
AFGHANISTAN
Militant infighting kills many in Afghanistan
Several militants are killed in violent clashes between the Taliban and the ISIL group in eastern Afghanistan.

Several militants are killed in violent clashes between the Taliban and the ISIL group in eastern Afghanistan.

Yemeni army troops and allied forces drive al-Qaeda militants out of a base in central Ma’rib province.

Iran and Pakistan have set up an optic fiber network which connects the two neighboring countries.

The US military strategy in Iraq to halt the advances of the ISIL terrorist group has been a “disaster," says an analyst.

Takfiri terrorists in Syria kill at least 20 people and wound 100 others in rocket attacks in Aleppo residential areas.

A Yemeni plane bound for the Swiss city of Geneva finally takes off from Djibouti.

An Iranian petroleum official has rejected reports on energy talks with US companies.

Egypt extends opening of its Rafah border crossing with Gaza for two more days.

Pro-government volunteer forces kill nearly 40 ISIL Takfiri militants during operations in Iraq’s northern Salahuddin province.

The UN special envoy to Syria arrives in Damascus for talks with the country's officials.

Israel says the boycott campaign it faces equals the suffering imposed on the Jews during the Nazi rule.

Scots tell British Conservatives to stop ‘playing games’ with Scotland.

Amnesty International says the international community's handling of refugee crisis has been a 'shameful failure.'

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir arrives home from South Africa, despite a court ordering his arrest.

Syrian Kurdish fighters seize control of a major road to the border town of Tel Abyad.

US President Barack Obama is fighting to persuade Congress to pass a bill that would expand trade between the US and Pacific rim countries.

The CIA has broken limits set in the agency's human-experimentation guidelines during torture of terrorism suspects, a document shows.

Global stocks have fallen after aid-for-austerity talks between Greece and its creditors collapsed.