Steve Herman at the White House, Carla Babb at the Pentagon and Nike Ching at the State Department contributed to this report. Turkish military officials say their troops are ready to launch a long-planned incursion into Syria to take out Kurdish forces branded by Ankara as terrorists, but viewed by much of the West as […]
As human rights advocates marked the one-year anniversary Wednesday of the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a U.S.-based law firm revealed that it filed in July a petition at the International Criminal Court to investigate Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman over his role in the killing and other crimes against humanity. According to CNN, Attorneys Bruce […]
Carol Castiel contributed to this story from Washington. WASHINGTON — A new class of foreign fighter is on the move, flocking by the thousands to a war zone, either looking for adventure or hoping to strike a blow for their cause, in ways that are increasingly getting the attention of Western intelligence officials. These fighters, […]
KABUL – At least 40 members of a wedding party, including women and children, were killed and another 13 wounded in an airstrike in southern Afghanistan Sunday night, according to a provincial council member from Helmand province. Haji Abdul Majed Akhund told VOA that the residents of Musa Qala district, the site of the attack, […]