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At least 22 people have been killed when a fire tore through a seven-storey office building in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, a media report said on Wednesday.

Six Pakistani soldiers have been killed in an attack on a security post in the Kurram district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), according to media reports on Tuesday.

At least 25 people have been killed and more than 50 others injured after a fire broke out at a nightclub in Arpora, Goa, India, according to media reports on Sunday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi kicked off a daylong summit in New Delhi on Friday, focusing on trade, defense, and energy ties amid Western sanctions over the war in Ukraine, Al Jazeera reported.

Tajikistan is in discussions with Russia and a Moscow-led regional security bloc on the possible deployment of Russian troops to jointly patrol the volatile border with Afghanistan, Reuters reports.

Russia and the United States failed to reach a compromise on a potential peace deal to end the war in Ukraine after a five-hour Kremlin meeting between President Vladimir Putin and two senior envoys of US President Donald Trump, according to media reports on Wednesday.

KABUL (Pajhwok): At least 174 people have died due to floods and landslides on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, local media reported on Saturday. The

United Nations agencies on Friday urged the US to uphold international obligations toward asylum seekers after US President Donald Trump announced plans to halt migration from what he described as “Third World” countries in the wake of an attack near the White House.

Afghanistan’s under-17 national football team will face Nepal today (Friday) in their third match of the 2026 Asian Cup qualifiers.

Media reports on Friday said that U.S. National Guard member Sarah Bäckström, who was shot on Wednesday, has died.

The Trump administration suspended all immigration applications from Afghan nationals with immediate effect on Wednesday night following a shooting in Washington, D.C., that critically injured two National Guard members from West Virginia.

At least 44 people have been killed and nearly 300 others are missing after a massive fire broke out in an apartment complex in Hong Kong, media reports said on Thursday.