Britain  designated Iran’s IRGC as a threat to national security. Trump said the US was “winning big in Iran”.

In Pakistan, at least three police personnel were killed and 34 injured on Wednesday in two separate terror attacks.

NSA Ajit Doval on Thursday called for stronger regional cooperation among BIMSTEC member states to address evolving security challenges.

New Zealand has confirmed its first case of the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza after a migratory brown skua seabird found on a beach near Wellington tested positive,

In Canada, forest fires are burning through the remote landscape of northwestern Ontario. 

The EU and Britain on Monday imposed sanctions on Russian military intelligence officers, hackers and private companies.