The US will call back some 2,200 soldiers from Iraq by the end of September, a top commander announced on Wednesday.

At least 10 people were killed and 15 others wounded in an explosion targeting the convoy of Afghanistan’s Vice President Amrullah Saleh in central Kabul early Wednesday, officials said.

Peace talks between warring Afghan factions are finally set to begin in Doha after protracted delays over prisoners’ exchange as a Taliban delegation has returned to the Qatari capital and Afghan government negotiators are scheduled to reach there on Sunday (today).

Israel said it carried out air attacks on Hezbollah observation posts in Lebanon on Wednesday after shots were fired from across the border towards its troops the previous evening.

A delegation from Afghan Taliban’s Qatar-based political office arrived here on Monday for talks on issues impeding the start of the intra-Afghan dialogue for ending the 19-year-old conflict in Afghanistan.

The Israeli army said Tuesday that its warplanes and tanks targeted a Hamas tunnel and some military points in southern Gaza.

As the world prepares to observe the third anniversary of a brutal military crackdown against Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims, hundreds of them living in Pakistan are still looking for their loved ones who went missing.

Turkey criticized Greece on Friday because of a statement by Athens on the conversion of the Chora Museum to mosque.

Saudi Arabia will adhere to the Arab Peace Plan in its relations with Israel, the Kingdom’s foreign minister said on Wednesday.

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said his country will not recognise Israel until there is a Palestinian state acceptable to the Palestinians.