The Pentagon is drawing up plans to shift the military involvement in Afghanistan onto the US Navy, which will likely be called on to deploy more aircraft carriers to the Middle East to provide launching ground for “over the horizon” airstrikes, according to a report.
Several police officers were killed in an attack carried out by Daesh (also known as ISIS or ISIL) militants in Iraq’s Northern Kirkuk Governorate on Sunday.
President Bashar Al-Assad of Syria says the aggression forces have imposed an economic blockade on Syria after their failure in the militarily and security arenas, emphasizing that Syrians will be able to overcome this stage and achieve the final victory.
A report from the Costs of War project at Brown University revealed that 20 years of post-9/11 wars have cost the Unites States an estimated $8 trillion and have killed over 900,000 people.
A member of the Iranian parliament’s presiding board has called on the government to prevent products of South Korean companies, which “betrayed us”, to easily return to the market.
A member of the Lebanese parliament says Washington's financial, economic and political blockade has started to lift with the forthcoming arrival of the Iranian ship loaded with fuel to Lebanon.
Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the head of the Taliban’s political office, told Al-Jazeera the group is in the process of forming an inclusive government following its lightning takeover of Afghanistan
A large majority of Americans support President Joe Biden's decision to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan and end country's longest war but disapprove of the way Washington handled the withdrawal from the war-torn country, Washington Post-ABC News poll showed.
Sadegh Amoli Larijai has resigned from membership of the Guardian Council.
Serious differences reportedly emerged between Larijani and the council after his brother Ali Larijani was disqualified by the council from running in the presidential election last June.
Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has issued a message to thank the nation’s sports caravan at the Tokyo Paralympics Games 2020.
Tunisia's General Labor Union (UGTT) and two political parties rejected on Friday an invitation to discuss the country’s political crisis with a US congressional delegation visiting the African country, stressing they refuse any foreign interference in the local crisis.
At least 17 people were killed and more than 40 wounded in incidents of gun firing on Friday night in the Afghan capital, an official at a Kabul hospital confirmed.
Moscow says the recent events in Afghanistan have clearly demonstrated the US-led NATO is “an absolute failure as a military-political bloc” after the Taliban group seized the war-ravaged country following the chaotic withdrawal of American troops.
Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi says Participation of Iranian pilgrims in this year’s Arbaeen ceremony is contingent upon the Iraqi government’s agreement.
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide surpassed 219.8 million on Saturday, with more than 4.55 million deaths, the latest data from Johns Hopkins University showed.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Washington is aware of what he called Tehran's ongoing interest to plot against Americans, including current and former US officials. Tehran had earlier denied similar claims as baseless and Hollywood-style scenarios.
The Iranian health ministry has denied media reports that some two million doses of the Sputnik coronavirus vaccine are produced in Iran monthly and taken to Russia.
US Special Envoy for Iran Robert Malley stated on Friday the administration of President Joe Biden "can't wait forever" for Tehran to come back to the negotiating table in Austria’s capital, Vienna.