Afghan security forces battled for hours against a group of attackers who stormed a government building in the eastern city of Jalalabad on Sunday after a coordinated assault that killed at least 15 people and wounded 42 ...

Taliban fighters pushed into the centre of the northern Afghan city of Kunduz on Monday, taking control of the central intersection where they raised their flag a year earlier ...

At least 55 people, including 14 civilians, have been killed in two days of fighting between pro-government forces and Shia Houthi rebels in Yemen, officials said Sunday.

Pakistan coach Waqar Younis yesterday warned his team to be prepared for a backlash from wounded Australia in the second Test.