(Reuters) - Funding shortfalls have forced the World Food Program (WFP) to cut rations for up to 1 million people in Afghanistan , an official said, an early sign that aid money may dwindle as the international combat mission winds down. The U.N. food assistance agency, which runs...

(Reuters) - Lieutenant General Mahdi Gharawi knew an attack was coming. In late May, Iraqi security forces arrested seven members of militant group Islamic State in Mosul and learned the group planned an offensive on the city in early June. Gharawi, the operational commander of...

  (Al Arabiya News - Reuters)- British lawmakers on Monday voted overwhelmingly in favor of recognizing Palestine as a state, a result that experts say is largely symbolic. The motion - which is non-binding - was passed by 274 in favor to 12 votes against, to “recognize the state...

BAGHDAD: Iraqi officials said a Shiite lawmaker was among 23 people killed when a suicide car bomber rammed his explosives-laden vehicle into a northern Baghdad security checkpoint. The officials say Ahmed al-Khafaji was not the target in the attack, and just happened to be...