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Pakistan has renewed deadly air strikes on neighboring Afghanistan, officials in both countries said Wednesday, in the worst violence in weeks following a period of relative calm. Pakistan's government said on Wednesday that 26 "militants" linked to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan group were killed...

Afghan authorities cracked down on a protest in western Afghanistan Tuesday against the arrest and detention of more than a dozen women over dress code violations, with eyewitnesses saying police opened fire, leaving at least three people injured. About 100-150 people were participating in the...

Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) said on Wednesday that the trial of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte for crimes against humanity will start on Nov. 30. According to prosecutors, the ex-leader is responsible for dozens of murders, allegedly overseeing deadly anti-drug...

A group led by a Roman Catholic bishop in the Philippines launched a fact-finding body Wednesday to document accounts of witnesses and other details of ex-President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody anti-drugs crackdown that the government can use to prosecute law enforcers. Duterte, who ended his stormy six...

A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near a railway track as a passenger train passed through the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta on Sunday, killing at least 23 people and wounding over 70 others, officials said. The attack happened in an area where security forces are...

The Philippine justice secretary has ordered law enforcement to apprehend a senator wanted by ⁠the International Criminal Court (ICC) for alleged crimes against humanity, a day after the country’s top court rejected his bid to block his arrest. Senator ⁠Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa, the former police...

The Philippine Senate, sitting as an impeachment court, has opened the trial of Vice President Sara Duterte amid political turmoil and deep division. The trial that opened on Monday came just days after chaos and a shootout in the upper house and a decisive change in its leadership, both stemming...

Mortars and missiles fired from Pakistan on Monday struck a university and civilian homes in north-eastern Afghanistan, killing seven people and wounding at least 85, Afghan officials said. The strikes were the first violent incident since Chinese-mediated peace talks between the two sides earlier...

Myanmar has imposed a state of emergency in 60 townships across nine states and regions, transferring sweeping powers to the military as authorities seek to contain ongoing violence, local media reported on Friday. The President’s Office said the emergency measures, declared Thursday, aim to...

Former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte will face trial at the International Criminal Court after judges on Thursday, April 23, confirmed charges of crimes against humanity over his so-called "war on drugs." Pre-trial judges "unanimously confirmed all the charges... against Rodrigo Roa Duterte...