Pakistan

Pakistan's two leading figures in the national election have both declared victory, underlining a chaotic campaign dominated by violence.

Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif declares victory in Pakistan's national election, but says he will talk to other groups to form a coalition government as his party had failed to win a clear majority on its own.

Journalist Lynne O'Donnell says the move is all about limiting the expansive network of Imran Khan supporters.

The South Asian nation faces an economic crisis, political instability and intimidation in its election season.

No one has claimed responsibility for the the blasts, which happened despite tens of thousands of security personnel in action.

Two blasts near the offices of electoral candidates in Pakistan's south-west have killed dozens of people and injured many more, raising concerns about security in the lead-up to today's national election.

Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan says he "did not catch a glimpse" of his wife's face until they were married. Now they have received a seven-year jail term for an unlawful marriage.

The sentence is the third ruling against Pakistan's former prime minister just days before the country's national election.

A Pakistan court has sentenced former prime minister Imran Khan to a further seven years in prison along with his wife, after a ruling that their 2018 marriage violated the law.

Fears of regional escalation are growing as the Israel-Gaza war drags on, with data showing political violence has increased across the Middle East. These are the four main hotspots.

Many of the ex-cricketer's supporters claim the cases brought against Mr Khan are politically motivated.

A court has sentenced former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife to 14 years in prison for corruption, a day after he received a 10 year sentence for leaking state secrets.

Khan and his wife had been accused of retaining and selling state gifts when the former premier was in power.

Mr Khan's PTI political party said it would challenge the decision and called the case against Mr Khan a "sham".

The Baluch rights group Haalvash says the victims were Pakistani labourers who lived at a car repair shop where they worked in Saravan in Sistan-Baluchestan province in the south-east border area. 

The families of nine Pakistani nationals killed by a gunman in Iran have joined together to mourn the loss.

The latest round of attack and response in the Middle East threatens to push the region into a broader war that has a common element ... Iran.

After weeks of missile strikes, air raids and terror attacks in seven countries, a series of misjudgements by Iran is upending its strategy of fighting its wars in other countries.

Both Middle Eastern nations have signalled a desire to cool tensions, after tit-for-tat strikes that saw 11 people killed between the two states. 

The deadly strikes have reportedly killed four children and three women in Iran. It comes days after Iran struck Pakistan, with both countries alleging they were targeting militant hideouts.

Pakistan has launched air strikes on Iran, allegedly targeting separatist militants and killing at least nine people, in an attack that has further raised tensions in the region.

Pakistan make the call to go without their frontline quick Shaheen Shah Afridi for the Sydney Test in favour of an extra spinner, while dropping opener Imam-ul-Haq.

With the focus on the conflicts in Ukraine, Israel and Gaza, other countries have dropped off the radar for many people. Some of these nations have been dealing with simmering unrest, however, which could erupt in 2024 and seize the global spotlight, writes Jessica Genauer.

Pakistan's election body has rejected former prime minister Imran Khan's nomination to contest the 2024 national elections in two constituencies.

Pakistan's Supreme Court grants former prime minister Imran Khan bail in a case related to a leak of state secrets, but it is not clear how he can be released while serving a three-year sentence for corruption and facing other charges.