Afghanistan with its capital, Kabul. AP/AP hide caption toggle caption AP/AP ISLAMABAD — Pakistan's defense minister said that his country ran out of "patience" and considers that there is now an "open war" with Afghanistan, after both countries launched strikes following an Afghan cross-border attack.
Thousands of mourners gathered in Pakistan's capital on Saturday for a somber mass funeral honoring the victims of a suicide bombing at a Shiite mosque the previous day. At least 31 people were killed in the blast and around 170 were wounded, as authorities vowed to intensify operations against Islamist militants.
The United States and India on Friday released the framework for an interim trade agreement following President Donald Trump's announcement of a trade deal with India. The framework "reaffirms the countries' commitment to the broader US-India Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) negotiations," according to a joint statement released by the White House .
Young, tech-savvy, and future-focused — Philipe Andrade, 23, and Carlos Alberto Andrade, 26, embody a new generation of Brazil's automotive elite. They are the heirs to the Brazilian auto group CAOA.
A flurry of announcements this week is reshaping efforts by the United States and the European Union to loosen China's grip on rare earth minerals, the building blocks of next-generation technology.
It is a bitterly cold winter's day in the central Anatolian Turkish city of Tokat. The thermometer says it's -3 degrees Celsius (27 degrees Fahrenheit). Sunduz Akkan, a mother of three, bundles up and heads to the Sik Makas factory where she worked until October. The plant's roughly 1,700 employees stopped getting their paychecks in mid-2025.
Two independent journalists were detained by Chinese officials after they published a report alleging corruption by a local official in southwestern China, rights group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said on Tuesday, condemning the incident.
A wave of simultaneous gun attacks and suicide bombings targeting schools, banks and security installations in Pakistan's Balochistan province over the weekend has killed 50 people, mostly civilians, including women and childrenin the insurgency-hit region.
Vietnam and the European Union have elevated diplomatic relations as both sides seek secure footing amid global trade and security shocks. The announcement of a "Comprehensive Strategic Partnership" between Brussels and Hanoi last week places the EU side by side with China, the United States and Russia as one of Vietnam's top-tier diplomatic relationships.
The trade deal agreed by India and the EU in January was described by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen as "the mother of all trade deals" — buoyant language to hail an economic partnership between the world's largest trading bloc and its most populous nation.
The Taliban are sending more officials to staff its consulates in Germany, leaving many Afghans who fled the Taliban regime with a dilemma when trying to get passports and other documents. This is according to a statement released by the Association of Afghan Organizations in Germany (VAFO) in January.
The handle of a Tesla Model Y electric vehicle sits flush against the vehicle's side inside a showroom in Beijing on February 3, 2026. China will ban hidden door handles on cars sold in the country starting next year, phasing out the minimalist design because of safety concerns.