Two people were killed in a blast targeting workers for an Afghan television station and at least seven police officers died in an insider attack by Taliban loyalists on Sunday as US and Taliban negotiators met for renewed peace talks in Doha. The deadly incidents came amid surging violence...

After the fighting, Syrian farmer Abu Thaer returned to his farm to work. But he stepped on a landmine left behind by jihadists, changing his life for good. At a medical charity in Damascus, the 46-year-old from the southern province of Daraa lifts up his black track pants to reveal a...

Huawei Technologies Co Ltd is testing a smartphone equipped with Hongmeng, the company’s self-developed operating system, which could potentially go on sale by the end of this year, Chinese state-media outlet Global Times reported. The release of a Hongmeng-powered smartphone would mark a...

A formal signing ceremony of a power-sharing deal between rival sides in Sudan will be held on Aug. 17 in the presence of leaders of various countries. On Sunday, Sudan’s ruling Transitional Military Council (TMC) and opposition alliance Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC) initialed the...