Pakistan

From a trade war with China to women’s rights around the world, here’s what has captured our readers’ attention in the first half of the year.

Japan and South Korea continue a historic dispute while Turkey exits the F-35 program amid tensions with the United States.

Almost four decades after the first U.S.-Pakistani mission in Afghanistan, Islamabad risks getting caught in the crosshairs of great-power politics again. Only deft diplomacy will save it.

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India’s leader has to mix a muscular foreign policy with a softer touch.

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The Indian prime minister has the upper hand at home, and he may have a willing partner across the border.

No longer just a balancer, the prime minister wants to make India a major power in its own right. And his cabinet pick shows he’s serious about doing so.

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Violence in the Pakistani province is on the rise—and now Chinese nationals are the target.

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Bad times in India couldn't dent the BJP's juggernaut.

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Host to one of the world’s largest refugee populations, the country is trying to figure out how to push migrants out. But that will mean sending many Afghans back to a country they’ve never lived in.

A human rights movement from Waziristan is finally bringing the country together to challenge the brass.

Hotel Mumbai is a tale of courage. It is also a worrying reminder of India’s security flaws.

This week, U.S. officials contradicted India’s claim that it shot down a Pakistani F-16, and U.S. lawmakers held a historic vote on Washington’s role in Yemen.

Beijing may be safeguarding its interests with the Taliban.

New Delhi and Islamabad had conflicting accounts of a February dogfight.