(Reuters) - Iraq may need three years to rebuild and restructure its military, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Sunday, as the country battles Islamic State militants who pose the biggest threat to its security since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003. The...

(Reuters) - Pakistan's intelligence chief met Afghanistan's new president to discuss ways to boost coordination in fighting militant attacks in the region, an official said Monday, in a sign of improving ties between the often uneasy neighbors. It was the third trip to...

(Reuters) - A former aide to ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood was released on Sunday for health reasons after 18 months in detention without charge, relatives said. Khaled al-Qazzaz, Mursi's former foreign affairs secretary, was arrested in July 2013...

(Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu coupled a show of solidarity with  France  on Sunday with a reminder to shaken French Jews that Israel is keen to welcome them as immigrants. Netanyahu and two far-right members of his cabinet flew to Paris on Sunday to...