, and other fields.
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