For anyone looking to prevent Syria’s Bashar al-Assad from securing a final victory in the civil war he started in 2011, it has been a dispiriting few months. President Donald Trump abruptly ordered a full withdrawal of U.S. forces in northern Syria in October, and then gave a green light...

The United States and India opened talks Wednesday in their latest bid to ramp up defense and political ties, but concerns over minority rights in the south Asian giant could mar the celebratory mood. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary Mark Esper began a day of talks in...

Fourteen people were killed and 13 were missing after Boko Haram jihadists attacked a fishing village in western Chad on Tuesday, government officials said. Violence from the Boko Haram insurgency started in Nigeria a decade ago, but has since spread to neighbouring countries Chad, Niger...

Iran's top security official said Wednesday the Islamic Republic opposed US negotiations with Afghanistan's Taliban, as the talks excluded the Afghan people and government. "Any strategy, any decision or plan without the participation of the Afghan people is wrong and doomed to failure,"...