After abandoning hope of influencing the Taliban, Central Asian nations have sought to insulate themselves from Afghanistan’s instability. For much of the past two decades, regional diplomacy on ...

David R. Merkel, of Tempe, Arizona, passed away peacefully at his home on December 4, 2025, surrounded by his loving family. He was 88. Born on October 8, 1937, in Madison, Wisconsin, David was the ...

Former German chancellor Angela Merkel has made it clear that she does not blame Poland and the Baltic states for Russia's attack on Ukraine, describing the view as "fake news." A passage from her ...

Tajikistan and Afghanistan's Taliban have engaged in a flurry of diplomacy in recent months to ease tensions and prevent armed clashes along their long, shared border. Tajik and Taliban officials have ...

A Walworth County judge sentenced Steven Merkel to 25 years in prison in the death of his 8-year-old stepson. Merkel pleaded guilty in August to first-degree reckless homicide in the death of his ...

The death toll from a powerful earthquake that struck northern Afghanistan early on Monday climbed to 27 on Tuesday, with almost 1,000 others confirmed injured by the temblor, according to national ...

Nov. 3 (UPI) --A strong earthquake struck northern Afghanistan early Monday, killing more than 20 people and injuring hundreds more, though the death toll is expected to rise. The temblor was ...

A powerful earthquake has rattled northern Afghanistan, killing at least 27 people and injuring 956 more, according to Dr. Sharafat Zaman Amar, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Public Health. The ...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Peace talks between Pakistan and Afghanistan have failed in Istanbul after four days of negotiations, Pakistan’s information minister said before dawn Wednesday, accusing the ...

A new cancer clinical trial by the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group (ECOG-ACRIN) shows that a drug that utilizes the body's immune system to target and eliminate cancer cells appeared to reduce the ...

Afghanistan and Pakistan, embroiled in fighting that has killed dozens of people and injured hundreds, pledged on Sunday to respect a ceasefire. The truce, mediated by Qatar and Turkey, came into ...