President Tayyip Erdogan and his main rival in Sunday's presidential election have both pledged to send millions of Syrian refugees home, responding to growing unease among voters about the number of migrants in Turkey. More than 3.5 million Syrian refugees who fled conflict in their...

 German Chancellor Angela Merkel Thursday promised a $100 million loan to troubled Jordan, where mass protests over austerity measures forced the prime minister to resign earlier this month. Merkel visited the kingdom amid an escalating domestic row over migration. Standing next to...

First Deputy Parliament Speaker Hamam Hamoudi has blamed Israel for an airstrike that killed more than 20 Iraqi Hashd al-Shaabi fighters in eastern Syria earlier this week. “Israel’s targeting of the Hashd al-Shaabi provides incontrovertible evidence that the Israeli entity and the...

Taliban militants killed 30 Afghan soldiers and captured a military base in the western province of Badghis Wednesday, the provincial governor said, their first major attack since a ceasefire for the Eid al-Fitr holiday. The three-day Taliban ceasefire ended on Sunday....