Once a convicted smuggler jailed by Hamas, Yaser Abu Shabab now leads an armed force in Rafah — hailed by some as a symbol of local resistance, feared by others as a dangerous gamble.

On July 5, northern Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government blamed the Iraqi federal government’s Iranian-backed ...

Simple guide to Trump’s new tariffs on Brazil, Japan, Iraq, and others. Learn rates, deadlines, and impacts on prices and trade. Updated for July 2025.

A small faction of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party began laying down its arms in a symbolic ceremony in northern Iraq, ...

John’s career spanned the entirety of the 20-year “war on terror.” Service members would often return home only to find that ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has hailed the disarmament of militant Kurdish separatists as the end of a “painful ...

Fighters with a Kurdish separatist militant group that has waged a decades-long insurgency in Turkey began laying down their ...

Fighters with a Kurdish separatist militant group that has waged a decades-long insurgency in Turkey began laying down their ...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan announced a significant development in Turkey's fight against terrorism, as PKK militants ...

After the war with Israel, a wounded Iran opens new doors for Turkey from Iraq to the Caucasus, but advancing its agenda ...

An interview with Steve Coll, author of the new book, The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the CIA, and the Origins of ...

This world news briefing covers a multitude of events, including President Trump's Texas flood response, PKK militants' ...