Washington's envoy to Afghanistan stressed Saturday the economic benefits of the peace deal with the Taliban, forging ahead with an agreement that has run into new political obstacles both in the U.S. and regionally.
Zalmay Khalilzad was wrapping up (...)
Russia's Foreign Ministry said Thursday that Moscow has never delivered weapons to the Taliban movement in Afghanistan, countering US allegations.
Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova rejected the claim by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who said (...)
U.S. congressional leaders will seek more information from top intelligence officials Thursday on reported Russian payments to Taliban militants to kill American soldiers in Afghanistan.
The directors of U.S. intelligence agencies were scheduled to (...)
When it comes to Russia, the Trump administration just can't seem to make up its mind.
For the past three years, the administration has careered between President Donald Trump's attempts to curry favor and friendship with Vladimir Putin and (...)
President Donald Trump on Wednesday dismissed as ``Fake News'' allegations that Russia offered bounties for killing American troops in Afghanistan. He said news stories about the allegations were made up to ``damage me and the Republican (...)
The Trump administration has been preparing to react if necessary to intelligence that Russia allegedly paid the Taliban to kill U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan, President Donald Trump's national security adviser said as the White House prepared on (...)
Top officials in the White House were aware in early 2019 of classified intelligence indicating Russia was secretly offering bounties to the Taliban for the deaths of Americans, a full year earlier than has been previously reported, according to (...)
President Donald Trump said on Sunday he was never briefed about the reported Russian efforts to pay bounties to Taliban-linked militants to kill U.S. troops in Afghanistan, blasting a New York Times report on the bounties.
"Nobody briefed or told (...)
A British judge said Monday that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange must attend his next court hearing unless he can provide medical evidence to support his absence.
Lawyers for Assange said he could not attend the latest hearing on his U.S. (...)
The Kremlin on Monday rejected as "lies" media reports that Russian forces had offered to pay Taliban-linked militants to kill U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he was never briefed about the reported Russian (...)
A car bombing and mortar shells fired at a busy market in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province on Monday killed 23 people, including children, a statement from a provincial governor's office said.
Both the Taliban and the Afghan military blamed (...)
Gulf countries, except Qatar of course, were swift to declare unreserved endorsement of Egypt's position on developments in Libya. Escalated military intervention by Turkey in the North African country supporting militias controlling the capital (...)
The United Nations on Sunday released a special report expressing concerns over what it called recent ``deliberate attacks'' against healthcare workers and facilities in Afghanistan during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The United Nations Assistance Mission (...)
Al Azhar condemned on Thursday the terror attack that targeted a school for reciting Quran in northern Afghanistan, in which a number of students were killed and injured.
In a press release, Al Azhar said the attack is considered "heinous, inhuman (...)
HA Utilities, the utilities investment and development arm of Hassan Allam Holding, and Ghazanfar Group have signed a debt financing package to develop an independent gas power plant in Northern Afghanistan.
The Afghan Power Plant Company, which is (...)
The United States has reduced its troop presence in Afghanistan to 8,600, fulfilling its obligation as part of a February deal with the Taliban, the general who oversees American forces in that region said Thursday.
Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie gave (...)
Iran on Thursday condemned as inhumane a fresh round of U.S. sanctions against its regional ally Syria and said it would expand its trade ties with Damascus.
The United States on Wednesday imposed its toughest sanctions targeting Syrian President (...)
Protests against racism triggered by the death of African American George Floyd have inspired art around the world, from murals in Syria and Pakistan to graffiti in Nairobi.
At the Berlin Wall, a large portrait of Floyd is seen alongside yellow (...)
President Donald Trump on Thursday issued an executive order authorizing US sanctions against International Criminal Court employees involved in an investigation into whether American forces committed war crimes in Afghanistan.
In announcing the (...)
President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has always been keen on having the presence of Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, the former Minister of Defence, at most if not all national celebrations. So, what does having the Field Marshal sitting on the (...)
American forces conducted two airstrikes on Taliban fighters to foil the militant group's plan to launch attacks on Afghan security forces, a U.S. military spokesman said on Friday, in a move that could hurt the peace process.
The airstrikes, (...)
Egypt has ‘strongly condemned' the bombing of a mosque in the Afghani capital Kabul which left several people killed and injured.
In an official statement on Thursday, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry stressed its ‘full rejection of such terrorist (...)
Events in the Eastern Mediterranean began to spiral dangerously when Turkey, undeterred by warnings against the dangers of its expansionist designs, moved to impose new game rules in Libya. In order to counter this danger, Russia has recently (...)
Taliban fighters attacked an army checkpoint in eastern Afghanistan, killing 14 military personnel, the Defense Ministry said Friday.
The Taliban took responsibility for Thursday's attack in Paktia province, calling it a ``defensive action,'' (...)
U.S. troop strength in Afghanistan is down to nearly 8,600, well ahead of a schedule agreed with Taliban militants in late February, in part because of concerns about the spread of the coronavirus, U.S. and NATO officials said.
A key provision of (...)
