PAKISTAN

The Islamic fundamentalist group seized the same territory last year, but quickly relinquished it because of a government-led counterattack.

The 10 men were handed down life sentences in April but a Pakistani court reportedly freed eight of them after a secret trial.

The secrecy surrounding the negotiation of the Trade in Services Agreement and other major trade pacts has been condemned by labor groups.

The former general expressed confidence that America and its partners can defeat ISIS in Iraq, but he urged greater Western involvement in fighting the group in Syria.

In its propaganda magazine, the Islamic State group suggests the possibility of bringing a nuclear weapon to the United States through drug routes.

A Brown University study has found that the post 9/11-conflict in Pakistan and Afghanistan has claimed at least 149,000 lives.

A human rights organization says aid has been unevenly distributed to members of lower castes in the country.

Gunmen disguised as members of the Pakistani security forces killed at least 20 passengers late on Friday after forcing them off buses traveling from the western city of Quetta.

According to a United Nations report, about 795 million people worldwide are going hungry today -- a fall of over 21 percent in the last 25 years.

Gen. Stanley McChrystal reportedly told Fox News that freed prisoner of war Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl "walked off intentionally" in 2009.

As the country's army loses ground to the Taliban in the north, Afghanistan is forming local militias and asking warlords to fight the group, the New York Times reports.

A mob of Muslim religious leaders in Lahore, Pakistan, demanded that the suspect be burned alive.

The Baloch Liberation Army said it was responsible for the attack.

However, the Islamic State group conceded the scenario is "far-fetched" in the latest issue of its propaganda magazine Dabiq.

Emails exchanged by Hillary Clinton and Sidney Blumenthal show that the latter had obtained information about unrest in Libya through “sensitive sources."

The al Qaeda chief was into video production well before ISIS was -- and also passionate about the French economy.

Saudi Prince Turki Faisal also called on U.S. President Barack Obama to "find the way to make our area free of weapons of mass destruction."

The hundreds of declassified documents include a letter the al Qaeda leader wrote to one of his wives who was traveling from Iran to rejoin him in Pakistan.

Although details of the accord have not been revealed yet, many in Afghanistan have termed it a “shameful” deal.

Saudi officials claim the increased beheadings show the kingdom's commitment to "maintaining security and realising justice." In 2014, Saudi Arabian beheadings ranked third in the world, after China and Iran, according to Amnesty International.

Using the classic “lever test,” researchers found that rats were all too eager to self-administer the drug.