NATO forces have killed four Afghan police officers and wounded two civilians in an airstrike in Afghanistan's eastern province of Ghazni.
The Pentagon says the United States will deploy an advanced anti-missile system to the Pacific island of Guam after North Korea approved attacks on the US territory in the event of a war.
An Iranian-Pakistani consortium will start work next week on the $7.5 billion peace gas pipeline from Iran to Pakistan that has aroused strong US opposition, Pakistani officials said on Friday.
The Afghan government has ordered the withdrawal of US forces from Wardak and Logar within two weeks for fuelling insecurity and instability in the provinces neighboring the capital Kabul.
Iran Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari says a fleet of Iranian warships will be docking at the Strait of Malacca and China in the near future.
Protests erupted across Pakistan Sunday to demand protection for Shiite Muslims after a bomb blast targeting the minority community killed 81 people, the latest in a series of bloody sectarian attacks.
Iranian Foreign Minister Ali-Akbar Salehi says the next round of comprehensive talks between Iran and six world powers will be held in Kazakhstan on February 25, 2013.
Bangladeshi police forces fired rubber bullets to disperse opposition protesters who were demonstrating against prosecution of a number of “Jemaa Islamia” (Islamic Congregation) party members, Al Alam News Channel reported.
A bomb exploded among spectators at a bird fight in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing a teenager and wounding up to eight other people, police said.
Pakistan's top court has ordered officials to register a second criminal case against the embattled Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf.