A powerful explosion struck a bus in downtown Kabul during rush hour Monday, officials said, sending smoke rising in the sky just days after a deadly insurgent assault on Afghanistan's biggest military hospital. At least one woman was killed and eight others wounded in the blast, which...

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has asked Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz al-Saud to support the listing of Saudi state oil giant Aramco shares on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, a Japanese senior government official said on Monday. King Salman said that the kingdom would look into...

Iraqi forces said Monday they had taken more territory from ISIS as they press an offensive that has seen them recapture a third of west Mosul and trap extremists inside. A renewed push launched on March 5 has forced ISIS out of several neighborhoods and key sites, including the main local...

 Iraqi forces battling to retake Mosul have cut the last road out of the city, trapping ISIS fighters inside, the U.S. envoy to the anti-ISIS coalition said Sunday. "ISIS is trapped. Just last night, the 9th Iraqi army division, up near Badush, just northwest of Mosul, cut off the last...