Magnitude 6.5 quake centered near Jurm village in northeastern Afghanistan leaves at least nine people dead in Pakistan and two in Afghanistan, officials in both South Asian countries say.
Police in northern Punjab state accuse Amritpal Singh, 29, of setting up a militia and claim they recovered guns from his home, but his father, Tarsem Singh, says hunt for his son is a "conspiracy."
Brigadier Mustafa Kamal Barki of powerful Inter-Services Intelligence, the nuclear-armed nation's main spy agency, was killed and seven others of his team were wounded in an encounter with militants, Pakistani military says.
Colombo is also banking on the IMF deal to unfreeze billions of dollars in foreign aid for projects suspended since Sri Lanka defaulted on its loans last year.
Clashes late on Tuesday took place in the oil-producing province, which is one of the main battlegrounds and the scene of sporadic fighting between the Iran-backed group and the Saudi Arabia-backed government.
Rahul Gandhi seeks an appeal over a two-year prison sentence following a case stemming from a remark made against PM Modi during the 2019 election campaign.
Australians are set to go to polls later this year to say "yes" or "no" to a proposed law recognising the First Peoples of Australia by forming an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice. But what exactly are they voting for?
Despite striking a deal with the International Monetary Fund in April 2021, the ailing Arab country is yet to implement any of the reforms stipulated for securing the $3 billion loan it needs to rebuild its battered economy.
![On the run since last week, Amritpal Singh [centre] maintains striving for a separate country, that Sikhs call Khalistan, was not an anti-democratic and should not be taboo.](https://www.infonewsall.com/storage/152363_ind20230303_1679446832882.jpg)
