(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...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime warplanes have hit Eastern Ghouta suburbs near Damascus on Tuesday, leaving 7 civilians dead and dozens wounded, a monitoring group said. Bashar al-Assad’s warplanes have conducted airstrikes on Erbin and Ayn Terma towns in the Eastern...

(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...