An Indian newspaper says the United States is putting pressure on Pakistan to allow Washington to establish espionage bases in the country’s Balochistan province to gather intelligence on Iran.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has invited Taliban leaders to enter into direct talks with his government, urging Pakistan to support the negotiations.

People have rallied across Pakistan in protest at a resolution submitted to the US House of Representatives on Pakistan’s Balochistan Province, Press TV reported.

A gas pipeline has been exploded in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan Province, the latest in a fresh wave of violence in the restive region, Press TV reports.

Recent reports show that India suffers billions of dollars in damages on a yearly basis due to a rise in road accidents, Press TV reports.

Amid the continuing turbulence in the economies of different countries, Japan has become the latest state to attempt to win waivers from US sanctions targeting foreign firms that do business with Iran’s Central Bank (CBI).

Large numbers of people have turned up for angry demonstrations in Afghanistan after US-led forces in the war-wracked country burned copies of the Holy Qur’an, Press TV reports.

At least 12 people have been killed and a woman has been injured in a spate of violence across Pakistan’s provinces of Balochistan and Sindh, Press TV reports.

At least 13 workers have been killed and 17 more wounded after an explosion hit a steel plant in China’s northeastern Liaoning province.

An Afghan police attack on US-led troops in southern Afghanistan has left two Albanian soldiers dead and two other foreign troopers injured, Press TV reported.

An Indian court has remanded two Italian naval guards charged with the killing of two Indian fishermen in judicial custody until early March.

Thousands of activists have taken to the streets of the Pakistani capital Islamabad to protest against their government’s managing of the ties between the US and its policies, Press TV reports.

Thailand’s Shia leader Syedsulaiman Husaini says the suspects detained by Thai authorities with the alleged Iranian passports are members of the terrorist anti-Iran Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO).

At least three Italian soldiers with the NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) have been killed in a road accident in western Afghanistan.

A top Pakistani leader of the Taliban says the United States seeks to engage in talks with the Taliban in Afghanistan as its mission in the war-battered country has failed, Press TV reports.

At least two Afghan policemen have been killed after a powerful blast hit the gate of a police station in southern Afghanistan, Press TV reported.

South Korea’s military has held live-fire artillery exercises near the disputed Yellow Sea border with North Korea amid a warning by Pyongyang to retaliate in case its sovereignty was violated.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has asked Maulana Samiul Haq, a senior Pakistani cleric, known as the ‘father’ of the Taliban, to help mediate talks with the militants.

Extreme cold weather has killed about 40 children in Afghanistan over the past month, with aid groups saying the death toll may rise as temperatures keep falling.

An Indian court is seeking the extradition of a US citizen involved in the 2008 terrorist attacks in the city of Mumbai, which claimed the lives of tens of people.

A powerful roadside bomb explosion in Afghanistan's troubled south has claimed the lives of at least five civilians, Press TV reports.

Recent reports indicate that the Indian Air Force is continuing with its plans to purchase Rafale fighter planes from France, Press TV reports.

Following the killing of two Indian fishermen by the crew of an Italian ship in India’s territorial waters, public outrage against the Indian government is gaining momentum.

A new bomb attack has claimed the lives of at least six tribesmen in northwestern Pakistan and wounded several others, Press TV reports.

An active-duty US military officer has accused senior army officials of misleading the US Congress and the American people about the ongoing war in Afghanistan.

North Korea's military has threatened to shell the islands near its disputed Yellow Sea border with the South if Seoul violates its territorial waters in an upcoming naval firing drill.

Militants in Pakistan have attacked a military check post in the country’s South Waziristan Agency, leaving one soldier dead and two others wounded, Press TV reports.

At least two Pakistani paramilitary troops have been killed and nine others wounded by a roadside bomb in the southwestern province of Balochistan, Press TV reports.

In Sri Lanka, police forces have used tear gas and water cannons against demonstrators protesting in the capital Colombo over a hike in fuel prices.

In Pakistan, hundreds have taken to the streets in protest against recent bombing which claimed the lives of at least 36 people, Press TV reports.

Afghanistan has denied a NATO report claiming that the recent US-led airstrike which left eight Afghan youths dead was coordinated with Afghan police.

A NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) helicopter has crashed in Afghanistan's eastern province of Kabul, with no immediate reports of casualties, Press TV reports.

International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) has accused Pakistan of providing the Taliban in Afghanistan with basic materials for producing explosive devices.

Despites India’s all-out efforts to become an economic powerhouse, a newly conducted survey shows that a large number of Indian families have not yet benefited from the country’s progress, Press TV reports.

Three people have been killed in northwestern Pakistan after the police opened fire on to stop a protest sparked by an earlier bomb blast near a mosque, Press TV reports.

The collapse of budget carrier Air Australia has left 4,000 passengers stranded, while the airline has reportedly sold some 100,000 tickets for future flights that may never take off.

At least five police officers have been injured after their vehicle hit a roadside bomb in Pakistan's conflict-plagued northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where government troops are fighting militants, Press TV reports.

At least 25 people, mainly Shia Muslims, were killed and many others were wounded after a powerful bomb explosion in a market in Pakistan's northwestern tribal region close to the Afghan border, Press TV reports.

The latest UN figures indicate that the output of heroin increased by 61 percent in Afghanistan last year despite the Western claims about their will to curb the production of drugs during the invasion of the war-battered country.

Government officials say Pakistani fighter jets have bombed militant positions in the country’s northwestern tribal region close to the border with Afghanistan, killing at least nine militants and injuring several others, Press TV reports.