Security forces were still blocking access Wednesday to the site in eastern Afghanistan where the US dropped a massive bomb on an ISIS stronghold six days ago. The US military dropped its GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast, dubbed the "Mother of All Bombs", in combat for the first time on...

 US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis met Saudi King Salman on Wednesday, beginning a series of talks to reinvigorate the Riyadh-Washington alliance in the face of common adversary Iran. The retired four-star Marine general, accompanied by a US delegation, was welcomed by Salman at Al-Yamama...

A bomb killed six people and wounded more than 30 in Syria's second city Aleppo Wednesday, state television reported. The blast hit the southwestern neighborhood of Salaheddin, which was once on the front line between rebels and government forces before the army retook full control of the...

Oil prices were stable on Wednesday as OPEC said it was committed to draw down a global supply overhang that has dogged markets since 2014, although bloated U.S. output and inventories still weighed on crude. Brent crude futures LCOc1 were at $54.92 per barrel at 0741 GMT (3:41 a.m. ET),...