The Taliban launched an attack on a second Afghan city in as many days Sunday, an official said, even as a United States envoy says the U.S. and the Taliban are "at the threshold of an agreement" to end America's longest war. The spokesman for the Baghlan province police chief, Jawed...

 An Iranian oil tanker pursued by the U.S. across the Mediterranean Sea slowed to a near-stop Sunday off the coast of Syria, where America's top diplomat alleges it will be unloaded despite denials from Tehran. The ongoing saga of the Adrian Darya 1, formerly known as the Grace 1,...

Russia accused the United States Sunday of having "compromised" a fragile ceasefire in the Syrian province of Idlib by launching a missile strike against jihadist leaders there. The Americans hit the region "without advance notice to Russia or Turkey", which both have troops on the ground...

Iran on Sunday unveiled a jet-propelled drone it said is capable of finding and attacking targets far from the country's borders with precision. Dubbed the "Kian", the unmanned aerial vehicle was designed, produced and tested by experts of the air defence force within about a year, said the...