Middle East

THE wives of the 19 Northern State Governors have said that bandits must be defeated for children to feel safe going to school. The chairperson of the Northern State Governors …

By RAHIM FAIEZ THE Taliban took control of two more provincial capitals in Afghanistan on Monday, officials said. Their fall marked the latest development in a weekslong, relentless Taliban offensive …

By RAHIM FAIEZ AT least three rockets hit near the presidential palace on Tuesday shortly before Afghan President Ashraf Ghani was to give an address to mark the major Muslim …

Abdul Sediqi, Orooj Hakimi GOVERNMENT officials in a western Afghan province said on Thursday they had negotiated “an indefinite ceasefire” with the Taliban to prevent further attacks on the capital …

THE Taliban are reported to have raised their flag above a key border post between Afghanistan and Pakistan, and claim it is now under their control. Videos being shared on …

AT least 92 people have died after a fire in a Covid isolation ward at a hospital in the Iraqi city of Nasiriya. Much of Iraq’s healthcare system is in …

TALIBAN officials said on Friday the Sunni Muslim insurgent group had taken control of 85% of territory in Afghanistan, and international concern mounted over problems getting medicines and supplies into …

Phil Stewart, Idrees AliHamid Shalizi AFGHAN Air Force Major Dastagir Zamaray had grown so fearful of Taliban assassinations of off-duty forces in Kabul that he decided to sell his home …

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken began a Middle East visit in Israel on Tuesday, hoping to bolster its ceasefire with Gaza’s ruling Hamas militants and help speed humanitarian aid …

ISLAMIC State claimed responsibility for an attack in a crowded Baghdad market on Thursday, killing at least 32 people in Iraq’s first big suicide bombing for three years, authorities said, describing …