Afghanistan

The US officials met in-person with the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan&s (IEA) officials on Saturday for the first time since the US claimed it had killed al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in late July, CNN reported quoting two officials familiar with the talks.

According to CNN, the Biden administration sent the CIA&s deputy director...

North Korea fired two ballistic missiles early on Sunday, authorities in neighbouring countries said, the seventh such launch by Pyongyang in recent days that added to widespread alarm in Washington and its allies in Tokyo and Seoul, Reuters reported.

Officials in the South Korean capital have said the uptick in the North&s missile launches...

Australia&s largest city, Sydney, has been soaked by its wettest year on record with almost three months of expected above-average rain to spare.

The city of 5 million people beat its 1950 record of 2,194 millimeters (86.4 inches) at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday when 27.2 mm (1.07 in) of rain had fallen at the Observatory Hill rain gauge since...

Taiwanese semiconductor companies attach &great importance& to complying with the law, the island&s government said on Saturday, signaling they would comply with new U.S. export controls that aim to hobble China&s chip industry.

The rules announced Friday by President Joe Biden&s administration include a measure to cut...