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Secluded in his stronghold in southern Afghanistan, reclusive Taliban Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada is the cornerstone ...

U.S. officials say Rahim, who has been held there without charge since 2008, was a senior aide in Al Qaeda ... strike that killed Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri. In addition to Rahim, the ...

The separation from Al-Qaeda was reportedly motivated by the global group’s chief Ayman Al-Zawahiri’s directive binding all Al-Qaeda branches, including HTS, to Afghanistan’s Islamic Emirate.

HONG KONG/SHANGHAI -- China on Friday announced that its economic growth rate for 2024 was in line with the target set by a government beset by the threat of fresh U.S. tariffs, an enduring ...

Analysts say they see signs of malaise in China’s domestic economy, but those problems were offset mainly by robust exports and a $1 trillion trade surplus. By Keith Bradsher Reporting from ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. CORRECTS DATE - Workers inspect items at a chip maker in Binzhou city in east China’s Shandong province on ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. China’s population fell last year for the third straight year, its government said Friday, pointing to ...

China’s population fell for the third consecutive year in 2024, as a demographic crisis continues to loom over the East Asian superpower. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reported on ...

In a news release on Friday morning, China's National Bureau of Statistics reported its economy grew 5% in 2024 from a year ago, meeting its official target. Analysts polled by Reuters had ...

Thanks for joining us. Here are the key takeaways from China’s 2024 economic figures, the last big data release for the year. The numbers show the world’s No. 2 economy has picked up in the ...

The report also revealed that after the assassination of al-Qaeda’s Ayman al-Zawahiri, Haqqani and Mullah ... Pakistani analyst warns Islamabad, says China will... Pakistan, China's COWARDLY ...