The attack marks a dangerous escalation in the Iran conflict, raising fears of wider disruption to Gulf energy infrastructure.

A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck Indonesia on Tuesday, as reported by the National Center for Seismology (NCS).

Indonesia bade farewell to the country's sixth vice president and retired Army general Try Sutrisno, who died in Jakarta on Monday at the age of 90, leaving behind a decades-long record of service in ...

Here's a look at the news highlights from Asean countries in the Star-AseanPlus section for Saturday (Feb 28, 2026) ...

Pakistani police and military forces killed over a 100 "Indian-backed terrorists " in counterterrorism operations across the restive southwestern province of Balochistan over the past 40 hours, ...

The most worrisome flash point in South Asia today lies not between the nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan but to the west, along the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. A simmering conflict ...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — In the sprawling fruit market in this northwestern Pakistani city, Imran has spent the past several months waiting for shipments that aren’t arriving. The crates of Afghan walnuts ...

Pakistan has granted lifelong immunity to Field Marshal Asim Munir, in a move that would further entrench the military’s grip on power in the nuclear-armed nation. The upper house of parliament ...

Pakistan’s engagement with the United States has seen a resurgence in 2025. The two nations have concluded several agreements that afford the United States a stronger foothold in the region. But these ...

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan banned a hard-line Islamist party on Thursday, more than a week after heated clashes with police that left at least five people dead. The ban follows a march by the party, Tehreek ...