In what appears to be statistical proof of evident upsurge in the Afghan war, the US announced to have dropped close to 6000 bombs in Afghanistan this year so far. According to the figures by the US Air Force Central Command (AFCENT), the US forces released 5,982 munitions in...

President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital has set off an increasingly visible battle in the city's eastern sector - with an emboldened Israel seeking to cement its control over the contested area and Palestinians pushing back to maintain their limited foothold. In...

Iran says it has launched a domestically built destroyer in the Arab Gulf capable of traveling some five months without refueling. State TV reported Saturday that it had taken six years to build the 1,300-ton vessel, named Sahand after a mountain in northern Iran. The Sahand has...

George H.W. Bush, a patrician New Englander whose presidency soared with the coalition victory over Iraq in Kuwait, but then plummeted in the throes of a weak economy that led voters to turn him out of office after a single term, has died. He was 94. The World War II hero, who also presided...