Afghanistan

The United States, as well as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), is contributing to the suffering of women in Afghanistan through asset freezes, U.N. independent experts said on Monday.

The United Nations and foreign governments, including Washington, have condemned moves by the IEA to backtrack on women&s rights commitments such as on...

Elon Musk clinched a deal to buy Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) for $44 billion on Monday in a transaction that will shift control of the social media platform populated by millions of users and global leaders to the world&s richest person, Reuters reported.

Discussions over the deal, which last week appeared uncertain, accelerated over the weekend...

A bomb blast hit a passenger van on the premises of a university in Pakistan&s Karachi city on Tuesday, killing four people including three Chinese nationals, local media reported.

The explosion happened near the Confucius Institute — a Chinese language teaching center at the University of Karachi, Geo News reported, adding one of those...

North Korea will speed up development of its nuclear arsenal, leader Kim Jong Un said while overseeing a huge military parade that displayed intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) and other weapons, state media reported on Tuesday.

The parade occurred Monday night during celebrations for the founding anniversary of North Korea&s armed...