Intelligence officers dismantled a four-member IS cell in the eastern province of Nangarhar that had planned to murder Ross Wilson
High-profile public figures have been targeted in a recent wave of violence in Afghanistan.
US military blames Taliban for spate of Afghan assassinations
On Twitter, the spokesman for US forces in Afghanistan blamed the Taliban directly for a "campaign of unclaimed attacks and targeted killing", saying they must "cease for peace to succeed".
Afghan peace talks resume as bloodshed continues
As a wave of targeted killings grips Afghanistan, government negotiators will meet with Taliban representatives to resume talks in Doha, after ...
Gunmen kill Afghan radio journalist in car ambush
Besmullah Adel Aimaq, editor-in-chief of Voice of Ghor radio, was killed en route to Firoz Koh city, the capital of Ghor province, said Aref ...
Afghan women's rights activist shot dead
Freshta Kohistani had called on the authorities to protect her due to death threats.
Lebanese ex-army photographer shot dead outside his home
Joseph Bejjani was gunned down by two unidentified men who approached him in his car, which was parked outside his home in the town of Kahaleh ...
Turkey detains 11 suspected of spying for Iran
State intelligence agents arrested the Turkish nationals following the disappearance in Istanbul of Iranian political dissident Habib Chaab.
Beirut silos at heart of debate about port blast
The Beirut explosion cost the lives of hundreds, and decimated the city centre, and Lebanon is still reeling from the destruction caused.
Lebanon's Hezbollah sues PM's brother over blast accusation
Bahaa Hariri, who lives in exile, is reportedly being sued by Hezbollah, whom he accused of being responsible for the Aug 4 blast.
Fakhrizadeh's assassination: A new obstacle for US-Iran diplomacy
Analysis: The assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh will make it harder for Joe Biden to bring Washington and Tehran to a new understanding.
Saudi Arabia denies role in Iranian nuclear scientist's killing
Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was killed on Friday after his car and bodyguards were targeted in a bomb and gun attack on a major road outside the capital ...
Fakhrizadeh's assassination throws Biden's Iran policy into the spotlight
Comment: Biden has his work cut out, but he must stand up to the warmongers and formulate a peace policy for Iran and the region, writes Arash ...
Sweden urges Iran to call off execution of researcher
Ahmadreza Djalali, formerly based in Stockholm where he worked at the Karolinska Institute, a medical university, was arrested during a visit to ...
'Self-obsessed' Ivanka Trump stereotyped Arabs as terrorists, friend claims
A former 'best friend' of Ivanka Trump says their relationship started to fragment when she started her career freelancing in the Middle East.
Kurdish militants kill Iraqi Kurdish soldier: sources
PKK militants killed a member of the peshmerga units in northern Iraq.
Suspected PKK militants kill Iraqi Kurdish soldier
Militants from the anti-Turkish Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) have killed a member of the Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga forces and wounded two ...
Iraq reopens Green Zone bridge year after revolt
Al-Sinak bridge was partially closed for security reasons after it turned into the site of fierce clashes between protesters and police in ...
Iraqis rally to revive year-old revolt against the system
Riot police clad in bulletproof vests, helmets and plastic shields were lined on Sunday near major bridges close to Baghdad's Green Zone.
Assad responds to Trump assassination claims
Bashar al-Assad responded to Trump admitting that he wanted to assassinate the Syrian dictator in 2017.
Syria Kurds transfer foreign families from crowded Al-Hol camp
Kurdish authorities have started to transfer foreign women and their children from an overcrowded camp in northeast Syria.
Turkey, Iran deploy 'game-changing' drones in north Iraq
Drone use has expanded dramatically in northern Iraq since Turkey launched a new assault in June, analysts and residents say.
Trump's Supreme Court nominee represented Iranian exile group
Amy Coney Barrett was on a team of lawyers representing the National Council of Resistance of Iran, an Iranian opposition group then listed as a ...
Saudi dissidents launch new opposition party amid repression
A group of Saudi dissidents exiled abroad have announced the launch of a new opposition party amid a continued crackdown on freedom of ...