South & Central Asia

WASHINGTON —  Fresh from a meeting with China’s top diplomat and a U.N. Security Council session regarding Ukraine, Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Central and…

BENGALURU, INDIA —  The United States brought its most advanced fighter jet, the F-35, to India for the first time this week alongside F-16s, Super Hornets and B-1B bombers as…

New Delhi —  A technology and defense initiative by India and the United States aims at countering China and reducing New Delhi’s dependence on Russian weapons. Analysts say it…

ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON  —  The United States Friday renewed criticism of Afghanistan’s Islamist Taliban for reneging on promises they would govern the country in a responsible way…

washington —  Majid Khan, a Pakistani man who has disclosed how he was tortured by the Central Intelligence Agency after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, has…

washington —  The White House is launching a partnership with India on Tuesday that President Joe Biden hopes will help the countries compete against China on military equipment,…

houston, texas —  In the months he was held in detention in Texas during his legal fight to remain in the United States, Afghan soldier Abdul Wasi Safi thought he would eventually…

united nations —  Editor's note: Here is a fast take on what the international community has been up to this week, as seen from the United Nations' perch. UN deputy chief says…

white house —  Russia may be turning to more countries to resupply its military fighting in Ukraine, but the White House says it has no evidence to support published reports…

houston —  An Afghan soldier seeking U.S. asylum who was detained for months after being arrested while trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border has been freed from immigration…