ISIS Wednesday claimed responsibility for a deadly attack targeting the Pakistani consulate in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad. In an Arabic statement released via Twitter, the group said the attack was carried out by three ISIS fighters, two of whom blew themselves up by detonating...

Chinese authorities have formally arrested China's most prominent woman human rights lawyer, accusing her of subverting the state, her lawyer said on Wednesday, as part of a crackdown on activists who have helped people fight for their legal rights. The lawyer, Wang Yu, was taken into custody...
A suspected suicide bomb blast Wednesday killed at least 14 people close to a polio eradication center in Pakistan's western city of Quetta, police said, with most of those killed policemen detailed to guard vaccination workers. At least 12 policemen, one paramilitary officer and one civilian...