Middle East

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s first president following the withdrawal of Soviet troops from the country and the collapse in…

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey launched on Tuesday one of its largest operations against alleged supporters of the US-based Muslim cleric…

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Acting US Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan arrived in Baghdad on Tuesday for an unannounced visit to Iraq…

The last time Abdul Karim saw Soviet forces he was a teenage mujahideen fighter shivering on an Afghan mountainside, clutching…

DUBAI (Reuters) – The UN special envoy to Yemen on Monday said the urgency of accessing grain stores trapped in…

Iran’s president on Monday blasted a US “conspiracy” against the country as vast crowds marked 40 years since the Iranian…

LONDON/NEW YORK/DUBAI (Reuters) – When news emerged that Qatar may have unwittingly helped bail out a New York skyscraper owned…

KABUL (Reuters) – Acting US Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan arrived in Afghanistan on Monday and said it was important the…

Thirty years after Iran called for the killing of Salman Rushdie, the British novelist remains a figure of hate for…

BARTELLA, Iraq (AP) — In the main square in the northern Iraqi town of Bartella stands a large cross, one…