WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell says he opposes repeal of the 2002 and 1991 authorizations of force against Iraq, arguing that that authority “bears directly on the threats we face today in Iraq and Syria from Iran-backed terrorists.” McConnell, who is home...

The U.S. and U.K. on Tuesday slapped sanctions on four Syrians and two Lebanese involved in manufacturing and trafficking the amphetamine drug Captagon, the two governments said. The six include cousins of Syrian President Bashar Assad and notorious Lebanese drug lynchpins. Experts say...

The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) is appealing for $550 million for 31 projects that will contribute to the sustainable recovery of Türkiye's quake-hit southern region, and is calling on international donors to assist the government and people of the country. The UNDP's call...

Five digital activists have created a website to help provide shelter to survivors of the earthquake in Syria and Turkey that left millions homeless amid freezing winter temperatures. Just 48 hours after the earthquake reduced cities to rubble, Avi Schiffmann built TakeShelter, a site that...