The Afghan government led by President Ashraf Ghani and U.S. military officials have denied reports that U.S. personnel have been ordered to limit nearly all offensive combat operations against the Taliban.  Talking to Anadolu Agency, Presidency Spokesman Sediq Seddiqi, said there was...

German prosecutors said on Tuesday they had found no grounds to investigate Brenntag, the world’s largest chemicals distributor, over the sale to a company in Syria of substances that can be used in chemical weapons. Sueddeutsche Zeitung, working with other media outlets, had in June...

 Iran said Tuesday that Britain might free its oil tanker Grace 1 soon, after some documents were exchanged that would help the seized ship's release. "Britain is interested in releasing Iran's oil tanker Grace 1 ... following the exchange of some documents, we hope the release will...

Russia’s military has thwarted the third attack on its airbase in Syria in the past week, Russian news agencies have reported. The attacks took place as Russia’s ally Syria said last week it was resuming military operations in a Russian-led campaign in Idlib, blaming Turkey for not...