KIRKUK, Iraq( Reuters)-Islamic State militants killed 10 Iraqi policemen and wounded four during an

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underway in Gansu and neighboring Qinghai provinces.... The earthquake left more than 500 people

province under unclear circumstances, his family said Sunday.... The killing reignited concerns among

19, 2020 file photo, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, right, and Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan stand before a joint news conference at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan.... As the Taliban swiftly capture territory in Afghanistan, many Afghans blame Pakistan for the insurgents' success, pointing to their use of Pakistani territory in multiple ways.... Pressure is mounting on Islamabad, which initially brought the Taliban to the negotiating table, to get them to stop the onslaught

was in neighboring Pakistan that he got his training.... While analysts say Pakistan’s leverage is

mortar shell exploded in the K1 Iraqi military airbase in Kirkuk province in northern Iraq.... 8 injured

, capturing nine out of 10 districts of Helmand province’s capital, Lashkar Gah, residents and officials said

WASHINGTON — It was three days after the Sept.... Musharraf and his successors held up part of the bargain: working with the C.I.A.to hunt down Qaeda operatives in Pakistan and allowing the spy agency to unleash a withering drone campaign in the country’s tribal areas.... As recounted in “ Directorate S, ” a book on the Afghan war by the journalist Steve Coll, Mr....

In response to a single case of the coronavirus, Chinese authorities locked down a southern border city of more than 200, 000 people this week, barring the entry of all goods and people.... The city has reported a total of 143 cases since Dec 9. Advertisement Story continues below advertisement China’s pursuit of a stringent “ zero covid ” policy has resulted in increasingly strict border controls and quarantines and frequent lockdowns across the country.... On Monday, Lei Zhenglong, deputy di