War & Conflict

Armed drones attacked Erbil international airport, which lies near the US consulate in this northern Iraq city, Kurdish security forces said in a statement Saturday. “There are no victims in the attack carried out by two...

Weeks after sweeping to power and toppling the US-backed president, the Taliban established their government on Tuesday, with an UN-blacklisted veteran of the hardline organization at the helm. However, as the Taliban transforms from a violent...

After storming to power in recent weeks, militant Islamists have picked leaders for their new administration. The majority of the positions in the Taliban power structure have gone to long-serving Taliban leaders. As the Taliban takes...

Hundreds of people gathered at various protests in Kabul on Tuesday when the Taliban fired rounds into the air to disperse them, the latest show of defiance by Afghans against the hardline Islamist organization that stormed...

The United Nations (UN), the African Union (AU), and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), as well as certain states, condemned Guinea’s military coup on Sunday and demanded that the country’s president be released....

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken travelled to Qatar on Sunday for the first time since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, hoping to forge a united front with allies shocked by the instability. Qatar, a...

According to local and UN reports, at least 30 people were killed in a weekend attack in the restive northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo. According to them, the attack in the Ituri area on...

As the top US diplomat travelled to Qatar to try to deal with the chaotic aftermath of the American pullout, the final anti-Taliban forces in Afghanistan recognized major fighting defeats and begged for a ceasefire. The...

In a meeting with the UN humanitarian chief in Kabul on Sunday, the Taliban committed to ensuring the safety of humanitarian workers and aid access in Afghanistan, according to a UN spokesman. Martin Griffiths arrived in...

According to reports in both capitals, Pakistan’s spy chief, Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed, arrived in Kabul on Saturday. It was unclear what his goals were, but a senior Pakistani official suggested earlier this week that Hameed,...