The spiritual leader of Iraq's Shiite majority is calling on doctors from across Iraq to help civilians fleeing clashes in the latest fight against Daesh (ISIS) in Iraq. Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani says medical workers should travel to areas around the battle for Tal Afar to help "to...

For a people struggling to establish their own state, traditional food is an important part of the national heritage, and for Palestinians in the West Bank that goes well beyond the standard hummus. In Hebron, a biblical town in the Israeli-occupied Palestine, Eyad Abu Seena runs his...

A suicide bomber blew himself up inside a Shiite mosque in Kabul Friday in what officials said was an ongoing attack, the latest violence to strike the Afghan capital. Kabul police spokesman Abdul Basir Mujahid told AFP a suicide bomber "detonated himself inside the mosque", adding that...

Any additional support given by the United States to Syrian Kurdish YPG fighters will cause problems for Turkey, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim was quoted as saying on Friday. Speaking to reporters on his return flight from Vietnam, Yildirim also said Turkey was working in cooperation with...