Afghanistan's Haqqani network militant group posted a statement Sunday backing the appointment of Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour whose legitimacy has been challenged internally. The statement was posted on the Taliban's website quoting its founder Jalaluddin Haqqani, a day after...

Yemeni vice president Khaled Bahah arrived in the southern port city of Aden on Saturday, airport officials said, the most senior official to visit the city since local fighters drove an Iran-backed Houthi group out more than two weeks ago. They said Bahah, who is also the prime...

 The Syrian regime army and allied militia NDF have regained control over several northwestern villages from rebels on a plain crucial for defending coastal areas that Damascus holds, Reuters said on Saturday. The military is battling insurgents including al Qaeda's Syria wing Nusra Front...

The number of U.S. troops deployed in battle zones is at its lowest level since before the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Still, Congress has authorized a 38 percent increase in the war budget over last year. The contradiction is the legacy of an emergency war fund, started in the...