The Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement has announced the start of a mass hunger strike by its prisoners held in Israeli jails…

Abdul Qadeer Khan, revered as the father of Pakistan’s nuclear programme, has died at 85.

At least 20 people have been killed and more than 200 wounded after an earthquake struck Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan, local officials said, with rescue teams attempting to clear debris and gain access to the area.

At least five civilians have been killed in an explosion outside the Eid Gah Mosque in the Afghan capital, Kabul, according to a Taliban interior ministry spokesman.

At least nine people were killed in Oman and Iran on Sunday as Tropical Cyclone Shaheen pummelled parts of their coastlines.

Pakistan’s prime minister on Friday revealed his government is in talks with some groups of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) to persuade them to lay down arms and become normal citizens of the country.

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday made a strong pitch for the world to rally behind…

Sudanese authorities have foiled an attempted coup, the army said on Tuesday, warding off a challenge to a civilian-military council that has run the country since Omar al-Bashir was overthrown in 2019.

The Taliban announced on Tuesday that girls would be allowed to return to school as soon as possible.

Women in Afghanistan can continue to study in universities, including at the postgraduate level, but classrooms will be gender-segregated and head coverings will be compulsory.