The extremist organisation had existed as a mere “paper state” since its founding as the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) in ...

DOHUK, Iraq (AP) — The annual parade by Assyrian Christians in the Iraqi city of Dohuk to mark their new year was marred ...

Whatever else that is, it is not a route to a free Gaza, much less a free Palestine. That concept of freedom might be better ...

As allegations of attacks and other incidents blamed on Russia piled up across Europe last year, a team of AP journalists set ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a policy brief titled "Bringing U.S. Foreign Policy Back Home: Prioritizing American Interests ...

Ukrainian troops are making small gains in Russia's Belgorod region, while Donald Trump has taken a swipe at Vladimir Putin.

The Somali state of Puntland is witnessing an escalation of security challenges with an increase in military confrontations against the Islamic State ...

Yesterday, in Jeddah, Syrian and Lebanese defense ministers Murhaf Abu Qusra and Michel Menassa signed a promising agreement to end lingering border issues between Lebanon and Syria. In truth, neither ...

Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland has rejected an attempt by the central government to give the US exclusive control ...

A gold rush has broken out in the Sahara in recent years. Thousands of young Africans are digging in the sea of sand with ...

The United Nations estimates that 90% of Syrians live in poverty and the Syrian government has only been able to provide ...

Virginia’s U.S. Senator Mark R. Warner opened a hearing of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on the subject of the ...