The Iraqi Army says government troops have moved toward Kurdish-held sites in the northern province of Kirkuk, capturing several positions from Kurdish fighters.
U.S. officials urged Iraqi and Kurdish forces “to avoid additional escalatory actions” following reports of artillery clashes after Iraqi government troops moved in a "major operation" against Kurdish positions near the oil-rich city of Kirkuk.
Iran denies reports that it has closed border crossings with northern Iraq in response to an independence referendum in the autonomous Kurdish region last month.
Afghan authorities say they have foiled a potentially deadly blast in the capital, Kabul, after seizing a truck loaded with explosives.
Voting has begun in Kyrgyzstan in an election that sees a total of 11 candidates, including one female, vying to replace President Almazbek Atambaev, who is constitutionally barred from running for a second consecutive six-year term.
Conservative members of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling coalition quickly rejected remarks by Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere that he was willing to discuss the possibility of introducing Muslim holidays in parts of the country.
Iraqi troops and Kurdish Peshmerga fighters were locked in an armed standoff in Kirkuk Province as tensions continue to rise following the holding of an independence referendum by Kurdistan officials last month.
U.S. allies and other countries have weighed in on U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to abandon a nuclear deal between global powers and Iran, saying they will continue to back the agreement.
A spokesman for the U.S.-backed forces fighting Islamic State militants in Syria says the "final" battle to uproot the extremists from the northern city of Raqqa is under way.
U.S. President Donald Trump's call for legislation aimed at toughening the Iran nuclear deal faces an uncertain future in Congress even as leading Republican senators stepped forward to champion the cause.
The United States has formally added Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) to its antiterrorism sanctions list.
The White House says President Donald Trump will make his long-awaited announcement on U.S. policy toward Iran on October 13, including whether to decertify the 2015 nuclear accord signed with Tehran by the United States and other world powers.
Applications for nearly 3.5 million tickets have been received for the 2018 World Cup soccer championships in Russia during the initial sales period, which ran September 14 to October 12.
A high-level U.S. diplomatic delegation is visiting Pakistan for the first time since President Donald Trump announced a new strategy for Afghanistan in August.
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has expressed "profound concern" over the detention of U.S. diplomatic staff in Turkey, the State Department said on October 11.
Moscow has repeated a threat to demand further cuts in the number of U.S. diplomatic personnel in Russia.
The Spanish government is holding an emergency cabinet meeting and Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is due to address parliament, a day after separatist leaders in Catalonia signed what they called a declaration of independence from Spain.
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