Iran has revealed a previously undisclosed underground bunker housing its latest ballistic missile.

• January 5, 2016

Islamic State (IS) fighters have launched several offensives near the city of Haditha in northwest Iraq in the last 48 hours.

• January 5, 2016

Vietnam formally accused China of violating its sovereignty and a recent confidence-building pact on Saturday by landing a plane on an airstrip Beijing has built in a contested part of the South China Sea.

• January 2, 2016

The Pentagon says air strikes by a U.S.-led coalition have killed 10 Islamic State (IS) leaders over the past month, including several linked to the Paris attacks or other plots against the West.

• December 29, 2015

Pakistani counterterrorism officials say authorities have arrested nine local militants with alleged ties to the extremist Islamic State (IS) group, who were planning terrorist attacks across the country.

• December 29, 2015

The Taliban has denied that it held talks with Russian officials about efforts to combat Islamic State (IS) militants in Afghanistan as a British newspaper reported that President Vladimir Putin had met the group's leader earlier this year.

• December 28, 2015

Taiwan's opposition leader and presidential frontrunner on Sunday called on China to respect the island's democratic process and said she believes Beijing will have a "rational attitude" when dealing with her independence-leaning party.

• December 27, 2015

Nepal's foreign minister asked China on Friday for help in dealing with an energy crisis that crippled the landlocked country over the past three months and China said it would look at the request favorably.

• December 25, 2015