Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Saturday they had killed 10 militants overnight in a security operation conducted in the northwest of the country near the border with Iraq, the official news agency IRNA reported. "A well-equipped terrorist group ... intending to infiltrate the country...

The UN Security Council prepared Friday to discuss an air strike by an Arab coalition that killed at least 29 children, whose remains and clothing were left strewn across a market in northern Yemen. The coalition itself, following calls from the UN and United States, announced an...

Senior Zimbabwean opposition figure Tendai Biti on Thursday was charged with inciting public violence and declaring unofficial election results as fears grew about a government crackdown following the disputed July 30 election. The court appearance followed dramatic events in which Biti...

U.S. forces launched airstrikes Friday to counter a major Taliban assault on an Afghan provincial capital, where terrified residents cowered in their homes amid explosions and gunfire as security forces try to beat the insurgents back. Officials said Afghan special forces were also...