KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The number of civilians killed and wounded in the war in Afghanistan declined last year, but the number of deaths from airstrikes was on the rise, according to a new United Nations report released on Thursday. The total number of civilian casualties decreased...

MOSCOW: Opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Thursday that Internet providers in Russia had started blocking access to his website on the orders of the country's communications watchdog. Navalny said on social media that Roscomnadzor, the regulator, had said last week it would block...

Turkish and South Korean companies on Thursday signed a concession agreement to build the Big Almaty Ring Road (BAKAD) project in Kazakhstan. The Turkish firms, Makyol Construction and Alsim Alarko, and South Korean companies -- Korean SK and Korea Expressway Corporation -- inked the...

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who is currently on a five-nation tour of the region, arrived in Beirut on Thursday for talks with Lebanese officials. After a brief meeting with Lebanese President Michel Aoun, Tillerson is next slated to meet Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and...