A former chess coach says a member of the Taliban vice squad told him: "Playing chess is forbidden. Buying a chess set is ...

Chess in Afghanistan isn’t madly followed like cricket or the national game — buzkashi — a polo-like sport, except the jockeys have whips and they have to dash across a field holding the carcass of a ...

Pakistan has urged its citizens to reconsider travel plans to Iran and Iraq due to rising tensions after Israel launched airstrikes on Iran. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs warned against unnecessary ...

Israel launched a wave of strikes across Iran on Friday that targeted its nuclear program and military sites, killing at least two top military officers and raising the prospect of an all-out war ...

Tensions hit the streets as thousands across Tehran and other cities rally after Friday prayers. Protesters chant defiance, wave Hezbollah flags, and raise banners pledging loyalty to Iran’s Supreme ...

Patna: Beautification work at Maner Sharif Dargah in Patna district is progressing rapidly, with 70% of the construction of two thematic entrance gate.

As Pakistan celebrated Eid Al Adha on Saturday, June 7, its Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif took the opportunity to honour the sacrifices of the "brave soldiers of our Armed Forces." "As we offer ...

Safyaan Sharif's 259th wicket in Scotland colours made him the country's most prolific bowler, another landmark career moment.

Baghdad insists all oil revenues belong to the federal treasury, while the KRG continues to rely on its own 2007 law to sign contracts. A 2022 Federal Supreme Court ruling deemed the KRG’s oil ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Kurdistan Region’s top officials and political leaders on Thursday used their Eid al-Adha messages to highlight ongoing financial tensions between Erbil and Baghdad.

Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif turns to Trump, asks for dialogue with India after Operation Sindoor New Delhi has time and again reiterated that any talks with Pakistan will be done about putting an ...

Tensions have escalated between Iraq’s central government in Baghdad and the semiautonomous Kurdish region in the country’s north in a long-running dispute over the sharing of oil revenues.