At least 17 people have been killed and 40 others wounded in a powerful car bomb attack has hit near the United States Embassy in the Afghan capital, Kabul.
Taliban militants have beheaded two boys in southern Afghanistan as insecurity continues across the war-torn country.
A Russian TV crew has come under fire by militants in Syria while heading to the Golan Heights.
An Afghan soldier shot dead two US troops as well as one US service member on Saturday, the latest "insider attack" to shake US-led struggle to defeat the Taliban insurgency.
Pakistan has summoned US envoy to Islamabad to express its objection to a recent assassination drone strike that killed nine people in the country’s northwest tribal region.
Russia’s offer to replace the Austrian peacekeepers at the Golan Heights is appreciated but cannot be considered.
A US assassination drone airstrike has killed at least seven people in Pakistan’s North Waziristan tribal area, which borders Afghanistan.
Pakistan's new premier has unveiled a 25-member Cabinet that must tackle major economic and security challenges following a sweeping election win.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has suggested that Russian peacekeepers replace departing Austrian troops monitoring the Israeli-Syrian ceasefire line in the Golan Heights that has been the scene of an upsurge in fighting in recent days.
Russia has sent off a permanent naval unit to the Mediterranean Sea to boost country’s security as the Russian president says.