Afghanistan postpones its presidential inauguration
A ceremony to swear in Ashraf Ghani as president has been delayed, but contradicted reasons cited a day earlier by the U.S. government behind...
An overview of Afghanistan-US extended war
More than 18 years after the US-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, there is a timeline of developments:
On October 7, 2001, less than a...
Foreigners who joined IS faced almost certain death in Raqqa
As they made their last stand in the northern Syrian city of Raqqa, an estimated 300 extremists holed up in and around a sports...
Military solution ‘impossible’ in parts of Mideast: U.S CIA Chief
A military solution is “impossible” in parts of the Middle East, U.S. CIA chief John Brennan said, arguing that it was hard to picture...
Human Rights Watch accused Egyptian security of torturing children
International rights group said on Monday that Egyptian security forces under President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi have arbitrarily arrested, forcibly disappeared and tortured children as...
Saudi Arabia: 93 people with Isis links arrested in recent months
Authorities say they have foiled Islamic State plans to carry out terrorist attacks including a strike on the US embassy in the capital
Riyadh,...
Jeb Bush takes on Trump
Challenger Jeb Bush locked horns with Republican front-runner Donald Trump in a national security debate on Tuesday but most rivals avoided tangling with the...
In a divided Iraq, a unique school brings children together
Kurdish, Arab and Turkmen children sit in the same classrooms at a school where Islamic and Christian education textbooks are stacked on the same...
Saudi Arabia reports foiling planned Islamic State attacks
Interior ministry announces it has arrested more than 400 people and thwarted suicide bomb attack on mosque in east of country as bomb kills...
Coronavirus – Worldwide latest developments
The new virus is entering new territories, from mega-cities to seaside villages, and casting a fast-growing shadow over the world economy.
Habits are changing in...
