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Washington [USA], Jan. 16 : Outgoing U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has warned that South Asia is among the few regions in the world where nuclear weapons could be used in regional conflicts.In a recent speech at the Carnegie Endowment for International…

Kabul [Afghanistan], Jan. 16 : An International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) staff member who was abducted last year in Kunduz province, has been released.Juan Carlos, was abducted on December 19 while traveling from the ICRC office in Kunduz to t…

Kabul [Afghanistan], Jan. 16 : Senators from Upper House of Parliament in Afghanistan have asked President Ashraf Ghani to dissolve the High Peace Council (HPC) following the insensitive remarks made by former HPC advisor Abdul Hakim Mujahid.According …

Seoul [South Korea], Jan. 16 : The contract between South Korean military and Lotte Group to exchange military land for a golf course to deploy a U.S.missile shield, THAAD, may be delayed, according to officials. South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman…

New Delhi [India], Jan. 16 : At least 32 people were killed after a Turkish Airlines cargo plane crashed in a populated area near Kyrgyzstan’s main airport on Monday.According to media reports, the plane hit a populated area after attempting to land in…

Kabul [Afghanistan], Jan. 16 : Afghanistan’s High Peace Council (HPC) has slammed Pakistan for its controversial role in the Afghan peace process, saying Islamabad has been the key obstruction in the way of purposeful peace talks between the Afghan gov…

Kabul [Afghanistan], Jan. 16 : At least 13 seminary teachers were abducted by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan.The local officials said that the incident took place in Haska Mina di…

Karachi [Pakistan], Jan. 16 : Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader and former Pakistan president Asif Ali Zardari is likely to attend U.S.President-elect Donald Trump’s swearing-in ceremony on January 20. He left for Dubai on Sunday, where he would stay…

Dera Ghazi Khan (Punjab) [Pakistan], Jan. 16 : Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan has said that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s regime is going to end soon as his corruption has been exposed by the Panama Paper leaks.”Allah has taken suo …

Karachi [Pakistan], Jan. 16 : Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari (PPP)and former president Asif Ali Zardari will discuss Washington-Islamabad relations with senior officials in the United States.Asif Ali Zardari will attend th…