US defense secretary to travel to Middle East
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin will travel to the Middle East on Thursday to meet with leaders in Bahrain and the UAE. In Bahrain, Austin will meet with senior…
Honduras president backs Taiwan on visit to island
Outgoing Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez on Saturday reaffirmed his support for Taiwan during a visit to the island, ahead of elections in which his successor may switch diplomatic recognition…
Police: Roadside bomb kills 2 constables in NW Pakistan
Pakistan: A roadside bomb exploded in a tribal district that borders Afghanistan on Saturday, killing two police, authorities said. Abdus Samad Khan, Bajur District police chief, said the two constables…
Blast on bus in Afghan capital kills 1 person, wounds 5
A bomb exploded on a mini-bus Saturday on a busy commercial street in a Kabul neighborhood mainly populated by members of Afghanistan’s minority Hazara community, emergency workers and the bus…
Husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe ends 21-day hunger strike
The husband of a British-Iranian woman who has been detained for more than five years in Iran said Saturday that he is ending his hunger strike outside Britain’s Foreign Office…
US politicians condemn Houthi breach of US Embassy in Yemen
Leaders of both the US Senate and House Foreign Relations committees on Friday condemned the Iranian-backed Houthis who recently breached the US Embassy in Sana’a, Yemen, and are holding staff…
Europe becomes COVID-19’s epicenter again, some countries look at fresh curbs
Europe has become the epicenter of the pandemic again, prompting some governments to consider re-imposing unpopular lockdowns in the run-up to Christmas and stirring debate over whether vaccines alone are…
Turkey bans Syrians, Iraqis and Yemenis from flights to Belarus
ANKARA: Poland, Belarus and Turkey are at the center of a refugee crisis after thousands of migrants from Syria, Iraq and Yemen have become trapped at the Polish border, having…
Turkey jails Kurdish politician’s wife over typo in medical form
The wife of a Kurdish politician in Turkey has been handed a two-and-a-half-year jail sentence over a typo in a medical report related to a miscarriage she had. The case…
Heavy rains in southern India kill 14 people, flood Chennai
At least 14 people have died in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu during days of heavy rains, officials said Thursday. Several districts in the state are on high…