Afghan forces have arrested an alleged planner of suicide attacks and key member of the Taliban group in the country's eastern Nangarhar province, a local official said Thursday.
The United Nations Higher Commission of Refugees (UNHCR) on Wednesday said that nearly 120,000 people were displaced by the armed conflict in the Libyan capital Tripoli.
Pakistani authorities on Wednesday detained the alleged mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai attacks as the country faces increased pressure to crack down on militants operating on its soil.
Japan's government is arranging to send a delegation to a briefing planned by the United States on a new initiative to ensure security in the Strait of Hormuz.