Iraq's Kurds said on Friday a referendum on independence will go ahead despite warnings internationally that a vote in favor of secession could trigger conflict with Baghdad at a time when the fight against ISIS is not yet won. The Kurds have played a major role in the eight-month-old...

 Thousands packed Tehran’s streets on Friday to mourn the victims of two suicide bomb and gun attacks, and joined their supreme leader in accusing regional rival Saudi Arabia of involvement in the assaults. People in the crowds, some crying, chanted "Death to Saudi Arabia" alongside...

U.S.-led coalition forces launched heavy raids into Friday morning in support of Syrian fighters battling to oust ISIS from its bastion of Raqqa, activists said. The Kurdish-Arab alliance known as the Syrian Democratic Forces broke into Raqqa city's east earlier this week, months after they...

Washington buzzed with new questions Friday after ousted FBI director James Comey accused President Donald Trump of lies and defamation, in gripping testimony that undermined an already troubled White House. During almost three hours of extraordinarily frank statements before a Senate...