The Taliban sent vehicles for fighters set to be released by the Afghan government in a prisoner swap expected to be announced on Tuesday, and were ready to honor their side of the deal by handing over 1,000 government troops, militant leaders said. The expected release is part of a deal...

At least a quarter of Iran's oil rigs are out of action as U.S. sanctions strangle the Islamic Republic's vital oil industry, according to a Reuters review of financial documents and industry sources, dealing a potentially long-term blow to its oil industry. The lack of rig activity could...

The Houthi rebel group on Tuesday said it shot down a “spy drone” of the Saudi Arabia-led international coalition in western Yemen. Air defense forces of Houthi rebels destroyed the drone in Al-Tuhaita district in Yemen’s western Al-Hudaydah province, according to the Al-Masirah news...

The global coronavirus outbreak has now infected more than 114,000 people worldwide, according to statistics website Worldometer. The death toll has risen to 4,027 across the world, including 3,136 in China, where the virus outbreak first emerged from the city of Wuhan in last December....