World Aug 19 Afghans protest Taliban in emerging challenge to their rule The Taliban have moved quickly to suppress any dissent, despite their promises that they have become more moderate since they last ruled Afghanistan with draconian laws.
World Aug 18 Taliban violently disperse protest; 1 killed, 6 wounded The Taliban violently broke up a protest in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing at least one person as they quashed a rare public show of dissent. The militant group meanwhile met with former officials from the toppled Western-backed government.
World Aug 12 Taliban take another Afghan provincial capital, Kandahar Afghan officials say the Taliban have taken another provincial capital, the southern city of Kandahar in the province with the same name.
World Aug 12 Taliban take Afghanistan’s third-largest city in onslaught The latest advance further squeezed the country's embattled government just weeks before the end of the American military mission there. The seizure of Herat on Thursday marks the biggest prize yet for the Taliban.
World Aug 11 Taliban complete northeast Afghan blitz as more cities fall The Taliban seized three more provincial capitals in Afghanistan and a local army headquarters completing their blitz across the country's northeast and pressing their offensive elsewhere, officials said Wednesday.
World Jun 21 Iran’s president-elect says he won’t meet Biden Iran's president-elect said he would not meet with Biden or negotiate over Tehran's ballistic missile program and its support of regional militias.
Politics Jun 18 Iran votes in presidential poll tipped in hard-liner’s favor Iranians are voting in a presidential election dominated by a hard-line protege of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after authorities disqualified nearly all of his strongest competition.
World Jun 02 Iran’s largest warship catches fire, sinks in Gulf of Oman The Iranian navy's warship caught fire and later sank Wednesday under unclear circumstances, the latest calamity to strike one of the country's vessels in recent years amid tensions with the West.
Politics Apr 28 U.S. Navy fires warning shots in new tense encounter with Iran An American warship fired warning shots when vessels of Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard came too close to a patrol in the Persian Gulf.
Politics Apr 14 Iran’s supreme leader says initial offers to save nuclear deal ‘not worth looking at’ Ayatollah Ali Khamenei made the comment Wednesday in a speech on the first day of Ramadan in Iran. As supreme leader, he has final say on all matters of state.