Iraq had announced the dismissal of head coach Jesus Casas with just two games remaining in Asian qualification for the 2026 World Cup.

U.S. aircraft carrier is operating in Mideast waters ahead of the next round of talks between Iran and the United States over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program.

Japan says that two of its minesweepers will visit a Chinese-funded naval port in Cambodia this weekend in the first foreign navy visit since an expansion project was completed.

Pakistan wants to expel more than 3 million Afghans this year as part of a crackdown on foreigners it says are in the country illegally.

An Israeli airstrike has struck the northern gate of a field hospital in the Gaza Strip, wounding a number of medics.

China says it is pursuing three alleged U.S. operatives accused of carrying out cyberattacks on Chinese infrastructure during the Asian Winter Games.