About 100,000 Kurds have fled Kirkuk, fearing unrest, since Monday's takeover of the region by Iraqi forces, officials from the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) said Thursday. About 18,000 families have taken shelter in the cities of Irbil and Sulaimaniya, the...

 Kurdish forces have not withdrawn from the Khurmala oil field, northwest of Kirkuk, Irbil-based Rudaw TV said Thursday, citing a Peshmerga commander. Khurmala is part of the geological structure of the Kirkuk oil basin. It was developed by the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional...

 At least 43 Afghan soldiers were killed in a Taliban-claimed suicide attack on a military base in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, officials said, the third assault on a security installation this week. Just two soldiers are known to have survived unscathed after the attack on...

A top aide to US President Donald Trump said Thursday that an emerging Palestinian unity government must recognize Israel and disarm Hamas, following a landmark reconciliation deal signed last week. "Any Palestinian government must unambiguously and explicitly commit to nonviolence,...