China has dismissed a declaration by the United States that Beijing is guilty of genocide against ethnic Uyghurs and other minorities saying the designation "is a piece of wastepaper."
At least eight people have been killed in a traffic accident in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan Province on January 20, officials told RFE/RL.
President-elect Joe Biden's pick for his top diplomat said on January 19 he would undertake a review of a deal with Afghanistan's Taliban and that the United States needed means to prevent any resurgence of terrorism.
A spate of violence has killed more than two dozen people across Afghanistan, even as peace talks are under way between representatives of the government and Taliban militants in Qatar.
An angry mob ransacked a local radio station in northern Afghanistan last week after a mosque imam incited the attackers, claiming loud music played by the station had interfered with his prayer service, an international journalists group said on January 19.
Thousands of opposition supporters have rallied in the capital, Islamabad, against Prime Minister Imran Khan, who is accused of illegally raising campaign funds from outside the country.
As many as 10 million Afghan children are at risk of not having enough food to eat in 2021, a humanitarian organization said on January 19, calling for billions of dollars in aid.
The families of two Afghan female Supreme Court judges assassinated in the capital, Kabul, have accused the authorities of failing to provide adequate security for the officials.
Pakistani authorities have rearrested a prominent ethnic Pashtun rights activist who is facing sedition charges almost a week after he was released on bail.
An alliance of the nine opposition parties has announced a fresh series of demonstrations across the country as they pressed ahead their campaign to force Prime Minister Imran Khan to step down.
Pakistani security forces acting on intelligence raided a former insurgent stronghold in the country’s northwest and killed two Taliban militants, including one suspected of involvement in an October attack that killed six soldiers, the military said in a statement on January 18.
Former French Prime Minister Edouard Balladur goes on trial on January 19 on charges that he used kickbacks from arms deals in the 1990s to fund a presidential bid, a case known as the "Karachi affair."
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