A Taliban suicide bomber killed five civilians and wounded 25 others in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday, an official said. The attack by the insurgents comes a day after U.S. President Donald Trump cleared the way for thousands more American troops to be sent to the war-torn country....

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will tell Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday that he is concerned Iran and its Shiite allies are expanding their presence in Syria as Moscow works to tamp down the Syrian civil war, Israeli officials said. Russia has been the main broker...

Pakistan on Wednesday said blistering criticism by US President Donald Trump was "disappointing" and denied accusations that it supported terrorist groups. "No country in the world has suffered more than Pakistan from the scourge of terrorism, often perpetrated from outside our borders. It...

Iran's Revolutionary Guards Tuesday denied claims by Turkey that the two countries were planning joint military operations against Kurdish rebels in Iraq. "We have not planned any operations outside Iran's borders," said a statement from the Guards' regional ground forces headquarters...