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Pakistani authorities have endorsed a proposal from India on exchange of prisoners that could also cover detainees from the disputed Kashmir region. Pakistani Foreign Ministry’s spokesman Mohammad Faisal said on Wednesday that exchange of prisoners between the two neighboring countries would cover all those held by either side that fall within the ...

India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has notched a historic win in provincial elections in the northern state of Tripura, boosting Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s chances of securing a second term in next year’s national election. Results announced for most of the 59-seat regional chamber showed that the BJP had ...

Hundreds of Rohingya living in no man’s land have left their makeshift camp and crossed into Bangladesh after soldiers from Myanmar used loudhailers to threaten them, community leaders said Wednesday. Around 6,000 Rohingya have been living on a thin strip of land between the two countries since fleeing Myanmar in ...

The U.S. military’s latest test of its Standard Missile 3 Block IIA ballistic missile interceptor has reportedly failed. (DefenseNews) —  A test shoot of the SM-3 Block IIA fired from an Aegis Ashore test site in Hawaii failed at the end of January, CNN has reported. The missile is designed to intercept ...

Saudi Arabia has reportedly joined Turkey and China in a move to block a US-sponsored attempt this week to place Pakistan on an international terror-financing watch list. Washington had reportedly working behind the scenes during the ongoing Paris meeting of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to take action against ...

Bangladesh has formally handed over to Myanmar’s Home Minister Lieutenant General Kyaw Swe a list of more than 8,000 Rohingya Muslim refugees as Dhaka moves to launch their repatriation under an agreement signed between the two countries last year.   The delivery of the list occurred after officials of the ...

New aerial pictures of Rakhine state appear to show several bulldozed settlements of the persecuted Rohingya people, giving rise to concerns that Myanmar is wiping out history of the Muslim minority. The haunting photos, recently posted on the Twitter account of the European Union ambassador to Myanmar, Kristian Schmidt, show ...

The Russian presidential envoy to Afghanistan says there are indications that the US military is allowing members of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group, who have suffered serious defeats in Syria and neighboring Iraq, to infiltrate Afghanistan. “It’s noteworthy that the extremists themselves and weapons for them, according to numerous witness accounts, ...

A high-profile imprisoned Pakistani militant escapes and a policeman is killed after two gunmen conduct a raid on a hospital where he was brought for treatment in the Indian-administered part of Kashmir. An Indian official said that the assailants opened fire in the Shri Maharaja Hari Singh Hospital in Srinagar ...

China has denounced as disrespectful the latest US warning to Latin American countries about excessive reliance on economic ties with Beijing, saying economic partnership in the region is “based on common interests and mutual needs.” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying made the comments in a statement on Friday, responding to ...