Poppy planting remains far below pre-ban levels, United Nations reports, despite rise of 19 percent year on year.

John Podesta seeks to reassure, countries agree carbon market rules, and Taliban in attendance on first day of summit.

Pakistani authorities struggle to control months of tit-for-tat attacks between Shia and Sunni tribes in tribal region.

Balochistan Liberation Army, a separatist group, claims responsibility for ‘suicide’ attack targeting soldiers.

The Iran-backed group launched drones, fired missiles at two US warships in an hours-long attack, the Pentagon says.

Roadside bomb kills four officers and wounds five others while two schoolchildren are killed in a mortar explosion.

It was like ‘Judgement Day’, says one victim, after a suicide bomber targeted passengers waiting to board a train ...

Delegates from nearly 200 countries join as negotiators seek increase in $100bn-a-year target for developing nations.