Pakistan should accept that its decades of meddling in Afghanistan have not redounded to its benefit.

Afghanistan’s Taliban government has rejected U.S. allegations that it detains foreigners to obtain leverage over other countries. The government says that Afghan authorities arrest people ...

In a 40-year career that brought him two Pulitzers, he reported from trouble spots around the world, eloquently conveying the ...

The Gulf states may have been built on wealth from oil, but it is another liquid – water – that keeps these desert countries ...

The State Department has designated Afghanistan as a sponsor of wrongful detention as the U.S. ambassador to the United ...

In his latest newsletter, Simon Calder shares his journey from Yogyakarta to London amid Gulf tensions, reflecting on ...

It will be challenging to learn English, or to know about the new culture, but everything takes time,’ says Afghanistan-born cricket player Tooba Sarwari ...

Pushp Saraf pushpsaraf@yahoo.com One of the most persistent ironies in South Asian geopolitics is Pakistan’s contradictory approach to terrorism. Nowhere is this paradox more visible than in its ...

The 2026 Sydney Writers' Festival has announced its program , delivering 200+ events from 250+ authors to transform Sydney into a week-long celebration of storytelling, 17–24 May.

Iranian women’s soccer players yet to be granted asylum could be forced onto planes and flown out of the country within hours ...

After days of escalating pressure on the Iranian women’s national soccer team, a message smuggled out of Iran from a player’s family was the tipping point that sparked a daring asylum bid by five ...

Several members of the Iranian football team have chosen asylum in Australia. But it isn't the first time the country has stepped in.