Afghanistan

Abbas Karami who was recently granted US citizenship after leaving Afghanistan in 2016, scooped his first gold as an American citizen in the men&s 50-meter butterfly S1-S7 in the Indianapolis 2022 Para Swimming World Series on Friday.

Karami has in the past few years competed as a member of the Refugee Paralympic Team including the Paralympic...

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Friday (April 08) he accepted a verdict from the country&s Supreme Court, that ordered parliament proceed with a no-confidence vote against him.

The country&s top court ruled late on Thursday (April 07) that Khan must face the no-confidence vote, which he is widely expected to lose, meaning he...

Saudi Arabia will let up to 1 million people join the Haj pilgrimage this year, greatly expanding the key event to participants from outside the kingdom after two years of tight COVID restrictions, state media said on Saturday.

Pilgrims to Mecca this year must be under age 65 and fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, the ministry of Hajj and...

A Pakistani court has jailed Islamist leader Hafiz Saeed, founder of the militant group blamed by the United States and India for a deadly 2008 attack in India, for 31 years in connection with terrorism financing, court documents showed.

Saeed was found guilty of multiple breaches in two cases but it was not immediately clear how much jail time the...