U.S. President Donald Trump stressed this week that there would be no complete withdrawal of American forces from Afghanistan, saying the United States would “always” have to keep an eye on the Taliban.
Boko Haram jihadis seized two towns in Nigeria’s Borno state on Wednesday, killing many people as they set houses and government buildings ablaze.
Clandestine Afghan militias paid and supported by the CIA present an “obstacle” to U.S. peace-seeking efforts intended to end America’s longest war, according to a study released on Wednesday.
Escalating violence in an oasis town in Libya has resulted in a significant number of civilian casualties this month, killing 90 and wounding more than 200 others, the United Nations reported this week.
Hackers may have stolen the credit card information of thousands of American service members deployed to South Korea, the U.S. military recently conceded.
Iranian-backed Shiite Houthi rebels reportedly shot down a U.S. drone flying over Yemen on Tuesday, marking the second such incident since June.
The demise of the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) caliphate in Iraq and Syria is reportedly pushing some members of the jihadi organization into countries with substantial Muslim populations.
India’s recently declared commitment to its nuclear doctrine of ‘No First Use’ would be contingent upon the developing circumstances in its Muslim-majority Kashmir dispute with China and Pakistan.
Russia and China accused the United States on Tuesday of “escalating” military tensions after the Pentagon test-fired a ground-launched cruise missile banned by the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF).
Corrupt leaders in Afghanistan may still be inflating the number of Afghan troops receiving U.S.-funded salaries with so-called “ghost,” or nonexistent personnel, an audit revealed this week.
The United Nations must reprimand corrupt officials who diverted millions of dollars in donated money, food, and medicine from starving Yemenis, a top humanitarian official said this week.
U.S. President Donald Trump this week called the top leaders of India and Pakistan in a bid to mitigate the growing friction between the two nuclear-armed South Asian rivals over the disputed Muslim-majority region of Kashmir.
Russian and Syrian warplanes struck a Turkish convoy Monday allegedly carrying military supplies for Turkey-allied rebels who have joined forces with al-Qaeda-linked jihadis in Syria’s Idlib province, a monitor group reported.
Afghanistan’s president this week vowed to take “revenge” and “eliminate” Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) safe havens in the country after the group killed 63 civilians at a wedding, including children.
Pakistan accused Indian soldiers of firing across their mutual border in the disputed Muslim-majority region of Kashmir in the Himalayas on Sunday, killing two civilians and wounding another.
China’s technologies giant Huawei, the largest telecommunications company in the world, is enabling digital authoritarianism in Africa by helping dictators spy on their opposition, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Thursday.
Russia in recent days came out in support of India’s decision last week to rescind New Delhi-administered Kashmir’s limited autonomy.
India’s Hindu-nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hailed his decision to revoke New Delhi-administered Kashmir of its autonomy last week as “path-breaking.”
China reportedly requested “closed consultations” in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) this week to address India’ decision to revoke New Delhi-administered Kashmir’s limited autonomy.
A Turkish ambassador this week called for his country and Indonesia to be deemed permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).
The pro-communist China leader of Hong Kong Carrie Lam fielded tough questions during a press conference Tuesday amid chaotic pro-democracy protests in the semi-autonomous Chinese region.
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan lambasted recent moves by India in the disputed Muslim-majority region of Kashmir as an “ethnic cleansing” ploy during a speech Wednesday marking Pakistan’s Independence Day.
Authorities in Indian-administered Kashmir have detained more than 1,300 people during an ongoing security lockdown intended to ward off a popular uprising in the country’s only Muslim-majority region, the Independent reported Wednesday.
The U.S. government has failed to assess the effectiveness of its multi-million dollar program to train American taxpayer-funded foreign forces to promote human rights, an audit found this week.
India’s recent decision to declare Chinese Kashmir an area controlled by New Delhi brings the region to the brink of nuclear war, China’s state-run Global Times warned this week.
At least 80 Muslims who participated in the annual hajj pilgrimage in Islam’s holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia over the weekend died.
The decade-long Boko Haram terror campaign in Nigeria “is far from over,” the Doctors Without Borders humanitarian organization declared on Monday.
Security forces in India reportedly imposed tight restrictions on mosques across Indian-administered Kashmir for Monday’s Eid al-Adha Muslim holiday.
India’s foreign minister arrived in Beijing on Sunday, days after New Delhi deemed Chinese Kashmir to be a territory administered by the Indian federal government.
Iranians who gathered in Islam’s holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia over the weekend for the annual hajj pilgrimage called for Israel’s destruction and chanted “Death to America.”
