Taliban claim they weren’t aware al Qaeda chief was living in Kabul

“The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has no information about Ayman al-Zawahiri’s arrival and stay in Kabul,”…

Israel’s Prime Minister makes rare allusion to country’s nuclear weapons arsenal

Speaking at an event to mark a change of leadership at the country’s Atomic Energy Commission,…

What’s behind Iraq’s explosive political crisis?

In a show of strength, supporters of Shiite cleric Sadr last week twice stormed Baghdad’s heavily…

Iran flash flooding and mudslides leave at least 69 people dead

Nezhad Jahani, a senior official at the organization, said at least 45 people are still missing…

Turkey’s leader has unfinished business in Syria. What is he waiting for?

Pledged almost two months ago yet awaiting what analysts say is probably a green light from…

Iraqi protesters break into Baghdad’s Green Zone denouncing the nomination of new premier

Al-Sudani was formally nominated Monday by the Coordination Framework, the largest Shiite alliance in the Iraqi…

Iran and Russia’s friendship is more complicated than it seems

Russia and Iran say they are now closer than ever as the West clamps down on…

Putin visits Iran in first trip outside former Soviet Union since invading Ukraine

Putin met with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in Tehran, and with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.…

Biden gives Saudis the gesture they wanted. But he returns to Washington with little in hand

Much speculated about, the image itself, from a camera position that was denied to the press…

Fist bump with MBS ‘a win’ for Biden: Saudi foreign minister

The US President has faced a backlash over the informal way he greeted the kingdom’s de…