A car bomb killed at least 21 people and wounded dozens in a flashpoint town north of Baghdad Tuesday, a security official told AFP. Tuz Khurmatu, home to a mixed Kurdish, Arab and Turkmen population, was the scene of deadly violence in mid-October when Iraqi forces retook it from...

Lebanon’s army chief urged “full readiness” at the southern border to face the “threats of the Israeli enemy and its violations,” the army said in a tweet on Tuesday. Army Commander General Joseph Aoun called on soldiers to be ever vigilant for the “good implementation” of...

About 300 wives and children of foreign extremists captured in Mosul have been transferred from northern Iraq to Baghdad "for expulsion to their home countries," an official told AFP Monday. "This is the second wave of expulsions, and two or three more will follow," said Nureddin...

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted by The International Criminal Court for genocide and war crimes related to the Darfur conflict, will visit Russia Thursday, the Kremlin said. The visit will be the long-time Sudanese leader's first official trip to Moscow. "We can...