Afghanistan

Residents of Mazar-e-Sharif, the capital of Balkh province, say that six people were injured in an explosion in the city on Wednesday morning.

Najibullah Tawana, head of public health for Balkh, said the six people who were injured have been taken to Balkh&s hospital.

Tawana reports that the wounded people are in stable condition, but said one...

At least six people have died in flash floods in southern Kandahar province since Tuesday, local officials said Wednesday.

Mawlavi Taher, Maroof district police chief, in Kandahar, confirmed that six people had died in floods in parts of his district on Tuesday night.

He said the district&s security department compound was also destroyed in...

Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the upcoming SCO summit in Uzbekistan with his Tajik counterpart Emomali Rahmon in a phone call on Tuesday, the Kremlin press service said.

The presidents exchanged views on a number of issues as well as the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Samarkand in September, the Kremlin said...

The United States will announce a new security assistance package for Ukraine of about $3 billion as early as Wednesday, a U.S. official said on Tuesday, in what would be the single largest tranche to Kyiv since Russia&s invasion six months ago.

The package is being prepared to coincide with Ukraine&s independence day on Wednesday,...