The Taliban have been on a diplomatic blitz since peace talks with the Afghan government stalled in Qatar last month and the Biden administration said it plans to review a U.S.-Taliban agreement signed last February. The flurry of activity — including Taliban visits to Iran and Moscow,...

Anti-aircraft missiles were fired at an Israeli drone flying over southern Lebanon on Wednesday but did not make contact with the target, according to an Israeli military spokesman. Two Lebanese security sources told Reuters that Lebanon's Hezbollah had fired at the drone. One of the...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has denounced student protesters as “terrorists and vowed to crackdown on demonstrations opposing the appointment of a government loyalist to head Istanbul’s most prestigious university. Students and faculty members of Bogazici University have...

Some 2,000 people have travelled from the Gaza Strip over the past two days as Egypt opened the Rafah crossing for the first time in 66 days. In addition to the 1,927 who left the enclave, 828 re-entered the Strip, while 79 were not permitted to travel by Egyptian authorities, the...