Afghan truce worry: 1 militant could threaten peace process
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hopes for ending America’s longest war hinge on maintaining a weeklong fragile truce in Afghanistan th...
Health officials worry as untraceable virus clusters emerge
In South Korea, Singapore and Iran, clusters of infections are leading to a jump in cases of the new viral illness outsi...
Syrian war pulls in major foreign actors, increasing tension
BEIRUT (AP) — In northern Syria, heavy exchanges between Syrian and Turkish troops are erupting with more frequency, thr...
Watchdog toughens global financial scrutiny of Iran
PARIS (AP) — An international agency monitoring terrorism funding announced tough new financial scrutiny of Iran on Frid...
Israel says cruise passenger flown home from Japan has virus
JERUSALEM (AP) — One of the 11 Israelis who were flown home after being quarantined on a cruise ship in Japan has tested...
Iran reports 2 more deaths, 13 new cases of new coronavirus
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian health authorities on Friday reported two more deaths from the new virus that emerged in Chi...
Turkish soldiers killed in Syria amid threats of escalation
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Two Turkish soldiers were killed Thursday in an airstrike in northwestern Syria, Turkey said, afte...
Israel confirms ultra-Orthodox draft figures were inflated
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military said Thursday it found “serious, systemic failures” in its own reporting that infl...
German gunman calling for genocide kills 9 people
HANAU, Germany (AP) — A 43-year-old German man who posted a manifesto calling for the “complete extermination” of many “...
Swiss prosecutors charge Al-Khelaifi in FIFA bribery case
GENEVA (AP) — Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser al-Khelaifi was charged Thursday by Swiss federal prosecutors in conn...
Israeli PM’s rival denies wrongdoing amid probe reports
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s leading opposition figure Benny Gantz denied wrongdoing on Thursday after media reports said I...
Egypt’s once-reviled street dogs get chance at a better life
CAIRO (AP) — Karim Hegazi spends his days in a Cairo clinic taking care of animals long considered a menace in Egypt.Str...
Devices found in missiles, Yemen drones link Iran to attacks
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A small instrument inside the drones that targeted the heart of Saudi Arabia’s oil in...
Israeli Opera to host Placido Domingo despite protest
JERUSALEM (AP) — Despite objections from sexual abuse activists, the Israeli Opera will host a weeklong singing competit...
US lawmaker defends meeting with Iran FM in Munich
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Chris Murphy on Tuesday defended a weekend meeting he held with Iran’s foreign minister in Europe...
Aging Shiite cleric a powerhouse in Iraq. What comes after?
NAJAF, Iraq — When Iraq’s top Shiite cleric underwent surgery for a fractured bone last month, it sent shivers around the country and beyond. “May God...
After gains in northern Syria, Assad predicts total victory
DAMASCUS, Syria — Syrian President Bashar Assad congratulated his forces Monday for recent gains in northwestern Syria that led to his troops consolid...
Freezing weather compounds crisis for displaced in Syria
BEIRUT — A military offensive on an opposition-controlled region of northwestern Syria has created one of the worst catastrophes for civilians in the ...
Iran: US killing of general was a miscalculation
MUNICH — The U.S. killing of a top Iranian general was a miscalculation that has had the effect of bolstering support in Iraq for the removal of Ameri...
AP Explains: Why Syria’s M5 is Assad’s highway to victory
BEIRUT — It is arguably one of the most coveted prizes in Syria’s civil war, and after eight years of fighting, Syrian President Bashar Assad has got ...
Determined: Ethiopian female migrants risk all for Saudi
They are among the most vulnerable of the tens of thousands of migrants making the long and perilous trek from Ethiopia to Saudi Arabia in search of j...
While US worries about China, Europe stays focused on Russia
BRUSSELS — China and its increasingly sophisticated and far-flung military sit atop U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper's list of international security...
Turkey at risk of more confrontations with Syria and Russia
ANKARA, Turkey — Direct clashes between Turkish and Syrian troops amid a Syrian government offensive in the last rebel stronghold of Idlib province ar...
Iranian minister apologizes over mock spacesuit post
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s information minister apologized Wednesday for posting a photo on Twitter of what appeared to be a Halloween-type costume represe...
Rebels shoot down Syrian helicopter as fighting intensifies
BEIRUT — Rebels shot down a Syrian military helicopter in northern Syria on Tuesday, killing its crew members in a fiery crash, while the government k...
US to seek more help from NATO to counter Islamic State
BRUSSELS, Belgium — US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Tuesday he is looking to NATO allies for more help countering the Islamic State extremist gro...
Official: Sudan to hand over al-Bashir for genocide trial
CAIRO — Sudan's transitional authorities have agreed to hand over ousted autocrat Omar al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court to face trial on ...
Iran remembers 1979 Islamic Revolution amid high US tension
TEHRAN, Iran — Hundreds of thousands across Iran marked the anniversary of its 1979 Islamic Revolution on Tuesday amid some of the highest tensions ev...
Turkey says it has retaliated after deadly Syrian shelling
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey said it retaliated Monday after "intense" shelling by Syrian forces killed five of its soldiers and wounded five others in Syr...