Fire hits Iraq's biggest ballot warehouse before recount: security official

Germany continues to support the Group of Seven communique despite U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to back out of the declaration drawn up at a summit in Canada, a government spokesman said on Sunday. "Germany stands by the jointly agreed communique," Steffen Seibert said in a...

 An Afghan official says the Taliban have attacked a checkpoint in the southern Kandahar province, killing five security forces The attack late Saturday comes ahead of a three-day cease-fire timed to coincide with the Eid al-Fitr holiday marking the end of the Muslim holy month of...

Yemeni security officials say gunmen shot dead a pro-government army colonel in the southwestern city of Taiz. They say Col. Radwan el-Wassabi, who was backed by the United Arab Emirates, was shot dead and at least four of his guards were wounded late Saturday in central Taiz. The city...