
AFGHANISTAN
Celebration gunfire rattles Afghan capital
Explosions and the sound of gunfire from a cricket match prompts alert in Afghan capital.

Explosions and the sound of gunfire from a cricket match prompts alert in Afghan capital.

The Iranian Judiciary chief slams the West’s double-standard and contradictory policies in the fight against terrorism.

Lisa Duffy, who hopes to succeed UKIP’s Nigel Farage, wants to ban the hijab in public places.

Iranian professional boxer Ehsan Rouzbahani has been eliminated from Rio 2016 Olympics in shock result.

Officials in Tehran say New Delhi has announced that the construction of a subsea pipeline project which is planned to be used to take natural gas from Iran to India is “feasible”.

Japan's new defense chief puts the military on alert to counter a possible North Korean ballistic missile launch, a report says.

A helicopter crash in western Nepal claims the lives of all seven people on board, including a baby.

Many American Muslims express frustration with this election year which has been marked by rhetoric against Islam.

Junior Iranian squash players have notched up several victories at WSF) World Junior Championships 2016 in Poland

A senior Iranian official denounces a terrorist attack at a hospital in the restive city of Quetta in southwest Pakistan.

Germany say the recent thaw in Russia-Turkey relations will have no impact on Ankara's role in NATO.

Israel forms a committee to identify and expel individuals who are confirmed as a boycott activist.

Thousands of residents in a Chinese port city hold protests against a proposed Sino-French nuclear project.

Border clashes leave two Indian soldiers and a fighter dead in the Indian-administrated Kashmir.

Britain’s wealthiest companies are paying their bosses 129 times more than their average employees.

Police in Bangladesh arrest three journalists for involvement in the publication of a report that addressed online rumors on the death of the prime minister’s son.

South Korea's opposition MPs defy President Park Geun-hye to visit China in order to discuss US THAAD missiles in the Korean Peninsula.

A senior Iranian nuclear energy official says the US is suffering as a result of the recent leak of confidential information about Iran’s nuclear program.