Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump's statement to pursue political settlement in Afghanistan by resuming dialogue with the Taliban. "President Trump’s continued willingness to pursue political settlement in Afghanistan by resuming...

The biggest names in world football will descend on Paris on Monday for the 2019 Ballon d'Or ceremony, with Lionel Messi and USA women's World Cup superstar Megan Rapinoe tipped to leave with the honours. It would be an enormous shock if Rapinoe did not depart the Chatelet Theatre with the...

A senior Iranian official has suggested in an interview with AFP that authorities may be more open than in the past in approving candidates for a looming parliamentary election. "We don't consider ourselves immune from criticism. We may also accept that mistakes have been made in the past,"...

Protesters returned to the streets of Hong Kong on Sunday, ending a brief election lull and demanding the government make concessions a week after pro-democracy candidates won a landslide victory. Sunday's rallies follow skirmishes overnight between police and protesters, with tear gas...